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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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Many wedding suppers were held in the home of the bride or the groom. This photo shows the cutting of the wedding cake at Alice and Gordon Drake’s […]
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 video recorded to accompany Simani’s Mummers’ Song, the activities involved in a visit by the mummers are showcased. It accurately describes a scene that was replayed […]
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 […]
Here a group of young mummers tease their nan by offering her Screech to drink. This happened at a Christmas in July event during Come Home Year in […]
Gordon and Alice Drake met as teenagers at a Paddy’s Day time. They later married in his home community of Oderin shortly before it was resettled.
The priest would often attend important times, like Paddy’s Day. If there was a concert, he would be given an important role such as introducing “a part” or […]
