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Recording Details: Jean MacCann and Florence Rea:

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:03:11 Discussion with Jean about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, halibut liver oil, sulfur and molasses, cough syrup. 

SIDE A 00:03:11 -- 00:04:14 Discussion with Jean about the phases of the moon; phases of the moon, haircuts. 

SIDE A 00:04:14 -- 00:06:54 Discussion with Jean about her grandparents; James Duck, Suzanne Harper. 

SIDE A 00:06:54 -- 00:08:29 Discussion with Jean about her old dress and church; dresses, church, 1925, church union. 

SIDE A 00:08:29 -- 00:10:06 Discussion with Jean about school; school, Jessie Marshall, Jeanette McVittie, teachers, 1931. 

SIDE A 00:10:06 -- 00:13:40 Discussion with Jean about the family house, with mention of the post office there and her birth; post office, 1916. 

SIDE A 00:13:40 -- 00:20:08 Discussion with Jean about chores on the family farm, with mention of her brother's death; chores, milking, butter, eggs, horses, pneumonia, homemade soap, washing, Frank MacMillan. 

SIDE A 00:20:08 -- 00:22:49 Discussion with Florence about picking potatoes; potato picking, wages, potato varieties. 

SIDE A 00:22:49 -- 00:25:11 Discussion with Florence about chores on the family farm; chores, horses, hay. 

SIDE A 00:25:11 -- 00:26:03 Discussion with Florence about bushed ice and buffalo robes; bushed ice, buffalo robes. 

SIDE A 00:26:03 -- 00:27:03 Discussion with Florence about blacksmiths; blacksmiths, George MacMillan. 

SIDE A 00:27:03 -- 00:28:09 Discussion with Florence about her birth in the family house; midwives. 

SIDE A 00:28:09 -- 00:29:49 Discussion with Florence about her grandfather; James Duck, country vets, veterinarians, tobacco pipes. 

SIDE A 00:29:49 -- 31:48 Florence tells a story about hidden candy; candy, clocks. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:48.

SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:32:17 Florence continues telling a story about hidden candy; clocks. 

SIDE B 00:32:17 -- 00:32:54 Discussion with Florence about life during the 1930s; 1930s, Great Depression. 

SIDE B 00:32:54 -- 00:34:25 Discussion with Florence about Christmas; Christmas, presents, plum pudding. 

SIDE B 00:34:25 -- 00:35:34 Discussion with Florence about her brother's death from pneumonia; pneumonia, Frank MacMillan. 

SIDE B 00:35:34 -- 00:36:31 Discussion about their family background; Edmund MacMillan, Bertha Duck, George MacMillan, Nathan MacMillan, Elizabeth Rodd. 

SIDE B 00:36:31 -- 00:37:54 Discussion about various topics including trading herring and playing cards; trading, card games. 

SIDE B 00:37:54 -- 00:40:34 Discussion about foxes; foxes, fox pelts, 1940s, pelting. 

SIDE B 00:40:34 -- 00:50:45 Discussion about their husbands, how they met, and their weddings; 1927, immigrants, Orr MacCann, courting, 1946, James Rea, Irish. 

SIDE B 00:50:45 -- 00:56:24 Discussion about Christmas and school; Christmas, Christmas dinner, geese, presents, Christmas concerts, Christmas trees, Eva Stevenson, teachers, school, Edith MacMillan, Edith MacEwan, Jeanette McVittie. 

SIDE B 00:56:24 -- 01:03:44 Discussion about entries from Jean's diary; 1939, prices, radios, 1994, cold weather, 1941, WWII. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:44.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean / Rea (MacMillan), Florence

Playing Time:
01:03:44

Interview Date(s):
1998-02-25

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with sisters L. Jean MacCann and Florence Rea (nee MacMillan) of Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Florence talk about home remedies, family, church, school, the family farm, chores, Christmas, foxes, how they met their husbands, entries from diaries, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Covehead, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1941, WWII, 1940s, 1939, 1927, 1946, 1916, 1925

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