SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:06:42
Mrs. Mary Sage talks about her grandparents on both sides of her family; family.
SIDE A 00:06:42 -- 00:12:34
Mary talks about home remedies, buying salt herring in stores, and being born at home; salt herring, home remedies, childbirth.
SIDE A 00:12:34 -- 00:18:45
How she became a teacher, how she got her job, embarrassing moments, not using the strap, kids pranks and her father joining the navy for WWII; WWII, teachers, teaching, teacher's salary, tricks, corporal punishment, navy.
SIDE A 00:18:45 -- 00:27:11
When she was born and her ancestors, and a story about "Big Sandy Malcom"; Big Sandy Malcolm, Sandy Malcolm, ancestors.
SIDE A 00:27:11 -- 00:31:45
Quiet sundays, working in schools, and deep snow; deep snow, snow, quiet Sundays, Sundays, school, teaching.
SIDE A 00:31:45 -- 00:44:30
Her father's workshop, building boats, and his mill; mills, shipbuilding, boats, carpenters.
SIDE A 00:44:30 -- 00:47:44
Aunt "Binnie" and the ferry, the ferry lodge being built, and leaving PEI for Nova Scotia to find a job; ferries, ferry lodge.
SIDE A ends at 00:47:44.
SIDE B 00:47:49 -- 00:50:27
Finding a job in Pictou and what would happen to the store when she left; Pictou, shipyards.
SIDE B 00:50:27 -- 01:10:30
She tells many stories about her father and his many jobs; WWI, trenches, boats, swimming, stores, lobster, cars, gas pumps, chewing tobacco, drinking, smoking, swearing, WWII, Parkinson's, sawmills, Hickey and Nicholson, shipwright.
SIDE B 01:10:30 -- 01:11:35
She tells a short cooking story and talks about her inability to bake a cake as a girl; baking, cooking.
SIDE B 01:11:35 -- 01:17:10
Discussion about Christmas, telephones, and going to Charlottetown once per year; traveling, telephones, Christmas, rum, gum, Santa Claus.
SIDE B 01:17:10 -- 01:21:21
Dr. Lester and the death of her mother; Dr. Lester, doctors.
SIDE B 01:21:21 -- 01:26:20
The shipyard and a story about submarines, her sister Joan, and a description of Pictou; Pictou, submarines, subs, shipyards, WWII.
SIDE B 01:26:20 -- 01:30:04
Fires in the Bedford arsenal and then trying to get back to Pictou; Pictou, Bedford, fires, WWII.
SIDE B 01:30:04 -- 01:32:30
Making shotgun shells for the store, horseshoe nails, local blacksmiths, their horses named Maude; horses, blacksmiths, horseshoes, nails, shotgun shells.
SIDE B 01:32:30 -- 01:35:27
Boston relatives and cousins, visiting her aunt Verbena, nicknames in the family, and women's rights; women's rights, nicknames, Boston.
Tape ends at 01:35:27.
