After the religious services in honour of Santa Marta have finished, the church bells toll, and the coffins are carried out and towards the nearest cemetery, from where they come back in procession to the starting point, while people chant the psalm "Virxe Santa Marta, estrela do Norte, traemos-che os que viron a morte" (Virgin Saint Martha, star of the North, we bring you those who escaped death". In the case of children, the coffins are always empty, although records state that in the olden times they used to be carried by children. The procession is followed by other penitents who, if they do not wish to lay in a coffin, cover their clothes with white gauze and carry a candle behind the image of the saint that also accompanies the coffins during the profession. Santa Marta holds her right hand aloft as a sign of protection for those who have managed to escape death, and in return the devotees offer her different amounts of money.