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Recording Details: Maisie Adams T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:16 Discussion about her mother continues on from Tape One, with mention of her grandparents and her family history; Mary Liza Duggan, Seaview, Jimmy Lamont, Isabelle MacLeod, Patrick Duggan, Isabelle Adams. 

SIDE A 00:02:16 -- 00:04:59 Discussion about self sufficiency and a story about making beer; self sufficiency, molasses, homemade beer, beer. 

SIDE A 00:04:59 -- 00:08:02 A story about rum runners and bootleggers hiding kegs in the woods; rum running, bootlegging, bootlegger, rum runner, hidden rum, cutters. 

SIDE A 00:08:02 -- 00:10:26 Discussion about her brother Donald and her sisters; Donald Lamont, courting, Tuplin. 

SIDE A 00:10:26 -- 00:11:48 Discussion about the first car she rode in; cars, Life Howatt. 

SIDE A 00:11:48 -- 00:13:24 Discussion about the first radio; radio. 

SIDE A 00:13:24 -- 00:14:42 Discussion about dances and house parties and the Marks family; Marks, sleighs, dances, house parties, Harry Marks, Charlie Paynter, Andrew Paynter. 

SIDE A 00:14:42 -- 00:20:13 Discussion about horses and a story about Donald, horses, home remedies and storms; driving horse, horses, storms, Hattie MacLeod, measles, home remedies, brandy, medicine. 

SIDE A 00:20:13 -- 00:26:54 A story about a trip to Summerside with her drunk brother-in-law and almost falling through the ice and rum that was sold to pay for an operation; Donald Lamont, Summerside, train, ice, keg of rum, Bill Richards, Andy Perry. 

SIDE A 00:26:54 -- 00:31:11 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas tree, French River, presents, dolls, toys, tops. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:11.

SIDE B 00:31:20 -- 00:32:20 Discussion about her brother Donald and horses; Donald Lamont, horses, barley. 

SIDE B 00:32:20 -- 00:37:58 Discussion about home remedies and Dr. Jardine; home remedies, goose grease, camphor oil, mustard poultice, brandy, whooping cough, Dr. Jardine, Falconwood, onion and brown sugar, tansy, salt herring, cod liver oil, tansy tea, cures, Jack MacRae. 

SIDE B 00:37:58 -- 00:43:10 Discussion about planting by the moon and butchering, with mention of geese and turkeys; planting by the moon, moon phases, butchering, pork, frozen meat, beef, granary, turkey, geese. 

SIDE B 00:43:10 -- 00:50:20 Discussion about the Sims farm, Jim Sims' suicide, and a story about his ghost; Jim Sims, Yankee Hill, suicide, ghosts, haunted house. 

SIDE B 00:50:20 -- 00:52:50 Discussion about forerunners and church; forerunners, Yankee Hill graveyard, Yankee Hill, Geddie Memorial Church. 

SIDE B 00:52:50 -- 00:55:47 Discussion about school, traveling to school by horse and sleigh, and a story about 17 kids in a car; Park Corner School, teachers, school, Bessie Marks, walking, Jack MacKay, Wally Sims, cars. 

SIDE B 00:55:47 -- 00:58:16 Discussion about movies, traveling off the Island, trains, and Old Home Week; movies, Bruce Yeo, traveling, trains, Old Home Week. 

SIDE B 00:58:16 -- 00:59:49 Discussion about the biggest changes over the years and old Summerside stores; drugs, Summerside, Lidstones, Strongs, Smallmans, Holmans. 

SIDE B 00:59:49 -- 01:01:10 A story about Cy Phelsh taking a horse and wagon to Boston; Cy Phelsh, traveling, horse and wagon. 

SIDE B 01:01:10 -- 01:03:05 Discussion about pack peddlers; pack peddlers, Tommy Michael. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:05.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Adams (Lamont), Maisie

Playing Time:
01:03:05

Interview Date(s):
1997-04-11

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about her family, rum running and bootlegging, her brother Donald, cars, radio, traveling, dances and house parties, Christmas, horses, planting by the moon, home remedies, Jim Sims, ghosts and forerunners, school, and pack peddlers.

Place(s) Discussed:
French River, PE; Yankee Hill, PE; Summerside, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1920s, 1930s

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