"Coffee and Culture" at The Rooms, Part Two. November 3, 2011, St. John's

Alanna Wicks interviews George Day, Dennis Flynn, and Thaddeus Symmonds about their Bonfire Night memories as part of a public program hosted by Memorial University's Public Folklore 6740 graduate class and The Rooms. “Coffee and Culture” at The Rooms, Part Two. November 3, 2001, St. John’s. Al...

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Main Authors: Gould, Jillian, Braye, Crystal, Hillyard Amanda-Marie, Penney, Nicole, Stewart, Sandi, Wicks, Alanna
Other Authors: Day, George; Flynn, Dennis; Simmons, Thaddeus
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_social/id/266
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Summary:Alanna Wicks interviews George Day, Dennis Flynn, and Thaddeus Symmonds about their Bonfire Night memories as part of a public program hosted by Memorial University's Public Folklore 6740 graduate class and The Rooms. “Coffee and Culture” at The Rooms, Part Two. November 3, 2001, St. John’s. Alanna introduces guests; Dennis speaks about variance in bonfire traditions amongst religions in NL (Catholic on Discovery Day on June 24th - Protestant bonfire on November 5th); George tells story about collecting kindling for the fire; George has no memory of tire rolling; Thaddeus recalls a “Flynn’s Beach” as a local spot; talks about collecting wood for the fire; Dennis recalls his childhood making bonfires on his grandparents property on November 5th; Dennis speaks about the “Running Brook Men” and their rivals competing to build the biggest fire; George remembers that if people “left things out” it was “fair game”; tells story about taking an apple barrel full of cans; never would take anything that would be valuable for livelihood; Thaddeus remembers adults being watchful over the kids so they would not take items to burn; Dennis tells story about whale oil barrels; George talks about canvas; Dennis talks about “old man’s beard”; Thaddeus talks about “blasty bows”; George mentions being a small child and having a small fire in the garden; making potatoes at the fire; Dennis talks about “Clean Fire” and “Dirty Fire”; food at bonfire night; Thaddeus talks about “Dirty Fire”; food at bonfires; George talks about potatoes at bonfires; audience members says she did that in Scotland; Dennis mentions corn in the husk at bonfires in Quebec; George not allowed to attend “old guys bonfire”; story about taking an outhouse; taking old boats; talking about Methodists at bonfire night; Dennis talks about recent bonfire nights and how the numbers are different than when he was growing up; Thaddeus talking about where he grew up; Catholic community but still did bonfires on Nov. 5; George relates that they did not know who Guy ...