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Showing posts with label place names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label place names. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Heritage Update for July 2024: New Designations, Sailor's Valentines, and the origin of the place name Halls Bay

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  Have you seen a Sailor's Valentine? If so, a MUN Folklore researcher wants to chat with you! In this version of the Heritage Update fo...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

How old is the name Chain Rock? Older than you might think. #askafolklorist

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The approach to St. John's in 1813, by Chappell. Dale Jarvis, Heritage NL I love placenames, and over the past decade of intang...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Placenames and Neighbourhoods of Carbonear Afternoon Tea - Aug 6th

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Placenames and Neighbourhoods of Carbonear Afternoon Tea Tuesday, August 6th 2pm Princess Sheila Senior's Club Building 163 Wat...
Thursday, September 12, 2013

A trip to Indian Rock, Petty Harbour

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I've been doing a little bit of digging into the folklore surrounding this glacial erratic in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. Locally, i...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Move over, Dildo - The new best placename in Newfoundland

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This gem of a placename comes to us from a friend who is obviously spending too much of his worktime exploring Google Earth. But we all...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Sharing Community Oral History Workshop – West St. Modeste, Labrador

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On Thursday, 7 May 2009, a group of eleven women from communities along the Labrador Straits gathered at the Oceanview Resort in West St. ...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

Clarenville Place Name Project

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On the evening of Wednesday, March 4th, I was invited to give an address on intangible cultural heritage for the Clarenville Heritage Societ...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Naked Man and a Bunch of Hookers: Two ICH Events

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It is not nearly so shocking as it sounds, I swear! We've got two exciting (and PG-rated) intangible cultural heritage events coming up...