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Customs and Fashions in Old New England

Name: Customs and Fashions in Old New England
Author: Alice Morse Earle

Alice Morse Earle

Read by Ted Lienhart · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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1. Child Life, Part 1 (30:16)
1. Child Life, Part 2 (28:56)
2. Courtship and Marriage Customs, Part 1 (25:44)
2. Courtship and Marriage Customs, Part 2 (25:26)
2. Courtship and Marriage Customs, Part 3 (27:39)
3. Domestic Service, Part 1 (21:00)
3. Domestic Service, Part 2 (21:59)
4. Home Interiors, Part 1 (24:10)
4. Home Interiors, Part 2 (21:35)
5. Table Plenishings (24:10)
6. Supplies of the Larder (30:10)
7. Old Colonial Drinks and Drinkers (36:38)
8. Travel, Tavern, and Turnpike, Part 1 (25:38)
8. Travel, Tavern, and Turnpike, Part 2 (25:02)
9. Holidays and Festivals (32:23)
10. Sports and Diversions, Part 1 (21:00)
10. Sports and Diversions, Part 2 (20:21)
11. Books and Book-Makers, Part 1 (27:01)
11. Books and Book-Makers, Part 2 (27:37)
12. Artifices of Handsomeness, Part 1 (21:26)
12. Artifices of Handsomeness, Part 2 (23:19)
13. Raiment and Vesture (29:41)
14. Doctors and Patients, Part 1 (28:18)
14. Doctors and Patients, Part 2 (30:24)
15. Funeral and Burial Customs, Part 1 (20:59)
15. Funeral and Burial Customs, Part 2 (18:50)