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1. A Ghost Legend of Old Newfoundland



Here’s a video posted by mulg1 telling the fairly well-known story of the ghost of Ellen Dower. When you click play, you'll notice a bit of a long introduction... it takes a few minutes for the story to actually kick in

You may have read this story. It was popularized by Earl Pilgim in his appropriately titled book The Ghost of Ellen Dower which is, incidentally, the only Earl Pilgrim book I’ve ever read. If you’re willing to let your imagination run, it’s a pretty cool and somewhat creepy tale.

2. In June 1880 The Public Ledger published A Newfoundland Legend. It tells a tale

“Happening in a stirring city,
lying in a northern portion
Of the great Atlantic Ocean”

The author goes on to tell the reader that the tale should be related:

"After style of ‘Hiawatha,”
Hiawatha the “big injun,”
He the son of “Mudje Keewis,”
He that spooned sweet “Mineehaha”
And was told of by Longfellow”

You can read the entire thing right here, if you dare.

3. South coast musicians Simani are, according to Tidespoint “a true Newfoundland legend and have twelve recordings to their credit having sold almost too many to count.” And who am I to disagree? The duo, responsible for The Mummer’s Song, have crafted a modern Christmas classic that has certainly helped to keep the tradition of mummering in public consciousness. And really, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Their songs have often explored interesting pieces of our culture:



4. The St. John’s Newcomer’s Club, a non-profit, social organization that welcomes women who have recently moved to St.John's, recently read Paul Butler’s NaGeira. They decided it was “an interesting spin of the popular Newfoundland legend from the earliest settlement in the New World.”

I agree. NaGeria is an interesting spin on the local legend but. More than that, it’s a good book. Well worth checking out.

5. According to Google, in Vernacular Religion and Nature: “The Bible of the Folk” Tradition in Newfoundland author Marion Bowman writes “in another Newfoundland legend, Christ is involved in the marking of the haddock.” I’m curious to read more but the rest of the article is locked behind a pay wall and, really, I’m not that curious.

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