What's It Wednesday: Answer for August 5th

What's It Wednesday: Answer Week 3 – August 9

Did you see our “What’s it Wednesday” post on Facebook? We asked what this ceramic vessel could be.

As a reminder the object is a small whiteware dish with a lid. The lid is decorated with decals and gilding and has a hole at the top. The base is undecorated. The entire vessel can be held in one hand.

This object is a hair collector. Back in the day people valued locks of hair and would give them away as tokens of love or memory. By using a vessel like this you could keep the hair you clip in dainty ringlets, ready to be put in a locket or be woven into a hair wreath.

Saturday Sighting

Hi everyone!

I hope this blog post finds you well!  Hard to believe we are into August already!  This week's nugget of nature is the hollyhocks which can be found in the garden along the fence in front of the Backus-Page House.

Fun facts about hollyhocks:

• Hollyhock flower stalks can grow to be 9 feet tall! 
• The roots can be used medicinally. 
• The stems can be used as firewood. 
• It is an important symbol in modern Japanese culture. 
• It symbolized ambition and fertility in the language of flowers of the Victorian era. 

 Have a great week everyone!  Stay safe and take care!

Catie Welch

#VisitList Contest!

During the month of August #historicplacesday is giving away $1000 to individuals who use #VisitList and a grand prize of $5,000 to a participating historic place. Each time a participating historic place is added to a VisitList, its chances of winning the grand prize will increase. That means you can help give your favourite historic place a boost! 

Foodie Friday - Beer and Mock Plum Pudding

From a Tyrconnell Heritage Society book called 
12 Days of Christmas

Recipes submitted by Barbara Backus-Zernicke from handwritten cookbooks belonging to her grandmother, Eliza Potticery Backus, a grade school teacher in Tyrconnell and wife of Andrew Storey Backus.

HOME BREWED BEER

Using brown sugar, ginger, hops, molasses, yeast, water, bottled in in bottles with rubber corks securely tied.  Beer will be ready in two days but will keep a year. 

Please note: no quantities were written.

MOCK PLUM PUDDING

1 cup suet

1 cup sweet milk

1 cup raisins

1 cup molasses

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon soda

Steam 4 hours.

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You may not know that all our events, admission and programming income goes into maintaining our heritage buildings, daily operating expenses like utilities, and funding future events.  If you are able to contribute financially by purchasing a Tyrconnell Heritage Society Membership or making a donation in any amount your support would be greatly appreciated.  Memberships - Individual $30; Couple $35; Family $40; Organization $45; Business $75; Individual Lifetime $250  Here is the link to our page at CanadaHelps http://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tyrconnell-heritage-society/

Preregister for the Heritage Farm Show

Online registration at http://backuspagehouse.ca/event/heritage-farm-show/

Event Flyer below

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