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Recording Details: Andrew Murnaghan T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:24 Discussion about farming by the phases of the moon; planting by the moon, planting, moon phases, killing pigs, cutting wood. 

SIDE A 00:03:24 -- 00:10:28 Discussion about his business of hauling and selling mussel mud; 1982, mussel mud, George Boswall, drowning, 1939, John Thompson, capstan and winch, capstan, mussel mud prices. 

SIDE A 00:10:28 -- 00:15:37 Discussion about blacksmiths, with particular mention of Alexander Horton; blacksmiths, Frank Murnaghan, Alexander Horton, forges, Bethel, Everett Horton, horseshoeing, Alex Horton, horseshoe prices, sleighs, carriage maker, sleigh building, wire tightener. 

SIDE A 00:15:37 -- 00:17:04 Discussion about MacKenzie potato diggers; potato diggers, MacKenzie potato diggers, 1920. 

SIDE A 00:17:04 -- 00:19:17 Discussion about school at Tarantum and St. Dunstan's University, with mention of Fiddler MacDonald and baseball; Tarantum School, teachers, school, Mrs. Doyle, school subjects, Fiddler MacDonald, baseball, Peakes Bombers, George Smith, Dromore, St. Dunstan's University. 

SIDE A 00:19:17 -- 00:20:36 Discussion about his father's farm and digging for mussel mud at Hickey's Wharf; Hickey's Wharf, mussel mud, pin digger. 

SIDE A 00:20:36 -- 00:22:47 Discussion about hauling mussel mud continues; mussel mud, 1939. 

SIDE A 00:22:47 -- 00:25:30 Discussion about horses, with mention of the horses his father bred; Clydesdale, horses, Michael F. Murnaghan, blood horses, horse breeding. 

SIDE A 00:25:30 -- 00:27:04 Discussion about traveling to Charlottetown over the ice; ice travel, Johnson's River, 1939, cars. 

SIDE A 00:27:04 -- 00:29:03 Discussion about horses continues, with mention of Dean horses and the traveling man; Dean horse, traveling man, horse breeding, breeding prices, Gorman. 

SIDE A 00:29:03 -- 00:29:55 Discussion about pack peddlers and the Raleigh man; pack peddlers, Raleigh man, Tom the Italian, Watkins. 
 ***SIDE A is blank from 00:29:55 -- 00:31:58.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:58. ***SIDE B is blank from 00:31:58 -- 00:33:39.

SIDE B 00:33:39 -- 00:34:02 Discussion about the Raleigh man and pack peddlers continues; pack peddlers, Raleigh man. 

SIDE B 00:34:02 -- 00:37:20 Discussion about his family history, with a story about a bear; 1838, Monaghan, John Monaghan, bears, Dennis Monaghan. 

SIDE B 00:37:20 -- 00:39:43 Discussion about Mickey McGuirk and and stories about him, with mention of Jack Axe MacDonald; coffin, Mickey McGuirk, Dromore, Jack Axe MacDonald, nicknames. 

SIDE B 00:39:43 -- 00:42:11 Discussion about the Harland, selling potatoes in Charlottetown, and buying groceries at P. J. MacDonald's; Harland, SS Harland, Charlottetown, potatoes, potato prices, P. J. MacDonald's. 

SIDE B 00:42:11 -- 00:43:25 Discussion about entertainment, church, a woolen mill in Dromore, and the family farm; mixed farm, church socials, fairs, entertainment, woolen mill, Dromore, Callaghan's mill. 

SIDE B 00:43:25 -- 00:45:51 Discussion about local stores and his job at one; Webster's Corner, Morris Griffin's store, Smith's store, molasses, molasses prices, 1938, flour prices. 

SIDE B 00:45:51 -- 00:46:43 A story about Mickey McGuirk and some lambs; lambs, Quigley, Mickey McGuirk. 

SIDE B 00:46:43 -- 00:47:22 Discussion about fishing, WWII, the Halifax Explosion; fishing. 

SIDE B 00:47:22 -- 00:48:45 Discussion about mussel mud continues; mussel mud, Harold Dunphy, salt water. 

SIDE B 00:48:45 -- 00:51:02 Discussion about potato farming and a story about Paddy Sherry; potato varieties, potato farming, acreage, potato buyers, Paddy Sherry, 1940s. 

SIDE B 00:51:02 -- 00:52:41 Discussion about gristmills; gristmills, Emmett Wiseners, Russell Driscoll. 

SIDE B 00:52:41 -- 00:53:48 Discussion about veterinarians; Dr. Croken, veterinarians, animal doctors, country doctors. 

SIDE B 00:53:48 -- 00:55:23 Discussion about home remedies; ginger, baking soda, cherry bark, cold cure. 

SIDE B 00:55:23 -- 00:56:19 Discussion about his birth in the family house and doctors; Dr. Dewer, Dr. George Dewer, birth, 1906, doctors, Mount Stewart, Dr. Martin, Dr. Farmer. 

SIDE B 00:56:19 -- 00:57:07 Discussion about his first car; Plymouth, cars, car prices, 1941. 

SIDE B 00:57:07 -- 00:58:44 Discussion about the first radio and radio programs; fiddlers, radio programs, radio, Matt Shay, Alair Gallant, hockey games, 1930s. 

SIDE B 00:58:44 -- 00:59:48 Discussion about the railroad and Everett Horton's forge made from the old Mount Albion station; Mount Albion station, trains, railroad, Everett Horton, forge. 

SIDE B 00:59:48 -- 01:02:02 Discussion about moonshine and boat rum, with mention of politics; politics, rum for a vote, boat rum, rum running, MacKinnon brothers, Tracadie, moonshine, molasses, sugar. 

SIDE B 01:02:02 -- 01:03:43 Discussion about the big storm of 1936, breaking the roads; 1936, storm, breaking the roads, deep snow, snowstorms, snow drifts. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:43. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Murnaghan, Andrew Robert

Playing Time:
01:03:43

Interview Date(s):
1997-02-18

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about farming by the phases of the moon, his family, blacksmiths, hauling and selling mussel mud, potato farming, horses, school, traveling to Charlottetown, pack peddlers, local stores, local characters, entertainment, home remedies, radio, cars, snowstorms, and rum and moonshine.

Place(s) Discussed:
Dromore, PE; Tarantum, PE; Charlottetown, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1936, 1930s, 1906, 1941, 1940s, 1938, 1838, 1939, 1920, 1982, 1939

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