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Recording Details: Ann Callaghan T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:24 Discussion about Tommy Keoughan continues; dwarf, Tommy Keoughan. 

SIDE A 00:01:24 -- 00:09:51 Discussion about going down Maine to work at a fibre factory; 1922, paper plates, wages, eczema, cure, Lucy, Harry, French Canadians, train fare, shift work, walking, Patsy, Agnes Hughes, Marjorie Hughes, Maine. 

SIDE A 00:09:52 -- 00:11:38 Discussion about going to dances while working in Maine; bus, Maine, music, dances, fiddle, Boston Fancy. 

SIDE A 00:11:38 -- 00:13:09 Discussion about P.E.I. house dances and whist parties; Lake Verde, house dances, whist parties, Vernon River, sleigh rides, kitchen parties. 

SIDE A 00:13:09 -- 00:14:32 Brief discussion about toys and dolls; toys, dolls, homemade dolls, cloth dolls, checkers, skating. 

SIDE A 00:14:30 -- 00:16:23 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, presents, food, oranges, geese, feast, clothes, candy. 

SIDE A 00:16:23 -- 00:17:44 Brief discussion about her first car ride; Watervale, Frank Connolly, Patty Woods, Model-T Ford. 

SIDE A 00:17:44 -- 00:19:21 Discussion about trains stuck in the snow; trains, snowstorms, Lake Verde Station, wages, shoveling, John McCarin, station gangs. 

SIDE A 00:19:21 -- 00:20:23 Brief discussion about the first telephone and kerosene lamps; 1922, telephone, kerosene lamps, Redmond, Patsy. 

SIDE A 00:20:23 -- 00:22:39 Discussion about school; 1914, school, school subjects, grades, chores. 

SIDE A 00:22:41 -- 00:29:33 Discussion about working as a housekeeper for the Holmes family in Maine; Maine, Holmes, housekeeper, housework, room and board, Fairfield, wages, milliner, 1960, Harry Holmes, Lucy. 

SIDE A 00:29:33 -- 00:31:55 A story about taking her boss to P.E.I. for her niece's wedding; Holmes, wedding, Leo Callaghan, drinking, Owen Callaghan, Mary. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:55.

SIDE B 00:32:02 -- 00:36:20 A story about taking her boss to P.E.I. for her niece's wedding continues, with very brief mention of Minnie McGee; wedding, Holmes, blueberries, water pump, chores, roads, Minnie McGee. 

SIDE B 00:36:20 -- 00:45:05 Discussion about coming home to P.E.I. and the Callaghan's store; 1965, Gus Callaghan, Lewis Callaghan, American citizen, Callaghan's store, television, goods, filling station, hangout, 1957, 1970s, Alberry Plains, chairs, Lake Verde, rocking chairs, Amos Callaghan. 

SIDE B 00:45:05 -- 00:46:49 Discussion about making soap and washing clothes; potash, fat, lye, washing clothes, soap, homemade soap. 

SIDE B 00:46:49 -- 00:48:56 Discussion about peddlers and the Raleigh man; the Raleigh man, peddlers, Tommy Zaib, Eddie Burns. 

SIDE B 00:49:15 -- 00:50:34 Brief discussion about hobos; Lewis Callaghan, hobos. 

SIDE B 00:50:35 -- 00:53:31 Discussion about Native Islanders; First Nations, Native Islanders, basket-making, baskets, courting, Rocky Point, Mrs. Weatherby. 

SIDE B 00:53:31 -- 00:55:45 Discussion about moonshine, and Dutch asks about Harry Wood; Dromore, Johnny Callaghan, wedding, moonshine. 

SIDE B 00:55:45 -- 00:57:44 Discussion about changes over the years, with mention of radio and television; television, radio, roads, population, 1965. 

SIDE B 00:57:44 -- 00:59:34 Discussion about working for the Holmes family continues, with mention of the price of goods; wages, price of goods, 1965, money, clothes, wallpaper. 

SIDE B 00:59:34 -- 01:02:44 Discussion about why she came back to P.E.I., with mention of her family and Dr. Collins; American citizen, 1993, 1988, Gus Callaghan, Lewis Callaghan, Dr. Collins, family, V. R. Collins. 

SIDE B 01:02:44 -- 01:04:06 Discussion about what she would change if she could do it all over again; family. 
 Tape ends at 01:04:06. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Callaghan, Mary "Ann"

Playing Time:
01:04:06

Interview Date(s):
1995-02-28

Interview Summary:
This tape is the second portion of an interview with Mary "Ann" Callaghan of Lake Verde, P.E.I. This tape begins with Ann finishing a story about Tommy Keoughan. She then tells about working at a fibre factory in Maine. She tells about dances, parties, Christmas, cars, trains, and getting a job as a housekeeper for the Holmes family in Maine. She then tells about her boss coming to the Island for a wedding, the Callaghan's store, making soap, peddlers and hobos, Native Islanders, and moonshine. The interview concludes with Ann telling about the changes over the years, coming back to P.E.I., and the importance of family.

Place(s) Discussed:
Lake Verde, PE; Fairfield, ME; Dromore, PE; Rocky Point, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1965, 1993, 1988, 1922, Early 1900s

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