Screech...
I am covering the most important topic, am sure you are wondering what it tastes like, huh?
To be "screeched in" means:
On George St., party street central, downtown St. Johns, there are quite a few pubs that take hourly reservations starting @ 10:30ish p m for this process...  The barkeep pours shooters of screetch for all, saying nfld  sayings you are expected to repeat, then a cod has to be kissed - variation a piece of bologne (sp?), yep, baloney has to be eaten, then you shoot the screech...  Then you have been screeched in...  There are many variations of the process, but that is the one I understand is done...  Sometimes, a mint candy (yuck!) is in the mix...
No, I did not stay up for the process, too late for these old bones, plus the 2 ladies I met, one had already been screeched in, the other wasn't interested...
But, yes, I did a version of being screeched in, which was:  Walked over to George St on Sat evening, went into one of the bars, mentioned to my waitress that I came all the way from Van., to drink some screech...  She was a cute little girl by the name of Carrie, who brought me a shot, also brought one for her...  She said that it wasn't allowed to do your first shot of screech so we downed them in unison...  That was her treat!  Cool, huh?  I enjoyed that so much, had a few more but with coke...  What is screech, you ask?  It's Jamaican Rum, man!
How did it get it's name you ask?  Years ago, ships transported fish to Jamaica but had no cargo set to come back so it was decided to send rum back, very popular, so it became the custom...  The Americans were here during WWII, drinking, one pte swelled a big gulp, his Sgt walked in as he screeched, probably choking, I don't know...  The Sgt asked if he was all right, a buddy said he just screeched when drinking, hence the name...
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