Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-02-11
Date Digitized
2010-06-23
Abstract
This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about home remedies, family, potato farming, blacksmiths and sleighs, how he met his wife, working in coal mines, his parents, his dog, horses, his time spent in jail for making moonshine, foxes, cars, radio, and Amelia's family.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:27
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:01:17
Discussion about home remedies continues on from Tape Two; home remedies, cures, boils, bealing.

SIDE A 00:01:17 -- 00:06:15
Discussion about work, his family, potato farming, and life at home; potato farming, potato digger, potato planter, potato varieties, hake, fish, herring, butter, milk, eggs.

SIDE A 00:06:15 -- 00:10:47
Discussion about blacksmiths and sleighs, with mention of Francis cutters; blacksmiths, Robert Gallant, Harry Saunders, Francis sleighs, sleighs, sleigh bells, pung sleigh, wood sleigh, Johnny Doyle.

SIDE A 00:10:47 -- 00:11:11
Discussion about gristmills; gristmill, Leard's mill.

SIDE A 00:11:11 -- 00:20:16
Discussion about how me met his wife and his work in the coal mines, with a story about an accident in the mines; coal mines, Amelia Gallant, Minto, miner's lungs, miner, mining, accident.

SIDE A 00:20:16 -- 00:24:00??
Discussion about his father driving horses to Summerside to sell geese to Holman's, with mention of Ralph's chores and Christmas; Holman's, horseshoe prices, geese, traveling, chores, horses, Duvar, Christmas, presents, bobsleigh.

SIDE A 00:24:00 -- 00:26:21
Discussion about his dog and a story about having to kill him; dog, German Shepherd.

SIDE A 00:26:21 -- 00:30:25
Discussion about coal mining in Minto continues; Minto, coal mining, coal miner, coal mine, wheeler, dynamite, wages, rate of pay.

SIDE A 00:30:25 -- 00:31:34
A story about calling his father from Canmore; telephone, telephone charges.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:34.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:32:21
A story about calling his father from Canmore continues; telephone, telephone charges.

SIDE B 00:32:21 -- 00:33:11
Discussion about Christmas, with mention of snaring and selling rabbits; Christmas, Santa Claus, rabbits.

SIDE B 00:33:11 -- 00:36:52
Discussion about his time spent in jail for making moonshine; moonshine, jail, Sheriff Dewar, homemade beer, beer.

SIDE B 00:36:52 -- 00:38:29
Discussion about the Soviet, the Greyhound, and bootleggers in Summerside; Soviet, Andy Perry, rum runner, John Holman, John Gallant, Summerside, bootleggers, bootlegging, Greyhound.

SIDE B 00:38:29 -- 00:42:44
Discussion about his time in jail continues, with mention of making moonshine and beer; Summerside, racetrack, horses, moonshine, mash, homemade beer, beer, Ed Jones, Sheriff Dewar.

SIDE B 00:42:44 -- 00:46:13
Discussion about traveling men and cures for horses with ailments; traveling man, Ray Butler, horse breeding, stallions, Bluestone, tansy, horses, black water, cures, cod liver oil.

SIDE B 00:46:13 -- 00:47:25
Discussion about fox ranching; Alvin Lackey, fox ranching, foxes, fox feed.

SIDE B 00:47:25 -- 00:48:39
Discussion about his grandparents; Gallant, Duvar.

SIDE B 00:48:39 -- 00:50:34
Discussion about cars; cars, Whippet, Model-T Ford.

SIDE B 00:50:34 -- 00:51:44
Discussion about their first radio, with mention of going to the Calgary Stampede; radio, RCA, Hank Snow, Wilf Carter, Calgary Stampede.

SIDE B 00:51:44 -- 00:53:09
Discussion about planting crops; planting crops.

SIDE B 00:53:09 -- 00:56:20
Discussion about Edgar Canton, Ford cars, and coming back from Gaspe on an ice breaker; Edgar Canton, Ford, cars, ice breaker.

SIDE B 00:56:20 -- 01:03:27
Discussion about working in the coal mines in Minto continues, with mention of Amelia's family; Minto, accidents, mining, coal mining, coal miners, cars, Belgian, immigrants, coal mine.

Tape ends at 01:03:27.