Entertainment
Please enjoy this concert by The Brigadoons filmed in July 2020 as part of the Concerts at the Grotto
(Concert begins at 4:52 mark)
Learn more about The Grotto in Alexandria, Ontario (Glengarry County)
VIDEO: Alexandria Grotto Restored (CTV Ottawa)
Games
Card Game: Whist
Partnership in Whist is an Emblem of Partnership in Trade… It shows how much depends upon good Partnership; and I will venture to say, that a good Whist-Player will make both a good Partner and a good Merchant. The Polite Gamester; or, The Humours of Whist, 1753
How to play Whist (wikiHow)
How to play Whist (YouTube): 2 Player; 4 Player
The Georgians and Whist (Pen and Pension)
Historic Document: The Evolution of Whist (The Sewanee Review Vol. 3, No. 4 (Aug., 1895), pp. 457-467; Jstor)
The Royal & Most Pleasant Game of Goose
“The Royal Game of Goose – this was the most popular board game of the 18th century, and has been called the Monopoly of its day. The modern game of “Life” is actually based on Goose, and it’s still a fun game to play. You can but it and learn to play it in Williamsburg. Virginia.”
Game of Goose: How to Play (Colonial Games)
Printable Game of Goose: Version 1 (pdf; how to play in center of board)
Printable Game of Goose: Version 2 (pdf)
Royal Game of Goose (10 Historical Board Games; British Museum)
Game of Goose (Source: The Journal of American Folklore , Apr. – Jun., 1895, Vol. 8, No. 29 (Apr. – Jun., 1895), pp. 145-150)
Arts & Crafts
VIDEO: Native American quilter expands on Mohawk traditions (Mountain Lake PBS)
VIDEO: A History of Haudenosaunee Beadwork (wmht)
Make a Colonial Sweet bag (this Family Blog)
The History of and How to Make Pomander Balls (this Family Blog)
Colonial Craft Tutorials (This Family Blog)
