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Recording Details: St. Teresa Heritage Fair T2 [ Tape Two]:

***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate.

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:04:25 Reading of a poem about the play Deacon Dubs; Father Francis Corcoran, poems, poetry, Deacon Dubs, St. Teresa. 

SIDE A 00:04:25 -- 00:08:31 Reading of a poem about the St. Teresa Bowlers; St. Teresa Bowlers, St. Teresa, poems, poetry. 

SIDE A 00:09:00 -- 00:27:43 An interview with Father Francis Corcoran about songwriting, with singing of some songs he remembers and mention of his family; Father Francis Corcoran, St. Teresa, songs, songwriting, songwriters, singing, Pat Mooney, John Steele, Jim MacAree, Joe Trainor, 1954, The Pulp Song, House Party. 

SIDE A 00:27:43 -- 00:34:33 An interview with Cecil Trainor about his background; Joe Trainor, Cecil Trainor, 1930s, school, cars, 1949, tractors, deep snow, shoveling, walking. 

SIDE A 00:34:33 -- 00:47:22 An interview with Cecil Trainor about dances, house parties, and fiddle playing, with playing of some tunes on the fiddle; house parties, dances, fiddle playing, Billy Goodwin, Henry Comeau, Jack Hughes, fiddlers, step dancing, Dan Hughes, Charlie Curran, Jack Smith, Emmett Hughes, Leonard MacDonald, Tom Dunphy, wages, jiggers, jigging, Hughie MacAree, Jack Corcoran, barbers, fiddle tunes, fiddle music, Cecil Trainor. 

SIDE A ends at 00:47:22.

SIDE B 00:47:32 -- 00:50:24 Cecil Trainor continues to talk and play some tunes on the fiddle; fiddle, music, tunes, fiddlers, Sheep Raffle, Cecil Trainor. 

SIDE B 00:50:24 -- 01:06:29 An interview with Mary Reggie MacDonald about her teaching career, with mention of working for RCA in Montreal; Mary Reggie MacDonald, teaching, teachers, Brynes' Road School, salary, teacher's salary, teaching supplement, first class teachers, room and board, 1942, Elliotvale School, school, RCA, RCA Victor, Montreal, education, St. Teresa, summer vacation. 

SIDE B 01:06:29 -- 01:19:09 An interview with John Bradley about his background and some of his stories about Borden Mooney and others; John Bradley, school, singing, mass, Father MacGuigan, 1949, Borden Mooney, Phillip Mooney, Paul MacLaughlin, Peter James, arson, fires, Dogs Convention. 
 ***The remainder of the tape, 01:19:09 -- 01:34:50, is blank. Tape ends at 01:34:50.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
St. Teresa Heritage Fair

Playing Time:
01:34:50

Interview Date(s):
2000-10-28

Interview Summary:
This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as Father Francis Corcoran, Cecil Trainor, Mary Reggie MacDonald, and Johnny Bradley. Some topics covered include poetry, St. Teresa, songwriting, storytelling, parties and dances, school and teaching, and music. Several tunes are played and stories of locals are told.

Place(s) Discussed:
St. Teresa, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1942, 1949, 1940s, 1930s

Rights Information:
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