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Mummer’s Costume for the Parker’s Cove Mummers’ Parade

In recent years a night time mummers parade was held in Parker’s Cove. Participants in the parade visited homes of seniors along the way. Local accordion players popped […]

At a Mummers’ Parade

This photo was taken at the St. John’s Mummers’ Parade, a daytime family event.

Baby Shower Game

Baby showers and other celebrations related to the birth of a child were rare in this area until the 1970’s. Here some women from Petite Forte play a […]

Mother’s Day Concert Skit

A group of women perform a skit in a Mother’s Day concert in Parker’s Cove.

Dancing at a Kitchen Party

Two women dance a step dance at a kitchen party. Kitchen parties were common throughout Newfoundland and are seeing a revival today. Weddings often were celebrated with a […]

Mother’s Day Skits and Critics

Doreen: The Bingo Skit was about a woman who used go to Bingo very frequently, whatever nights there would be Bingo, could be down in the Bight or […]

Alice Drake’s Christmas Eve Trick

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 […]

Peggy’s Christmas Gift

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]