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Originally posted by copperheadroads
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Merry Christmas......Where in Nfld?? -
Technically, Cape Spear is the most eastern point, but St. John's is close enough!
Merry Christmas everyone, I'll be digging out for a few days as we got about a foot of snow overnight.Originally posted by Enzo
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I'm not at Cape Spear but i'm in the province ,In central /Botwood"UP here in the Canada we shoot things we don't understand"Comment
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Cape Spear is not very far from me...and I have some snow to shovel later today.....once I get my bearings here.....Merry Christmas....won't be much longer and it will be against the law to say that....Originally posted by g1 View PostTechnically, Cape Spear is the most eastern point, but St. John's is close enough!
Merry Christmas everyone, I'll be digging out for a few days as we got about a foot of snow overnight.Comment
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I think I used to work with somebody from Botwood....Darryl Sheppard....he used to work for Atlantic Lottery...same place I did.....Small world......Originally posted by copperheadroads View PostComment
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I hope the mummers were gentle with you.Comment
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hahahaaaa......the mummers.....God love em"........that is a tradition in the outports.......not so much here in St. John's....and Mount Pearl.....or other semi larger towns......with the crime rate rising, if somebody came to my door dressed in a bed sheet with two holes for peepers I probably would take out the baseball bat......but around the very small isolated communities, this tradition is alive and well......and everybody goes around mummering......the booze just flies around everywhere......Merry Christmas my friend.....and have a Happy new Year.....Originally posted by Mark Hammer View Post
and a Happy New Year.........Comment
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A couple guys from my last band were Mummers, sax player was really good especially for not playing rock stuff before.
We had alot of good contacts for gigs from them too.Comment
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Um... not these guys?
Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.Comment
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We always watched the Mummers Parade on TV each year when i was a kid.Education is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.Comment
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I will see if I have some pictures of Mummers........in the meantime here is something to read.....Originally posted by Enzo View Post
Cheers....................
What Is A Mummer??
This is the predictable question almost every visiting tourist will ask. A Newfoundlander knows and remembers...
Mummering is a centuries-old tradition that takes place over the 12 days of Christmas in the outports of Newfoundland. It involves dressing up in interesting (to say the least!) disguises, going visiting and getting up to a bit of mischief. A lace curtain or tea towel hides the face, clothes are worn inside out or backwards and underwear is worn over outerwear. "Men dress as women and women dress as men," goes the song. Once in disguise, the mummers set out for a night of fun in the community, going from house to house, at each one asking the ritual question on an inbreath, "Any mummers 'lowed in?" The mummers might then have a swally of rum or syrup, play the fiddle, accordion or ugly stick and dance a jig or two with granny.
Not as common as it once was, mummering lives on in Newfoundland art and craft. Let's all hope the tradition revives...Comment
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Your mummers and my mummers may be related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_ParadeEducation is what you're left with after you have forgotten what you have learned.Comment
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Probably so...here in Nfld. these people would dress up in homemade costumes that covered their idenity......they would go door to door for a drink, something to eat maybe and play a few tunes on whatever instruments were available in the particular house they visited.....they would drink, sing and dance and then finally stagger out the door to the next house and do it all over again.....and this would last till the wee hours in the morning.....the tradition is still active in some of Nfld's outports but not in the major towns and cities.......now that there is crime everywhere, people keep their doors locked and don't let anybody in that they don't know.......but years ago, this tradition could be found all over Nfld.....it is slowly dying out.......Originally posted by Enzo View PostComment
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