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Portsmouth NH 1846: Customs of Valentine’s Day

Posted on 12 February, 2014 by Janice Brown

From: Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth NH) Vol LVII, Issue 7, Page 3  — Saturday, February 14, 1846 VALENTINE’S DAY — It is a popular superstition that the first two single people who meet in the morning of … Continue reading →

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Poem: Ghost House, by Robert Frost (1906)

Posted on 31 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

  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.

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Poem: “Star Island Church,” by Edna Dean Proctor

Posted on 25 February, 2013 by Janice Brown

STAR ISLAND CHURCH (Isles of Shoals)   “GRAY as the fog-wreaths over it blown When the surf beats high and the caves make moan, Stained with lichens and stormy weather The church and the scarred rocks rise together; And you … Continue reading →

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A New Hampshire Song for the Fourth of July – 1826

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by Janice Brown

Come join the grand Chorus with hearts full of glee,
And drain each a bumper in toasting the free

Let care and … Continue reading →

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1871 Poem: The Best Cow in Peril

Posted on 26 May, 2011 by Janice Brown

Old Farmer B. was a stingy man.
He keeps all he gets and gets all he can;
By all his … Continue reading →

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