Christmas memories with John Davidge and Peter Laracy

• Main Author: Jarvis, Dale
• Other Authors: Davidge, John; Laracy, Peter
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Festive events and games; Music and song; Food; Christmas; Mummering; Mummers; Concerts; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_social/id/280

Dale Jarvis has a fireside chat with John Davidge and Peter Laracy about their memories of Christmas growing up in Newfoundland. Video Log: 00:18: John Davidge talks about school Christmas concerts. They included songs, chorus, recitations and a soup supper and dance afterwards; 03:30: Peter Laracy discusses having "times" at Christmas and the Christmas supper; 04:23: Peter Laracy talks about janneying(mummering) in Cupids where he grew up. They would janney on St. Stephen's Day night (Boxing Day) and looked forward to getting treats like syrup, cakes, oranges and apples; 06:40 John Davidge talks a little about Christmas food and how they didn't have turkey back then but rabbit and moose; 07:05: John Davidge talks about mummering and using the dried out head and hide of a family ram as his costume one year. This costume backfired as everyone knew his ram, so therefore knew it was him. The video ends with Peter Laracy giving a recitation about mummering.