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Games

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Trivia

The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

Colony of Avalon, Ferryland

ferryland · The Irish Loop

A 1621 English colony being dug out of the ground in front of you - one of the best-preserved early sites in North America.

The Colony of Avalon at Ferryland was founded in 1621 under George Calvert. It is billed as one of the best-preserved early English colonial sites in North America, with over two million artifacts recovered. Visitors can see the excavated 'prettie cobblestone street', a 17th-century kitchen, and heritage gardens, and join programs such as Archaeologist For A Day. The site notes that Protestants and Catholics 'worshipped in peace' here, and that in the later Kirke era a woman held most of the power. A Beothuk presence at Ferryland is also noted by the site. Open June to October, about an hour from St. John's on the Irish Loop.

How to get there

Ferryland on the Irish Loop (Route 10), about an hour south of St. John's; the dig site and heritage gardens sit above the sea at the east end of the community.

When

Open June to October

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Where that comes from

On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road