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Music for most dances came from a single accordion player, though sometimes various people would take turns. In this photo, Ray Hepditch of South East Bight plays the […]
Alice: This is a true story, too. It was Christmas Eve and we had them all in bed but Ann Marie and Genevieve wouldn’t go to sleep. They […]
Elizabeth: What was the first thing you ever got for Christmas, Peggy? Peggy: A pair slippers. Elizabeth: A bought pair or knitted pair? Peggy: No not knitted a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Grace: When people, they said down home, they wouldn’t invite you to the wedding years ago until they went around. They ask everyone to make a cake for […]
In this photo from the mid nineties, one of the last regular mummers in Parker’s Cove visits a home in the community.
A feisty 90 year old Mrs. Anne shows us her skill at singing for the mummers. Siting at a kitchen table, she taps her feet and sings a […]
Maureen Whyte drops the wax on Candlemas Day 2016. A lit blessed candle is allowed to drip wax on clothing and other property. It is intended to bless […]
Frank: I don’t think I can remember a Christmas tree. That’s true, I don’t think I can remember a Christmas tree. You would hang up your stocking but I […]
This doll was given to Ann Murphy for Christmas at the age of 2. The doll is 75 years old. Its condition shows just how much this gift […]
