Today, only a few towns in Maine and New England still celebrate the practice, but just a few generations back the parade of horribles was as common as modern-day pancake breakfasts and fireworks.
BELFAST The Belfast Historical Society will meet Monday, May 22, at 7 p.m., in the Abbott Room at the Belfast Free Library to hear a talk by Gary Stuckey, museum volunteer and history enthusiast. The talk “Up the Not So Lazy River, Life at Head of.