All posts tagged "folklore"
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4.6KArts and LeisureWhy the Boston Anticks Barged Into Rich People’s Homes at Christmas
Toward the end of the 18th century, the Boston Anticks used to burst into mansions at Christmastime and stage silly plays before...
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19.7K1Business and LaborHow French-Canadian Textile Workers Came to New England
The story of a French-Canadian textile worker named Phillippe Lemay is the story of thousands of Quebecois farmers who came to New...
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15.6K8Arts and LeisureBabe Ruth Throws a Piano Into a Pond
Babe Ruth once got drunk while in Sudbury, Mass., and threw a piano into Willis Pond to show off his strength. That,...
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7.0K2Arts and LeisureBefore Big Foot, The Mysterious Gyascutus of Vermont
Some claim the Gyascutus was first discovered in Vermont (where the animal is also known as a Wampahoofus). Others say its origins...
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15.3K10Science and NatureChamp, the Lake Champlain Lake Monster
Champ, North America’s answer to the Loch Ness monster, has long been a legend around Lake Champlain. He (or she) has spawned...
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5.8KConnecticutWhat They Say in New England About Summer: Epigrams and Folk Wisdom
The summer season inspires far fewer sayings in New England than spring, fall or winter, probably because it’s so short and so...
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15.4K9Arts and LeisureNew Hampshire’s Sarah Whitcher Meets a Bear in 1783
One day in June of 1783, four-year-old Sarah Whitcher of Warren, N.H., begged her parents to let her go along with them...
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8.0K7Politics and MilitaryHow Ethan Allen Got Married to a Loyalist
Ethan Allen got married to his second wife in a bizarre ceremony after a whirlwind courtship to a woman half his age....
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16.2K13Arts and LeisureEdgar Allan Poe Writes A Story Based on a Boston Harbor Legend
Edgar Allan Poe based the macabre short story, The Cask of Amontillado, on a legend he heard while serving in a fort...
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8.9K5bostonWas Bundling in Winter Really Safer Than a Sofa in Summer?
The practice of bundling probably caused New England’s gentry more embarrassment than any other local folk custom. City slickers and the upper...
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