At a recent meeting of the Town of Harbour Main-Chapel’s Cove-Lakeview Heritage Committee, it was decided to investigate a local cannon on t...

Host Dale Jarvis travels to Heart’s Delight-Islington for a chat with boatbuilder and snowshoe maker Edwin Bishop. Listen in and learn about...

FOLK6740 - PUBLIC FOLKLORE is a graduate-level folklore course at Memorial University, which addresses the various ways in which folklo...

We've been doing some research here on the traditional use of red ochre ( you can read our preliminary research right here ) and how...

We continue our #FoodwaysFriday theme of wooden kitchen implements with this fantastic piece from Robin Dooley of Frederickton, NL. Rob...

Another Friday, another hand-made rolling pin! This one comes to us from Linda Lewis, who writes: This rolling pin has been at the...

We are on a roll with these photos of hand-made rolling pins! So far, we've seen ones from St. Phillip's and Sibley's Cove ...

Last week, we posted a photo of a handmade rolling pin from Portugal Cove, and asked if anyone had one similar.  Florence Button of Car...

Today's #FoodwaysFriday photo comes to us courtesy of Kim Ploughman. This hand-made wooden rolling pin once belonged to Edna Picco o...

A Canadian-manufactured Sou'Wester in the collection of the Wooden Boat Museum of NL, Winterton, photo by Jeremy Harnum. Last week...

This fabulous shot of a gentleman identified as Uncle Abe Mercer is from the International Grenfell Association photograph collection of...

On August 3 rd , I interviewed Sarah Griffiths Ennis (born October 20, 1946) of Placentia. When we met, I asked if she wished to talk about...

On July 12, I interviewed Ed Murphy about the W.J. Murphy store in St. John’s, which operated from 1895-2000 on Rawlin’s Cross (in the spa...

I posted yesterday about the birch brooms of Samuel R. Spencer, Cul de Sac West. In a great example of how the internet can be a good thi...

One of my current folklore obsessions is the traditional Newfoundland birch broom. I've written about birch brooms on this blog befor...

A birch broom was once a common sight in Newfoundland. They were cheap to make, and were used for a variety of purposes.  Here is what th...

Do you want to know how to make a Hobby Horse? Look no further! It's no secret we love the tradition of Newfoundland and Labrador Hobb...

I spent the last two days at the Willowbank School for Restoration Arts , in Queenston, Ontario, teaching the Heritage Conservation Prog...

Do you have any idea what this is? Earlier this week, a public works employee with the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philips found this rou...

Followers of the ICH Blog may remember that I have been interested in lych gates, a very specific type of gate that was found at the ent...