Are there any other Bluenosers here?

Lark · Post by **Lark** » Fri May 02, 2003 10:18 pm

Just curious to know if there is anyone else from Nova Scotia on the board

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri May 02, 2003 10:53 pm

Lark wrote:Just curious to know if there is anyone else from Nova Scotia on the board

I'm from Mayes County which isn't far from Adair County, which BrassBlower told me Nova Scotia is in Adair County, but I can't find it on the map of Adair County, so I think he may not know what he's talking about.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat May 03, 2003 3:29 am

I'll be a very temporary one over the US Memorial Day weekend... taking the Scotia Prince to Yarmouth, and spending 2 nights in Digby.

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Sat May 03, 2003 10:34 am

LArk, I am a wannabe Bluenoser......Nova Scotia is one wonderful place to be.

liz

herbivore12 · Post by **herbivore12** » Sat May 03, 2003 11:57 am

Ah. I thought maybe you were asking if any of us were in the habit of kissing up to our Nordic bosses, but I see I was wrong. . . Carry on.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat May 03, 2003 7:39 pm

What is the source of the name "Bluenoser" in this context anyway?

Lark · Post by **Lark** » Sat May 03, 2003 10:10 pm

Well there are two ideas about the origin of the name

1) the less popular is that when people first came to Nova Scotia, they brought with them a type of potato that has a blue nub. Then when Nova Scotians went to upper Canada during a particularly cold winter (legends says that is snowed for 12 months, but I doubt that) they brought there potatoes that helped feed the people around them.

2) is that often Nova Scotia’s fishermen would fish in the cold and weather, and their nose would get slight frostbite, making it blue. This is the popular explanation as it paints the hardworking, noble character I think that NS’s people would like to associate them selves with.

Any who, I think the name really became well known as a nick name for Nova Scotians with the naming of the Blue Nose schooner in 1921. Which can be found on the back of the Canadian dime.

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This is the Blue Nose II or III

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat May 03, 2003 10:24 pm

My nose is growing numb just thinking about it. Blue taters. Is that like ube? Of course ube is purple.

one-tin-soldier · Post by **one-tin-soldier** » Sun May 04, 2003 7:27 am

Hi Lark, another wanna-be here. My body is in Ontario, but my heart is in Cape Breton NS, Glace Bay to be specific. Someday the two shall meet up again!

Cheryl

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Sun May 04, 2003 8:43 am

Cheryl. from one wannabe to another..I would be in Cape Breton too, possibly Ingonish, but then, that is too far from Mabou where a little roadside diner has the absolute best apple crisp ever tasted anywhere.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sun May 04, 2003 9:54 am

-Didn't the original Bluenose wipe the eye of competition in
cod-schooner races? -Lurking Lunenburgers, salt bankers,- please advise!

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Sun May 04, 2003 10:00 am

This URL gives a history of the "Bluenose" schooner and her achievements:

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/flinn/bluen ... enose.html

chas · Post by **chas** » Sun May 04, 2003 2:51 pm

The Bluenose is also the name of the ferry that runs from Bar Harbor to NS.

I have only been to NS twice. Some friends had relatives in Scots Bay, which is on the Bay of Fundy. We were never there for a big tidal bore, but it's impressive even when the tide changes "only" 20 feet.

By pure serendipity I was in Halifax for the total eclipse that was featured in "You're so vain." The sun went out in the middle of the day, but it stayed up till 11 that night. Way cool, and I'm gonna make damn sure my little one sees NS when she's old enough to appreciate it.

brianormond · Post by **brianormond** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:36 am

-Passing through Nova Scotia many years ago, my travel companion was skeptical a place called Musquodoboit existed. We were mosquito bit, and she thought she was being spoofed. Its really there!

Lark · Post by **Lark** » Mon May 05, 2003 11:29 am

Yes there is a Musquodoboit, however it’s pronounced “Muss-ke-dob-it”, so there isan't a constant reminder of the mosquito

other then the bites.

Some other interesting place names in Nova Scotia:
-Lower Economy
-Pugwash
-Shag Harbour
-Meat Cove
-Tatamagouche (a fun one to say)
-Urbania
-Cape Sable Island (seem confused about what it is, a cape or a Island)
-Kajimkujik (this is the most fun to hear out of towners say)
-WhiteHead (teens know about this)
-Ecum Secum (instead of saying “go to Timbuktu!“, we would say “go to Ecum Secum!”)
-Mushaboom

For those wanting to visit some famous places, but can’t afford to travel far, we have:
-Trafalgar
-Ohio
-Ohio (no, no typo, there are two of them)
-Upper/lower Ohio (yes, three, and this one is split in two to make fore)
-Ireland (sorry, the resemblance stops at the name)
-Cleveland (strangely, not in one of the Ohios)
-Florence
-Overton (about as close as I’m going to get to one)

Or if you wish to make a religious pilgrimage:
-Goshen
-Marie Joseph
-bible hill
-St. Bernard

Ok, let’s open this up so the Atlantic provinces

Is there anyone on the board from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, or Nova Scotia?

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