All posts tagged "folklore"
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10.2K3Religion and Social MovementsNew England Wedding Customs: Quilts, Mirrors, Quakers and Bees
New England wedding customs and superstitions in the 1700s mixed home-grown ideas and practices imported mainly from Britain. Some wedding customs, like ...
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7.7K2Arts and LeisureWhat They Say in New England About Local Characters and Customs
Henry Wheeler Shaw, the 19th-century humorist known as Josh Billings, said genuine proverbs are like good cambric needles: short, sharp and shiny....
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7.1K2Business and LaborHow July 4th Partying Cost the Life of Thoreau’s Maine Guide
Joe Attien was a Maine guide, logger and Penobscot chief who died in a logging accident. It probably wouldn’t have happened if...
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36.5K10MaineThe Smock Wedding, or Getting Married Naked in Early New England
Some brides in early New England actually got married while naked. Or maybe they just wore their underwear, or smock, which is...
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14.0K8Arts and LeisureHow To Make a Maine May Basket
An old New England tradition that perhaps deserves reviving is the giving of a May basket on May Day. It was popular...
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29.2K17Arts and LeisureBefore Groundhog Day, It Was Candlemas
Candlemas was always about two thing before it was about the groundhog: candles and the weather. For many Catholics, Candlemas was also...
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