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This is Paul Stordy interviewing Bennett Deighan in Emerald, PEI. Bennett discusses the Deighans, family history, jobs, religion and County 9 Ireland. He also talks about his family farming, entertainment, traveling on the island, customs and traditions as well as other various topics about his life and family.

Roy Clow begins by discussing the preparation of chickens by his neighbour Tompkins. He then goes on to talk about thrashing grain and black "smut" from the grain. Clow talks about his father's surgery in Boston for colorectal cancer, and how he took over the work at age nine while his father was ill. He then talks about mixing kelp with manure for farming, as well as the planting and sale of potatoes and turnips. Clow tells about Island and Newfoundland schooners and their transport of coal, shovelling trains out of the snow on the Montague Line, and stolen coal in Georgetown. He discusses working at a lumber camp near Monestary, N.S. and the Garden of Eden sawmill in Stellarton. Throughout the interview Clow makes reference to wages and work load at the time.

This is an interview with Richard "Richie" Bagnall Smith of New Glasgow, P.E.I. In this interview Richie talks about family, home remedies, mills, horses, mussel mud, farming, potatoes, the 1930s, thrashing, tractors, foxes, sheep, eggs, blacksmiths, sleighs, school, Christmas, radio, cars, traveling, and his wedding.

This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his family history, fishing, lobster canneries, drownings, home remedies, Dr. Roddie, superstitions, Gaelic, horses, butchers, shoveling snow for the railway, jobs he did, potato farming, chewing tobacco, and various other topics.

This is the third of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her mother's sayings, life growing up, home remedies, her work as a nurse, her husband Earle and their wedding, as well as his work as a teacher.

This is a recording of a visit to the Dundas Fair in 2000. Included on the tape are various sound effects and short interviews. Topics covered include P.E.I. trails, homemade goods, horses, farm animals, farm machinery, and farming.

This is an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about his family, religion, the MacDonaldites, Gaelic, nicknames, his grandparents and ancestors, fish and seafood, the family home, doctors, his brother Peter, gristmills, his father, and school.