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2021 Holiday MLH Magazine

Mr. Local History Online Magazine – a free magazine with stories about local history and events in New Jersey.

The holiday's in and around the MLH home base in the northern section of Somerset County, New Jersey. But we are NJ History!!!!
The holidays in and around the MLH home base in the northern section of Somerset County, New Jersey. But we are NJ History!!!!
Colonial Christmas at the Jacobus Vanderveer House

Colonial Christmas Shines at Bedminster’s Vanderveer House

The Jacobus Vanderveer House in Bedminster, New Jersey, is celebrating its 22nd Colonial Christmas, an annual fundraiser event that combines history, tourism, tradition, and Christmas spirit. It offers an array of activities including music, reenactments, crafts, and holiday shopping. The event typically takes place on the last weekend of November and the first week of December.

Cold as Balls - Cold as a witches tit

Origins of Cold as Balls and Cold as a Witch’s Teet

The phrase “cold as balls” reportedly comes from the contraction of metal on ship’s cannons, causing the iron balls to fall. The expression “cold as a witch’s tit” originated from the belief that witches, portrayed as cold-blooded in the 1600s, had an ‘unholy’ body part feeding familiars or the devil.

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