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St. Patrick’s Day 2018: Is New Hampshire Losing Its Irishness?

Posted on 17 March, 2018 by Janice Brown

Is it the food, the beer, the music, the dance, the accent, the parades or the vocabulary that still connects people to their Irish heritage? Or is it instead nostalgia for the past and personal memories that associate us with … Continue reading →

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Goffstown NH: Villa Augustina aka St. Claudine Villa Academy

Posted on 22 September, 2014 by Janice Brown

In 1907 or 1908 the Religious of Jesus and Mary purchased part of the farm formerly owned by David Little, and a few years later purchased the Charles A. Upham place, and even later two hundred acres of land adjoining.  … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Slanguage: Hornpout

Posted on 12 July, 2007 by Janice Brown

No self-respecting New Hampshire fisherman (or woman) can ply their leisure pastime for long…

before they end up with a … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Native Americans: Hiding in Plain Sight

Posted on 10 August, 2006 by Janice Brown

Contrary to what you have been led to believe, New Hampshire's history did NOT begin with the arrival of the European settlers… Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Endangered Language

Posted on 25 April, 2006 by Janice Brown

In New Hampshire you may hear words and phrases that are unique to our state…

or at the very … Continue reading →

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