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New Hampshire Customs and Games for Halloween in 1916

Posted on 28 October, 2013 by Janice Brown

PLANS FOR HALLOWEEN from Portsmouth Herald, (Portsmouth NH) October 30, 1916 Halloween, the celebration of which has been handed down to us by the Druids of ancient times, is the one night of all nights in the year when ghosts … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Fathers’ Day History

Posted on 16 June, 2013 by Janice Brown

The celebration of Fathers’ Day in New Hampshire is over 100 years old, unofficially that is.  The anniversary date hinges really on which year you consider as the advent of Fathers’ Day in our state.  A newspaper article acknowledged the … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Billet-Doux Season

Posted on 6 February, 2011 by Janice Brown

Some claim that New Hampshirites are as emotionally frosty as their winter weather. 

Quite to the contrary our … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Missing Holiday: Fast Day

Posted on 6 April, 2008 by Janice Brown

Back in 1991 the New Hampshire Legislature abolished a New Hampshire holiday that had been celebrated for 310 years

In … Continue reading →

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Raising Your Pint to St. Patrick…

Posted on 13 March, 2008 by Janice Brown

If you are called Liam, Patrick, Kathleen or Sheila, or have a surname like Ryan, Gallagher, Grady or Mannion;

If … Continue reading →

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