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This interview is with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. Norbert begins by telling about his family and what Christmas was like with sixteen children in the house. He then goes on to talk about his mother and all her hard work around the house, his grandparents and family who moved out to Saskatchewan for the Harvest Excursion, home remedies, horses, and clearing land. Norbert talks about blacksmiths, breeding horses, cattle, and sheep, chickens and eggs, and harvesting grain. He then goes on to tell of how his father had the first tractor and manure spreader in the area. He tells about thrashing and harvesting grain, and goes into great detail telling about harvesting mussel mud.

Karen Doyle and Stella Wallace interview John Doran who has a lot of knowledge about the Irish from personal research. He first mentions the History of Irish and German Surnames, the Gaelic Language used by the Irish and the History of the Celts and the celtic church. He then goes on to talk about the Doran family tree and the Monaghan people. There is also discussion about the Belfast riot, Orange Lodge and ship building. Mr.Doran tells how there was fighting with bare hands during the early days, drinking being a curse, Irish mothers and hauling muscle mud.

This is an interview with Mary (nee Malone) MacPhee of Big Pond and Souris, P.E.I. Also included in this interview is Ludger MacPhee. In this interview Mary and Ludger talk about the MacPhee family, potato farming, card parties, doctors and midwives, stone wells, cars, rum running, blacksmiths, Souris, Geordie Leslie, and Christmas.

This conversation with Roy Clow with a discussion about Willie Dunn, continued on from tape fifteen. Roy then tells about Jake Gillam, a ship pilot from Souris. Roy begins to tell another story about piloting ships, but the topic changes to Island accents before being interrupted again. Roy then tells about Freeman Reynold's ferry boat in Murray Harbour, Athol Mackinnon and his boats, and then lobster and gas prices in the 1930s. Next Roy talks about shipping and trucking in Murray Harbour, Ben Clow's homemade blueberry wine, and ends with more discussion about Freeman and Athol's boats. On Side B, Roy starts with a story about Jim Finlayson's aluminum touring car, and then tells of an accident at Finlayson's mill involving his stepson Jack Leeco. Roy then goes on to talk more about cars, with a brief mention of the blacksmith Gordon Ross. A discussion about John Wesley Jenkins comes next, followed by the topics of moonshine and bootlegging, finishing with stories of Roy stealing his brother's car.

This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This is a recording of interviews regarding German prisoners of war. Interviewees include Oscar Campbell, Arnold McGrath, and Elsie Quigley. Some topics covered include POWs, the Spanish Flu, WWI, the railroad, and ghosts.

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Roy Clow begins by telling about oyster fishing in Vernon River. He goes on to tell about digging out a train engine that was stuck in the snow for a week. Roy then talks about Herring Island and the people who were living there. He talks about Clow's wharf and the schooners that carried goods. He briefly talks about Gaelic and Sundays at church. Roy then speaks in length about seal fishing off the coast of Newfoundland.

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Roy talks about the grist mill, Dan MacRae's flour, baking homemade bread, and using flour bags for clothing. Roy then talks about raising foxes, and trading them for a mare which ended up being lame. He then talks about buying a car engi ne from a Model-A Ford for his boat, racing the boat in Pictou, and going down to Pictou to see the circus. He finishes by d iscussing prices for goods at Clow's wharf.

This is an interview with Ed Wood. In this interview Ed talks about horses, radios, hockey, traveling, shipping, family, coal, firewood, foxes, cars, horsepower, Governor's Island, cutting ice, cattle, and various other topics.

This interview with Pat and Stanley Mason begins with discussion of the phantom ship. Pat and Stanley tell of different sightings of the ship, its history, and even read from a newspaper article written about Stanley's father (Geordie) seeing the ship. Stanley then goes on to tell more ghost stories. Next, they talk about smelt and salmon fishing, sailboat fishing, overfishing, and canneries. Then they tell about John Doyle and selling lobsters, Stanley's beginnings as a fisherman, a pair of boots that were too big, a ruined suit, and ends with a discussion of fishing unions and lobster prices.