Publication Date

Summer 6-1-1980

Volume

5

Issue

2

Keywords

Local history, Fishing, Fishermen, Lobstering, Clam Harvesting, Cultural Traditions, Immigrants, Greek Community, Fly Fishing, Sports Fishing, Shipwrecks, Folklore, Oral History, Performing Arts, Vaudeville, French Canadians, Sail Making

Disciplines

Human Ecology | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology of Culture | Work, Economy and Organizations

Description

    Contents
  • 3 ‘I Never Lied in My Life’ Cecil Kelley of Jonesport, Maine, spins a series of outrageous yams. Sample: “Grandmother drank a barrel of rum a day...”
  • 16 Jake’s Easter Clam One Easter Sunday, seven-year-old Jake Leach went clamming with his father. John Leach of Kennebunkport, Maine, tells what clamming means to him and why he takes Jake along.
  • 24 Christos Anesti! Greek Easter The Greek community in Biddeford, Maine, celebrates Easter with all the traditions of the old country.
  • 32 Harvey’s Gone Fishing Harvey Bixby of Cape Porpoise, Maine, would rather fish than eat. He takes Salt fly casting with him.
  • 36 Wreck of the Schooner Charles From old newspaper accounts, Salt pieces together the story of the wreck of the Charles in 1807.
  • 39 Sam, the Minstrel Man Sam Miller of Portsmouth is an old vaudeville man who has played the bones and cavorted for audiences throughout New England.
  • 44 The Alewives Are Running When the alewives run, fishermen get their bait.
  • 46 Your New Country Betha Guerin’s family migrated from Canada to milltown Biddeford, Maine, when she was a girl. She talks of both her old and new countries.
  • 51 Lofting and Making Molds A step by step explanation of how to loft a boat and build the molds. Based on work done in the Salt Boatbuilding School.
  • 59 Closer to Nature Helen Perley says animals are just like people, and proves it at her animal farm in Scarborough, Maine.
  • 69 Salt’s Photographic Exhibit A photographic exhibit of the best work of Salt has been on tour in Maine. Samples from the exhibit.

Publisher

SALT, Inc.

City

Kennebunkport, Maine

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