Category Archives: Oddities, Accidents and Crazy Weather

Those strange NH stories, believe them or not.

Cow Hampshire Humor: Fake New Hampshire Towns

Posted on 29 November, 2018 by Janice Brown

First things first. This is fake news. Not long ago a friend shared an old post from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency blog (of daily humor). It was a witty list of Fake Massachusetts Towns, by Michael Andour Brodeur, and includes places … Continue reading →

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A Londonderry NH Haunted House: The Ghost That Banged At the Door

Posted on 30 October, 2018 by Janice Brown

Somewhere in Londonderry New Hampshire, along “the road leading from Nashua to Derry Depot” reportedly is a haunted house. In 1882 the old Barker Farm was owned by one Moody Morse who put it up for sale, because reportedly he’d … Continue reading →

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Poem: A Ghost Story

Posted on 29 October, 2018 by Janice Brown

Just a prohibitively pithy poem about periodic dyspathy in time for Halloween. A GHOST STORY. “Out of their dark abodes I have roused up the screech-owls.   Through the rents Of the gray mouldering walls they are fled out,

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New Hampshire Tidbits: The Geddes’ Great Pumpkin and Other Really Big Fruit

Posted on 22 October, 2018 by Janice Brown

Ralph Waldo Emerson said “We fancy men are individuals; so are pumpkins; but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history.” His words are the truth.  Starting from a pumpkin seed, every pumpkin plant grows into … Continue reading →

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The Hermit of Mont Vernon New Hampshire: Jarvis Smith (1850-1925)

Posted on 22 September, 2018 by Janice Brown

I’d heard the old tales of a hermit that lived in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire but until recently I had not known his name. The story of this solitary man came to light in a series of newspaper posts published … Continue reading →

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