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They did not have one thing dry to put on, but I had a pair of blue sergepants and a pair of brigs. I gave these to the men. After so long, wefinally got home.One year I leaved home fer the woods on the 7th day of May and didn'tcome home again until the 17th day of December. That time, I had tocome down from Frederickton be meself in a row punt.I can also mind one time when I leaved to row up to Lewisporte withUncle Si. We was on our way up fer the 'drive'. It was the first part ofMay. By the time we reached Michael's Harbour the wind was breezin'. Itwas too hard to row as far as Lewisporte that night, so we hauled up ourpunt on a grassy bank. We took the tauts out of her and turned her over.We put on our long rubber coats, got something to eat and crawled upunder her fer the night. When it got light, there was about three inches ofsnow on the boat!These are not the only stories that can be told about travel to and from thelumber woods, but is gives us an idea about how tough travel used to be!The Lumber WoodsBy Colette WellsThe work was hard,The food was rough,We put in long hoursAnd the going was toughNo chainsaws then, no hot bathsThem times are all gone nowAll part of the past.Questions to think and write about:1. How did most people travel to and from the lumber woods?
Thinking About ChristmasChristmas is a time of great celebration, but it probably does not hold thesame charm today as it did in holiday seasons past. The following are somememories of Christmas in the 'old days'.I remembers when Christmas was the best time of the year. Sure, gettingthe house ready for Christmas was the best part of the season! The firstthing we had to do was clean the house from top to bottom. The menwould also get ready. They would bring wood in from outside and makesure they had plenty of splits. No one wanted to fuss with wood duringthe twelve days of Christmas!And the Christmas cakes! My dear! We would start baking Christmascakes in the fall of the year. Sometimes we would spend hours cuttingup fruit and nuts. Then we would have great yarns about how our cakescame out. One might complain that her cake was too dry, or too'doughy'. Someone else might say that they baked their cake too much.When the time came to cut them, we would make sure that we had ataste of everyone's cake. If the recipe was good, we would copy it off forthe next year. Now, people don't have time for making cakes like that.Nah. There is too much other stuff on the go today.The Christmas tree is still a big part of the Christmas tradition. Years ago,people could not buy an artificial or 'farmed' tree. In those days, the man ofthe house would choose a tree and cut it down. One lady remembers the firsttime she ever saw a Christmas tree:Aunt Bessie was sick in bed. It must have been when one of the childrenwas born. Anyway, Uncle Caleb was going to 'do up', or decorate theChristmas tree. We was not allowed to see it until it was all finished.Well, he was working on that tree for some spell! Bye and bye the once,he opened the door and let us in. There, stuck up in the corner was an'aps' tree! You know, the kind that loses its leaves in the fall of the year.It didn't have one leaf on it. Not one! Uncle Caleb trimmed each branchon the tree to a sharp point and stuck an apple on each one. That's as
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Thinking About ChristmasChristmas is a time <strong>of</strong> great celebration, but it probably does not hold thesame charm today as it did in holiday seasons past. The following are somememories <strong>of</strong> Christmas in the 'old days'.I remembers when Christmas was the best time <strong>of</strong> the year. Sure, gettingthe house ready for Christmas was the best part <strong>of</strong> the season! The firstthing we had to do was clean the house from top to bottom. The menwould also get ready. They would bring wood in from outside and makesure they had plenty <strong>of</strong> splits. No one wanted to fuss with wood duringthe twelve days <strong>of</strong> Christmas!And the Christmas cakes! My dear! We would start baking Christmascakes in the fall <strong>of</strong> the year. Sometimes we would spend hours cuttingup fruit and nuts. Then we would have great yarns about how our cakescame out. One might complain that her cake was too dry, or too'doughy'. Someone else might say that they baked their cake too much.When the time came to cut them, we would make sure that we had ataste <strong>of</strong> everyone's cake. If the recipe was good, we would copy it <strong>of</strong>f forthe next year. Now, people don't have time for making cakes like that.Nah. There is too much other stuff on the go today.The Christmas tree is still a big part <strong>of</strong> the Christmas tradition. Years ago,people could not buy an artificial or 'farmed' tree. In those days, the man <strong>of</strong>the house would choose a tree and cut it down. One lady remembers the firsttime she ever saw a Christmas tree:Aunt Bessie was sick in bed. It must have been when one <strong>of</strong> the childrenwas born. Anyway, Uncle Caleb was going to 'do up', or decorate theChristmas tree. We was not allowed to see it until it was all finished.Well, he was working on that tree for some spell! Bye and bye the once,he opened the door and let us in. There, stuck up in the corner was an'aps' tree! You know, the kind that loses its leaves in the fall <strong>of</strong> the year.It didn't have one leaf on it. Not one! Uncle Caleb trimmed each branchon the tree to a sharp point and stuck an apple on each one. That's as
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