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Recording Details: Kay Jelley T3 [Tape Three]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:00 Discussion about her baptism; bible, baptism. 

SIDE A 00:01:00 -- 00:07:38 Discussion about home remedies, with mention of tansy tea; tansy tea, horses, home remedies, whooping cough, flax seed, convulsions, Dr. George, 1947. 

SIDE A 00:07:38 -- 00:12:27 Discussion about her children's names and names in her family; baby names, Swabey Jelley, Lucy Anne Jelley. 

SIDE A 00:12:27 -- 00:13:29 Discussion about home remedies continues; home remedies. 

SIDE A 00:13:29 -- 00:17:14 Discussion about her mother's homemade playpen, with a story about pig's potatoes and a horse collar; playpen, red potatoes, Jenny Lynn potatoes, potatoes, blue potatoes. 

SIDE A 00:17:14 -- 00:31:50 Discussion about home remedies continues, with mention of her family; home remedies, sprained ankle, heart trouble, black currants, Epsom salts, castor oil, ginger tea, orange juice, sore eyes, mustard plaster, sore throat, wool sock, measles, chicken pox, pedicure, Dr. Tanton, Summerside, impetigo. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:50.

SIDE B 00:31:59 -- 00:42:15 Discussion about home remedies continues, with mention of her her mother's kindness and her loss of the sense of smell; home remedies, kindness, tuberculosis, mustard and lard, aspirin, sweet nitre, kidneys, saltpetre. 

SIDE B 00:42:15 -- 00:48:29 A story about telephones and the church unions; church unions, telephones, Conway church, Blue Church, Tyne Valley, Freeland. 

SIDE B 00:48:29 -- 00:51:19 Discussion about home remedies and a story about a goose biting Kay; geese. 

SIDE B 00:51:19 -- 00:55:00 Discussion about superstitions and planting by the moon, with mention of turnips and parsnips; superstitions, planting by the moon, turnips, parsnips. 

SIDE B 00:55:00 -- 00:57:02 Discussion about using lobster shells as fertilizer; lobster shells, lobster, fertilizer, John W. Palmer. 

SIDE B 00:57:02 -- 01:03:48 Discussion about ghost stories her mother told, with mention of her mother's work on the farm and reading with her eyes closed; ghost stories, Bideford, Richard's Shipyard, headless woman, ghosts, forerunners. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:48.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Jelley, Kathleen "Kay" H.

Playing Time:
01:03:48

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
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 church, home remedies, family names, telephones, superstitions, and ghost stories.

Place(s) Discussed:
Conway, PE; Tyne Valley, PE; Bideford, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1947

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