SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:11
Discussion with Jean about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, halibut liver oil, sulfur and molasses, cough syrup.
SIDE A 00:03:11 -- 00:04:14
Discussion with Jean about the phases of the moon; phases of the moon, haircuts.
SIDE A 00:04:14 -- 00:06:54
Discussion with Jean about her grandparents; James Duck, Suzanne Harper.
SIDE A 00:06:54 -- 00:08:29
Discussion with Jean about her old dress and church; dresses, church, 1925, church union.
SIDE A 00:08:29 -- 00:10:06
Discussion with Jean about school; school, Jessie Marshall, Jeanette McVittie, teachers, 1931.
SIDE A 00:10:06 -- 00:13:40
Discussion with Jean about the family house, with mention of the post office there and her birth; post office, 1916.
SIDE A 00:13:40 -- 00:20:08
Discussion with Jean about chores on the family farm, with mention of her brother's death; chores, milking, butter, eggs, horses, pneumonia, homemade soap, washing, Frank MacMillan.
SIDE A 00:20:08 -- 00:22:49
Discussion with Florence about picking potatoes; potato picking, wages, potato varieties.
SIDE A 00:22:49 -- 00:25:11
Discussion with Florence about chores on the family farm; chores, horses, hay.
SIDE A 00:25:11 -- 00:26:03
Discussion with Florence about bushed ice and buffalo robes; bushed ice, buffalo robes.
SIDE A 00:26:03 -- 00:27:03
Discussion with Florence about blacksmiths; blacksmiths, George MacMillan.
SIDE A 00:27:03 -- 00:28:09
Discussion with Florence about her birth in the family house; midwives.
SIDE A 00:28:09 -- 00:29:49
Discussion with Florence about her grandfather; James Duck, country vets, veterinarians, tobacco pipes.
SIDE A 00:29:49 -- 31:48
Florence tells a story about hidden candy; candy, clocks.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:48.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:32:17
Florence continues telling a story about hidden candy; clocks.
SIDE B 00:32:17 -- 00:32:54
Discussion with Florence about life during the 1930s; 1930s, Great Depression.
SIDE B 00:32:54 -- 00:34:25
Discussion with Florence about Christmas; Christmas, presents, plum pudding.
SIDE B 00:34:25 -- 00:35:34
Discussion with Florence about her brother's death from pneumonia; pneumonia, Frank MacMillan.
SIDE B 00:35:34 -- 00:36:31
Discussion about their family background; Edmund MacMillan, Bertha Duck, George MacMillan, Nathan MacMillan, Elizabeth Rodd.
SIDE B 00:36:31 -- 00:37:54
Discussion about various topics including trading herring and playing cards; trading, card games.
SIDE B 00:37:54 -- 00:40:34
Discussion about foxes; foxes, fox pelts, 1940s, pelting.
SIDE B 00:40:34 -- 00:50:45
Discussion about their husbands, how they met, and their weddings; 1927, immigrants, Orr MacCann, courting, 1946, James Rea, Irish.
SIDE B 00:50:45 -- 00:56:24
Discussion about Christmas and school; Christmas, Christmas dinner, geese, presents, Christmas concerts, Christmas trees, Eva Stevenson, teachers, school, Edith MacMillan, Edith MacEwan, Jeanette McVittie.
SIDE B 00:56:24 -- 01:03:44
Discussion about entries from Jean's diary; 1939, prices, radios, 1994, cold weather, 1941, WWII.
Tape ends at 01:03:44.
