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New Hampshire Tidbits: More Ghostly and Mystical Halloween Traditions

Posted on 30 October, 2020 by Janice Brown

“The following extract from an English book of antiquities and popular customs, gives a very interesting account of the ancient manner of celebrating the day or rather night. The celebration of the day has somewhat died out but there are … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: The Best Mother

Posted on 12 May, 2019 by Janice Brown

Regular readers of my Cow Hampshire blog know I’ve written many times about New Hampshire agriculture, and in particular about heirloom apple history. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I thought I’d present a tidbit story that combines both … Continue reading →

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Official New Hampshire State Beverage: Apple Cider

Posted on 24 April, 2016 by Janice Brown

In 2010, at the petition of fourth grade students from Jaffrey, New Hampshire and others, the New Hampshire General Court, by a vote of 230-74 approved apple cider as New Hampshire’s office beverage with the passage of House Bill 1206. … Continue reading →

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Popular Superstitions of the Winter Season: 1840

Posted on 17 December, 2014 by Janice Brown

POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE WINTER SEASON From: Saturday, December 26, 1840; Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth NH) page 2 Associated with Christmas and the New Year are many of the popular superstitious rites and ceremonies of former times, … Continue reading →

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New Hamphire Tidbits: Miscellany of the Apple

Posted on 14 November, 2014 by Janice Brown

NEW ENGLAND PIE Pie is the masterpiece of New England home cookery. In Maine they still make those deep apple pies–clove flavored, generous, ample pies that one can make a flavorous meal of. But pie reaches its apotheosis at the … Continue reading →

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