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Recording Details: Roma Mulligan T3 [Tape Three]:

SIDE A 00:00:03 -- 00:00:39 Discussion about butter; butter, Kate Duffy. 

SIDE A 00:00:39 -- 00:04:03 Discussion about murders in Shamrock; Shamrock, Angus M. MacDonald, murder, Mayo, suicide. 

SIDE A 00:04:03 -- 00:07:33 Discussion about Shamrock being called Thistle and Shamrock, with mention of church socials; Thistle and Shamrock, church, school, church socials, chicken suppers, Summerfield parish. 

SIDE A 00:07:33 -- 00:08:35 Discussion about priests in Kinkora; Father Smith, Kinkora, priests. 

SIDE A 00:08:35 -- 00:10:31 Discussion about potato farming in Kinkora and M. J. McIvor; M. J. McIvor, Kinkora, potato farming, potato diggers, slovens. 

SIDE A 00:10:31 -- 00:14:13 Discussion about her brothers; Ivan Curley, Austin Curley. 

SIDE A 00:14:13 -- 00:18:09 Discussion about fiddlers and other musicians, with mention of dances; Jerome Ronahagn, orchestra, Ted Alvin, fiddlers, Greg Mulligan, Mary Mulligan, dances, music, musicians, dancing, Croken, step dancing. 

SIDE A 00:18:09 -- 00:19:37 Discussion about radios; radios, radio programs. 

SIDE A 00:19:37 -- 00:23:31 Discussion about moonshine and homemade beer, with mention of fights; moonshine, homemade beer, fights, drinking, alcohol, dances, Linus Mulligan, Harold Harper, Joe Harper. 

SIDE A 00:23:31 -- 00:24:15 Discussion about hockey in Freetown; hockey, Freetown, Freetown Royals. 

SIDE A 00:24:15 -- 00:25:50 Discussion about politics; politics, voting, political parties. 

SIDE A 00:25:50 -- 00:31:17 Discussion about her mother and her aunt making dresses and her mother's kindness towards hobos; dresses, Freetown, dressmaker, peddlers, hobos, kindness. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:17.

SIDE B 00:31:42 -- 00:32:23 Discussion about hobos continues; hobos. 

SIDE B 00:32:23 -- 00:40:42 Discussion about doctors and house calls, with mention of a patient from Falconwood named Wilfred MacNeil; Dr. Gillis, Epsom salts, Dr. Sharp, McKenna, 1941, Dr. Ash, Wilfred MacNeil, Falconwood, pills, cancer. 

SIDE B 00:40:42 -- 00:45:37 Discussion about family in the U.S.; Americans, measles, used clothes, pickles. 

SIDE B 00:45:37 -- 00:51:24 Discussion about her mother's cooking, with mention of berry picking and apples; cooking, bannock, raspberry vinegar, berry picking, sarsaparilla, strawberries, jam, blueberries, blueberry prices, apples. 

SIDE B 00:51:24 -- 00:56:28 Discussion about Christmas, with mention of home remedies; Christmas, Christmas dinner, goose, goose grease, home remedies, donuts, doughnuts, Christmas tree, stocking, presents, homemade gifts. 

SIDE B 00:56:28 -- 00:57:50 Discussion about coming back from the U.S. and going to school; school, Freetown school, Lewis. 

SIDE B 00:57:50 -- 01:02:56 Discussion about the biggest changes, with mention of the Confederation Bridge and tractors; tractors, horses, Confederation Bridge, Farmall A, horse trading. 
 Tape ends at 01:02:56.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Mulligan (Curley), Roma

Playing Time:
01:02:56

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Roma Mulligan (nee Curley) of Kinkora and Freetown, P.E.I. In this interview Roma talks about murders in Shamrock, the Thistle and Shamrock and church socials, potato farming, house parties and music, Kinkora, her brothers, moonshine, politics, her mother, cooking, doctors, her family the in U.S., dances, Christmas, horses, and tractors.

Place(s) Discussed:
Shamrock, PE; Kinkora, PE; Freetown, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1940s

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