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New Hampshire Slanguage: Cunnin
Recently the word cunnin(g) was brought up in a FaceBook discussion group, as to whether or not it was New England slang. To be honest, I am not certain. But it was in a New Hampshire household where I heard … Continue reading
Posted in New Hampshire Slanguage
Tagged baby, child, colloquialism, cunnin, cunning, cute, England, Hampshire, new, New Hampshire, slang, slanguage, sweet
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New England’s Great Snow of 1717
In February 1717 occurred the greatest fall of snow recorded in the annals of New England–almost burying under the frozen mass the small log houses of the new plantations. So effectively were even the most traveled roads blocked that the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather
Tagged 1717, blizzard, Boston, Dunstable, great, New England, New Hampshire, NH, Portsmouth, snow, storm
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New Hampshire’s Little Known Colonial Governor–Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (c1655-1701)
When someone brings up the topic of colonial governors of New Hampshire, I’m sure that the name “Coote” does not pop into your head first. But perhaps from now on it will. In March 1697 he was appointed governor of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Irish in New Hampshire
Tagged Bellomont, colonial, Coote, Earl, Governor, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, NH, Richard, two weeks
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New Hamphire Tidbits: Miscellany of the Isles of Shoals
From the Isles of Shoals Correspondence of the Boston Journal; “Oceanic,” Isles of Shoals, July 26, 1876 Returning to these wild rocks for the seventeenth year, I find that they have won a new place in the public consideration, and … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Appledore, boat, capsize, Captain, Celia Thaxter, drown, drowned, golf, golfing, golfist, hotel, island, islands, Isle, Isles, Isles of Shoals, John, John Smith, miscellany, New Hampshire, NH, Oceanic, poem, poet, Portsmouth, Rock Weeds, ship, Shoals, Smith, Thaxter, tragedy
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