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Reflections: A glimpse of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations of 1926

Tea parties and drawing contests were some of the ways that Perth County residents observed the holiday

St. Patrick’s Day has long been marked across Perth County, and 1926 was no exception. That year’s festivities, like so many before and after, were captured in the pages of the local newspapers preserved at the Stratford-Perth Archives, offering glimpses into how the day was celebrated a century ago. From skating to tea parties to drawing contests and singing, there was something for everyone.

From the Stratford Beacon-Herald of March 17, 1926:

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The C.W.L. of Logan is holding a large dancing party in Erskine’s Hall on St. Patrick’s Day.  In Mitchell, on Tuesday evening a St. Patrick’s skating party was held by the Canadian Girls in Training of the United Church and they as their guests the Tuxis boys and the Trail rangers. After the skating was over the jolly party of young people repaired to lecture room of the church which was nicely decorated in St. Patrick’s fashion and where refreshments were served.   Shamrock Tea Was Successful Affair St. Marys C.W.L. Netted $75 at Attractive Function Held on St. Patrick’s Day  St. Marys – Pretty streamers of white and green formed a delightful and appropriate setting for the shamrock tea and sale of home-made cooking held the auspices of the St. Marys Catholic Women’s League in the council chambers of the town........

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