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THANKSGIVING : AFTER
THE FEAST!
COASTING & CANDY |
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| "Thanksgiving day is a day appointed by the Governor for us to give
thanks to God for the past season. It comes in Autumn just after the harvest which is the
best time as we have then the remembrance of the goodness of God more fresh on our minds.
It originated among our forefathers but no doubt it was meant by them that we should spend
it in a very different manner from what we do. I will endeavour to show how it is
generally spent nowadays. The families nearest connected take turns in having each other
to thanksgiving as it is called. In the forenoon there is a meeting at the various
churches in town and then they go home not to continue in giving thanks to God but
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feast on roast turkey, plum pudding and a variety of other good things! In
the afternoon the boys generally kick football or skate, and in the evening commonly have
what is called a "candy folic," that is making molasses candy."
James W. Spooner of Plymouth,
aged 13, 1844 |
"Coasting Out of Doors" from Ballou's
Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, November 1857.
"What is termed a 'side-hill,' meaning 'hill-side' is crowded with joyous
youngsters gliding down over the smooth surface with the velocity of lightning" |
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for directions on making molasses candy! |
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