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Ruby King talks of Pancake Day

Interviewer: Use ye do pancake day. Ruby: Oh, Yes. We used to make and serve them lots of times. Interviewer: Did ye put things in them for Pancake […]

Earl Lockyer Makin’ It Up “ac’rn as she goes”

Earl: Up in Hermitage, one time, they used to have what they calls chin music. So this young fellow, they were doing the chin music, this young fellow […]

Marion’s Special Gift

Marion: The most fantastic thing I got for Christmas was an accident. I use to look in the old catalogues, Eaton’s catalogues and I wanted the little golden […]

Ruby King’s Wedding

Interviewer: When you came home and got married, what kind of wedding you have? Ruby: Oh, just old fashion wedding. Interviewer: So what kind of wedding would that […]

Publishing the Banns

Grace: Anyway they used to have to publish the banns one time. The Minister’d come and he’d have church, see and when he was having the church, he’d […]

Paddy’s Day Concert

Interviewer: So tell me about the Paddy’s Day Concert … the first time you were in the Paddy’s Day concert, what kinds of things you did. Mary: The […]

Memories of Mummering

Elizabeth: We were up, it was fairly late when they came, probably like 11 or 11:30 and we let them in the house, 2 o’clock in the morning, […]

Mother’s Day Concert Opening Song

This is the opening from a Mother’s day concert a few years ago. Sadie introduces the concert while the rest of the cast stands ready to sing. Sadie […]

Mary Power and Mrs. Ann Talk about the Dances

There was no band, just a single accordion and people danced to sets, such as the lancers or the Virginia Reel and the occasional 2 step waltz. Mrs. […]

Alice Drake Shows Her Wedding Dress

Skit in Rushoon Paddy’s Day Concert

The Paddy’s Day concert has a long tradition as an adult concert in Rushoon. For a brief period in the early 70s, adults stopped having the concert and […]

Ready for the Pancake Race

This picture is from a pancake day race in Parker’s Cove . The event is celebrated with a pancake breakfast and fortune telling pancakes. Traditionally, the pancakes were […]