I celebrate my little victories of life regularly as a way to encourage more positivity in my life. My most recent interesting victory was getting my head around kissing a frozen cod-fish to take part in Newfoundland and Labrador’s famous Screech-In ceremony.
My husband and I choose to be screeched-in at Trapper John’s Pub and Museum, once voted best pub in North America for its fun, food and hospitality. The pub was very interesting however dark which although adding to the ambiance made taking good photos difficult.
The experience began with the ringing of the Screeching ceremony bell. This alerts all patrons in the pub that someone has requested to be Screeched-In.
We choose Sunday 5pm just as the pub was opening for the night for our ceremony. Because of this the pub had limited patrons however all stopped what they were doing, making us feel very welcome as we went through the ritual to become honorary Newfies—Newfoundlanders slang name for themselves.
For more information about the Screech-In ceremony and our experience please visit my earlier post https://www.inspiringmax.com/honarary-newfies/
We loved Newfoundland so much that one day we hope to visit again, next time for several months.
Max, I’ve nominated you for a Sisterhood of the World Award.
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Thank you I am honoured and look forward to paying it forward and supporting other worthy blogs.
You’re welcome.
Well, that sounds like great fun.
Definitely. That’s why I love traveling as you never know what lies ahead you just go with it.
True 🙂
I’ve never heard of being screeched in. I have heard of being knocked up the morning. I have much to learn about things down under.
Being Screech-in is not Australian it is a custom from Newfoundland Canada. We are now honorary Newfies. It was fun.
I think it was in the movie Crockadile Dundee. When Dundee and his friend stayed at this little inn, they were told they will knocked up in the morning, meaning hitting the downstairs ceiling with a broom handle to wake them up. That was probably just for the movie and never really happened in Australia.