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Recording Details: Clarisse Gallant T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:09:21 A very large goose, Cudmore's store, eggs, her parents, speaking French, living with her grandparents and her mother dying young from tuberculosis; tuberculosis, geese, Cudmore's store, eggs, French. 

SIDE A 00:09:21 -- 00:20:04 Her aunt the midwife, WWI, the Spanish Flu, her family, the old convent, quiet Sundays, the mill ran by her brother, the first garage in the area, cars breaking down, and bad roads; roads, cars, midwives, WWI, Spanish Flu, quiet Sundays, Sundays, convents, garages, mills. 

SIDE A 00:20:04 -- 00:31:20 The original mill is now a motel, she only knew her grandparents, housework for the girls, helping in the barns, and horses; horses, chorse, housework, mills, motels. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:20.

SIDE B 00:31:27 -- 00:39:06 Continues speaking about the mill, then about a dam and it breaking, cattle and milk, the central creamery, ice houses and making soap; mills, dams, cattle, milk, creameries, ice houses, homemade soap, soap. 

SIDE B 00:39:06 -- 00:48:48 Mussel mud, the farm, killing pigs, fish, lobster, the Raleigh man, and local blacksmiths; blacksmiths, mussel mud, killing pigs, lobster, fish, Raliegh man. 

SIDE B 00:48:48 -- 00:55:39 Pack peddlers and home remedies; home remedies, pack peddlers. 

SIDE B 00:55:39 -- 01:02:51 Christmas, house parties, stealing chickens, and mouth organs; Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents, chickens, mouth organs. 
 Tape ends at 01:02:51.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Gallant, Clarisse

Playing Time:
01:02:51

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Clarisse Gallant. In this interview Clarisse talks about Cudmore's store, her parents, speaking French, tuberculosis, midwives, quiet Sundays, religion, cars, mills, chores, horses, peddlers, blacksmiths, home remedies, Christmas, house parties, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:

Time(s) Discussed:
WWI

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