Root Cellars<br /> <br /> When our forefathers came to these rugged old shores<br /> In generations which have long gone<br /> They wrestled a living from the land and the sea<br /> Through days that were hard and were long<br /> They cleared the woodlands and barrens to plant<br /> In soil that was rocky and thin<br /> Some crops to sustain them through long winter months<br /> Till summer-time rolled &acirc;��round again<br /> <br /> As they started their homes here some hardship they knew<br /> As they learned to live with the land<br /> And they dug into hummicks and built up the walls<br /> Of root cellars still here looking grand<br /> And when harvest time came &acirc;��round in fine autumn days<br /> With good crops produced by much toil<br /> The land that grew them would now protect them<br /> These cellars which were dug in the soil<br /> <br /> Oh! The round grassy mounds have for long been found<br /> Down in Elliston, Trinity Bay<br /> Built by our forefathers in long years gone by<br /> To help them survive winter days<br /> By keeping the vegetable crops that they grew<br /> Secure from the frost and the cold<br /> &acirc;��Till springtime came &acirc;��round and they planted again<br /> Their potatoes in row after row<br /> <br /> All over the landscape from up near the woods<br /> To down on the land by the shore<br /> You'll still see root cellars, with round grassy mounds<br /> Constructed in those days of yore<br /> And we all take pride in this heritage<br /> Passed down from our fathers before<br /> As they settled here in Bird Island Cove <br /> Now Elliston Town by the shore<br />   Submitted By: wayne taylor