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Category Archives: Holidays
“Thanksgiving in the Olden Time”: An 1876 Sermon Published in the New Hampshire Sentinel
Anybody born out of New England cannot have the true flavor of New England in his mouth, and it is to the happy saints, born in New England, that I address myself this morning, not forbidding others to catch the … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrated, celebration, customs, holiday, how, New England, olden time, sermon, Thanksgiving
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New Hampshire’s Thanksgiving Recipes from 1889
The New Hampshire newspapers of old were a great resource for women to share their special family recipes. In 1889 the following are gleaned for your enjoyment. [Editor’s note and disclaimer: Please repeat these recipes at your own risk, I … Continue reading
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Tagged food, holiday, recipe, Thanksgiving
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Poem: Ghost House, by Robert Frost (1906)
I Dwell in a lonely house I know That vanished many a summer ago, And left no trace but the cellar walls, And a cellar in which the daylight falls, And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.
New Hampshire Customs and Games for Halloween in 1916
PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN from Portsmouth Herald, (Portsmouth NH) October 30, 1916 Halloween, the celebration of which has been handed down to us by the Druids of ancient times, is the one night of all nights in the year when ghosts … Continue reading
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Tagged customs, games, gathering, Halloween, haunted, holiday, party, traditions
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New Hampshire’s Witches’ Night of 1879
WITCHES NIGHT From the earliest times men have been trying to look ahead. The ancient Egyptians had oracles where their gods were supposed to answer the questions of men by dreams and other ways; the ancient Greeks also had famous … Continue reading
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