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Sheila’s Come To Sweep Away Winter

Newfoundland lore around St. Patrick

March 1, 2018 Melissa Wong Audio Stories, Kicker Radio, Lifestyles, Province 0

The official church record will tell you St. Patrick did not have a wife, but there’s a long-standing legend in Newfoundland that he was married to a woman named Sheila.

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Dale Jarvis poses in front of posters in his offices Downtown. — *Newfoundland folklorist, Dale Jarvis, explains the lore behind Shelia’s Brush in his offices in downtown, St. John’s. Melissa Wong/Kicker*

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The preserving of a story

October 15, 2018 Cameron Kilfoy Arts, Lifestyles 0

Storytellers of all kinds gathered at the Rocket Bakery this Tuesday to kick off the Storytelling Festival and to help celebrate the craft.

Ashley DeMoss stands with her collection of ghost tale books by Dale Jarvis, founder of the Haunted Hike.

St. John’s Haunted Hike returns for Halloween season

October 19, 2021 Sarah Antle Lifestyles 0

The St. John’s Haunted Hike continues to capture the interest of hundreds. Its Halloween events are sold out in advance.

They shed blood so that others speak their mother tongue

March 3, 2022 Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu Audio, Featured, Metro, News 0

On February 21st, 1952 Bangladeshi people shed their blood to speak officially in their mother language . That day of the history is now celebrated as “International Mother Language Day”. Each year, the local […]

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