Mrs. Colbourne Tape 2, December 1973

• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: Festive events and games; Christmas; Holidays; Colbourne; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/582

Interview with Mrs. Colbourne about Christmas in Bona Vista. No Christmas trees; father was a lighthouse keeper of Cape Bonavista; her brother, after her father, was the lighthouse keeper; left Bonavista in early 20s; summer house in the harbour; was not formally educated; memories of childhood fun picking berries, catching caplin; shares thoughts on death and the afterlife; hauntings and the supernatural; business at King's Cove and Bonavista; memories of the Ryan house; the Mifflin violin from the Ryan's home; memories of King's Cove, the schooners, and the Ryan family; memories of the Trinity branch of the family; originally lived in Bishops Falls in 1908, during the construction of the dam; lived in Elliston as a telegraph officer; taught calligraphy before transfering to Bonavista for a month before moving to Bishops Falls; memories of Bishops Falls and Grand Falls; married in Bishops Falls; husband worked at the mill; moved to Grand Falls after husband was transferred; Memories of mummering in Bonavista during Christmas, Christmas Eve mass and Christmas day traditions.