Robbie Burns Day celebrated early with traditions and jokes
Footnotes by Sharron Wild recount Robbie Burns Day on Jan 25 with local celebrations set for Jan 22, alongside reflections on Burns poetry and Honduran Christmas customs. The essay notes Burns as a folk poet, mentions Auld Lang Syne, and contrasts holiday traditions with those in Honduras, including a pinata and cost-of-living jokes about whiskey and milk prices.
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Robbie Burns
Robert Burns
Burns
Turkey
Honduras
Central America
Weekend visitors and local gatherings across the Rutherford area
Recent visits were reported from Mrs. A Riddell and Rutherford with Jim Patterson and family, Donald Patterson, and Abe Friesen from Winnipeg. Weekend guests included Vic Fehr, Glenn, Owen McGorman, Danny McDonald, Pearl McDonald, Donna, Mel Irwin and family, and Cheryl Thompson with Ken Milne. Robert Reid and Gwen Reid visited from Winnipeg. Ron Gillies from Portage visited Pearl McDonald and Donna. Mount Etna, 11 122 feet, is noted as Sicily’s largest island in the Mediterranean.
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Eva Aillespie
A Riddell
Rutherford
Jim Patterson
Donald Patterson
Helston
Vic Fehr
Glenn
Owen McGorman
Danny ‘McDonald
Pearl McDonald
Donna
Mel Irwin
Sinclar
Cheryl Thompson
Langruth
Fiddling Contest and Birthday Celebration Nearby
Poplar Point residents attended a Winnipeg fiddling contest on Saturday. Beausejour and Por tage guests joined Mr. and Mrs. F. Lacroix for Floyd Lacroix’s birthday supper. Jean Zeck visited Por tage and shared time with the Delbridge family. A nine and under hockey tournament was hosted, with Northside defeating Starbuck for the A side and Oakville winning the B side.
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E. Dickenson
F. Lacroix
F. Lacroix Jr
Winnipeg
C. Guttormson
Beausejour
Floyd Jr
David Lacroix
Maxine Moyse
Portage
Floyd
Jean Zeck
F. Delbridge
Bud Young
Northside
Starbuck
Oakville
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Sharron Wild
Toronto
Allie Lange
Lange
Raisa Davies
Carol Guicheret
Gail Hay
Bev Hyde
Barb Lytle
Bev Bachalo
Brenda Moorhouse
Verna Bailey
Bailey
Dawn Alayne Galbraith
Daddy Blight
Ann Perchak
Carol Brown
St. Pierre
Brown
Heather Legault
Audrey Baldwin
Shirley Baldwin
Dorothy Smith
Smith
Mary Owens
Betty Collett
Ann Matiowsky
Ev Nicholls
Nicholls
Karen Mayer
Betty Nicholls
Peggy McCowan
Livingstone
Mount Etna
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Poplar Point
Gladstone Airport — Club
Gladstone Flying Club
MacGregor
Christianson Law Office
Austin Credit Union
Rob Hill Agency
Mr. A. G. McGregor
Autopac
Anoth Tractor & Con
NEI
John Deere
IHC
HYDRO
VER
John Deeres
CAB
Fer Geo
AL Viluion
Ucas Nent Auction
Allis Chalmers
Olivers & M&m
Oliver
Ferguson
NEW Holland
Michigan
FORD
General
INC
Transtar
Detroit Oil
Geo. Lucas Tractor & Equipment, Inc
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
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