Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 706
nking, and telling stories,and hearty laughter, and play-ing at bowls on a smooth grass plot. It wasthe Dutch who introduced various festivals thathave been preserved ever since in America ; suchas Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas, at Christmas-time, colored eggs at Easter, and the practice ofNew-Years… … DWELLING-HOUSE IN NEW AMSTERDAM. evenings, and greeting the passers-by, who, in re-turn, were obliged to greet everybody, he says, unless they would shock the general politeness 678 OLD DUTCH TIMES IN NEW YORK. [September of the town. He also says that the Dutch peoplein Albany used to breakfast on…
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