SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:24
Discussion about farming by the phases of the moon; planting by the moon, planting, moon phases, killing pigs, cutting wood.
SIDE A 00:03:24 -- 00:10:28
Discussion about his business of hauling and selling mussel mud; 1982, mussel mud, George Boswall, drowning, 1939, John Thompson, capstan and winch, capstan, mussel mud prices.
SIDE A 00:10:28 -- 00:15:37
Discussion about blacksmiths, with particular mention of Alexander Horton; blacksmiths, Frank Murnaghan, Alexander Horton, forges, Bethel, Everett Horton, horseshoeing, Alex Horton, horseshoe prices, sleighs, carriage maker, sleigh building, wire tightener.
SIDE A 00:15:37 -- 00:17:04
Discussion about MacKenzie potato diggers; potato diggers, MacKenzie potato diggers, 1920.
SIDE A 00:17:04 -- 00:19:17
Discussion about school at Tarantum and St. Dunstan's University, with mention of Fiddler MacDonald and baseball; Tarantum School, teachers, school, Mrs. Doyle, school subjects, Fiddler MacDonald, baseball, Peakes Bombers, George Smith, Dromore, St. Dunstan's University.
SIDE A 00:19:17 -- 00:20:36
Discussion about his father's farm and digging for mussel mud at Hickey's Wharf; Hickey's Wharf, mussel mud, pin digger.
SIDE A 00:20:36 -- 00:22:47
Discussion about hauling mussel mud continues; mussel mud, 1939.
SIDE A 00:22:47 -- 00:25:30
Discussion about horses, with mention of the horses his father bred; Clydesdale, horses, Michael F. Murnaghan, blood horses, horse breeding.
SIDE A 00:25:30 -- 00:27:04
Discussion about traveling to Charlottetown over the ice; ice travel, Johnson's River, 1939, cars.
SIDE A 00:27:04 -- 00:29:03
Discussion about horses continues, with mention of Dean horses and the traveling man; Dean horse, traveling man, horse breeding, breeding prices, Gorman.
SIDE A 00:29:03 -- 00:29:55
Discussion about pack peddlers and the Raleigh man; pack peddlers, Raleigh man, Tom the Italian, Watkins.
***SIDE A is blank from 00:29:55 -- 00:31:58.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:58.
***SIDE B is blank from 00:31:58 -- 00:33:39.
SIDE B 00:33:39 -- 00:34:02
Discussion about the Raleigh man and pack peddlers continues; pack peddlers, Raleigh man.
SIDE B 00:34:02 -- 00:37:20
Discussion about his family history, with a story about a bear; 1838, Monaghan, John Monaghan, bears, Dennis Monaghan.
SIDE B 00:37:20 -- 00:39:43
Discussion about Mickey McGuirk and and stories about him, with mention of Jack Axe MacDonald; coffin, Mickey McGuirk, Dromore, Jack Axe MacDonald, nicknames.
SIDE B 00:39:43 -- 00:42:11
Discussion about the Harland, selling potatoes in Charlottetown, and buying groceries at P. J. MacDonald's; Harland, SS Harland, Charlottetown, potatoes, potato prices, P. J. MacDonald's.
SIDE B 00:42:11 -- 00:43:25
Discussion about entertainment, church, a woolen mill in Dromore, and the family farm; mixed farm, church socials, fairs, entertainment, woolen mill, Dromore, Callaghan's mill.
SIDE B 00:43:25 -- 00:45:51
Discussion about local stores and his job at one; Webster's Corner, Morris Griffin's store, Smith's store, molasses, molasses prices, 1938, flour prices.
SIDE B 00:45:51 -- 00:46:43
A story about Mickey McGuirk and some lambs; lambs, Quigley, Mickey McGuirk.
SIDE B 00:46:43 -- 00:47:22
Discussion about fishing, WWII, the Halifax Explosion; fishing.
SIDE B 00:47:22 -- 00:48:45
Discussion about mussel mud continues; mussel mud, Harold Dunphy, salt water.
SIDE B 00:48:45 -- 00:51:02
Discussion about potato farming and a story about Paddy Sherry; potato varieties, potato farming, acreage, potato buyers, Paddy Sherry, 1940s.
SIDE B 00:51:02 -- 00:52:41
Discussion about gristmills; gristmills, Emmett Wiseners, Russell Driscoll.
SIDE B 00:52:41 -- 00:53:48
Discussion about veterinarians; Dr. Croken, veterinarians, animal doctors, country doctors.
SIDE B 00:53:48 -- 00:55:23
Discussion about home remedies; ginger, baking soda, cherry bark, cold cure.
SIDE B 00:55:23 -- 00:56:19
Discussion about his birth in the family house and doctors; Dr. Dewer, Dr. George Dewer, birth, 1906, doctors, Mount Stewart, Dr. Martin, Dr. Farmer.
SIDE B 00:56:19 -- 00:57:07
Discussion about his first car; Plymouth, cars, car prices, 1941.
SIDE B 00:57:07 -- 00:58:44
Discussion about the first radio and radio programs; fiddlers, radio programs, radio, Matt Shay, Alair Gallant, hockey games, 1930s.
SIDE B 00:58:44 -- 00:59:48
Discussion about the railroad and Everett Horton's forge made from the old Mount Albion station; Mount Albion station, trains, railroad, Everett Horton, forge.
SIDE B 00:59:48 -- 01:02:02
Discussion about moonshine and boat rum, with mention of politics; politics, rum for a vote, boat rum, rum running, MacKinnon brothers, Tracadie, moonshine, molasses, sugar.
SIDE B 01:02:02 -- 01:03:43
Discussion about the big storm of 1936, breaking the roads; 1936, storm, breaking the roads, deep snow, snowstorms, snow drifts.
Tape ends at 01:03:43.
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