SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:03:06
Discussion about the MacKay family history; Annabella, 1770, 1855, Campbellton, Edward MacKay, 1896, MacKay.
SIDE A 00:03:06 -- 00:06:46
Discussion about his mother's family and his grandfather's work as a blacksmith; Walsh, Ireland, shipbuilding, Summerside, Albert Walsh, blacksmiths, 1932, Cape Wolfe, horses, walking, Alberton Exhibition.
SIDE A 00:06:46 -- 00:10:28
A story about his grandfather and about the Sons of Temperance, with mention of horses; Sons of Temperance, Dan Riley, 1932, Cape Wolfe, horses, walking.
SIDE A 00:10:28 -- 00:12:20
Discussion about his birth, doctors, and midwives; Dr. Isadore Gallant, Mrs. Costin, midwives, wages, doctors, birth.
SIDE A 00:12:20 -- 00:13:51
Discussion about home remedies; goose grease, turpentine, cod liver oil, salt herring, home remedies.
SIDE A 00:13:51 -- 00:20:46
Discussion about Keith Pratt's store; Keith Pratt, A. J. Pratt, cancer, goods, Pratt's store, molasses, store hours, wages, egg trading, egg prices.
SIDE A 00:20:46 -- 00:26:57
Discussion about egg grading; egg grading licence, egg prices, egg prices, egg grades, candling eggs, Ben Arsenault, wages.
SIDE A 00:26:57 -- 00:29:41
Discussion about trains; trains, James MacKay, section man, snow, stuck trains.
SIDE A 00:29:41 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about his first job working on a farm; wages, potato planting, potato farming.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:31:58 -- 00:32:21
Discussion about his first job continues; potato planting, potato varieties, Green Mountains, cobblers.
SIDE B 00:32:21 -- 00:33:54
Discussion about pesticides; Paris Green, pesticides, Arsenic of Lime, Bluestone, potato farming.
SIDE B 00:33:54 -- 00:35:36
Discussion about plowing and planting potatoes; plowing, planting potatoes, beater diggers, harrows, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:35:36 -- 00:37:20
Discussion about black oats and black potatoes; black oats, black potatoes.
SIDE B 00:37:20 -- 00:41:25
Discussion about family and homemade clothes, with mention of his uncle Harry MacKay the tailor; family, seventh son, homemade clothes, knitting, wool, flour bag clothes, yarn, tailor, Harry MacKay, clothing, pillowcases, flour bags, clothes.
SIDE B 00:41:25 -- 00:42:20
Brief discussion about big families; big families.
SIDE B 00:42:20 -- 00:45:30
Discussion about cooking, food, and lobster; cooking, food, lobster, salt fish, pork, codfish prices, Merret Ramsay, fertilizer, lobster prices.
SIDE B 00:45:30 -- 00:47:06
Discussion about using lobster as fertilizer and mussel mud; mussel mud, lobster fertilizer, lobster paste, Merret Ramsay, fertilizer.
SIDE B 00:47:06 -- 00:49:08
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, poultry.
SIDE B 00:49:08 -- 00:50:58
Discussion about planting crops and cutting firewood by the moon; planting by the moon, firewood, moon phases, superstitions.
SIDE B 00:50:58 -- 00:54:03
Discussion about his first trip to SummerSIDE And Olympia ice cream; Summerside, 1938, Perry's theater, train, ice cream, Olympia ice cream, picnics, Summerside, ADL.
SIDE B 00:53:03 -- 00:56:33
Discussion about farming and family; farming, horses, Sundays.
SIDE B 00:56:33 -- 00:59:47
Discussion about joining the army as a dental assistant; army, dental assistant, 1943, Dr. Ogilvie, Charlottetown.
SIDE B 00:59:47 -- 01:01:19
A story about Agnes' moonshine; Agnes, moonshine.
SIDE B 01:01:19 -- 01:02:42
Discussion about ghosts and the phantom ship; ghosts, phantom ship, ghost stories.
SIDE B 01:02:42 -- 01:03:45
Discussion about Will Riley; Will Riley, witch, magic.
Tape ends at 01:03:45.
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