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26 quotes by Alice Morse Earle

The Sabbath in Puritan New England (1891) China Collecting in America (1892) Customs and Fashions in Old New England (1893) Diary of Anna Green Winslow, A Boston School Girl of 1771 (1894) Costume of Colonial Times (1894) Colonial Dames and Goodwives (1895) Colonial Days in Old New York (1896) Curious Punishments of Bygone Days (1896) In Old Narragansett: Romances and Realities (1898) Home Life in Colonial Days (1898) Child Life in Colonial Days...
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The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women were far too... →

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In the seventeenth century, the science of medicine had not wholly cut asunder from astrology and necromancy; and the trusting Christian still... →

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Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

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Salem houses present to you a serene and dignified front, gracious yet reserved, not thrusting forward their choicest treasures to the eyes of... →

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The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of... →

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By the year 1670, wooden chimneys and log houses of the Plymouth and Bay colonies were replaced by more sightly houses of two stories, which were... →

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From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life.

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It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.

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Few of the early houses in New England were painted, or colored, as it was called, either without or within. Painters do not appear in any of the... →

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In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan... →

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It is plainly evident that, in a country where land was to be had for the asking, fuel for the cutting, corn for the planting and harvesting, and... →

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Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for... →

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The first and most natural way of lighting the houses of the American colonists, both in the North and South, was by the pine-knots of the fat... →

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