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Recording Details: Minnie Langille T2 [Tape Two]:

***This tape is

SIDE A only,

SIDE B is blank.

SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:05:12 Discussion about traveling in the winter continues on from Tape One, with a story of an accident; horse and sleigh, sleighs, accidents, funerals, sleigh bells. 

SIDE A 00:05:12 -- 00:06:16 Discussion about visiting; visiting. 

SIDE A 00:06:16 -- 00:07:00 Discussion about a New Years shooting match; shooting match, New Years, entertainment. 

SIDE A 00:07:00 -- 00:11:47 Discussion about Christmas, box socials, and birthdays; box socials, Christmas, birthdays, entertainment, Darkies, Christmas dinner, goose grease, cakes, donuts, baking, cooking, pea soup. 

SIDE A 00:11:47 -- 00:13:52 Discussion about her mother and foul language; Hazel Isaacson, swearing, foul language. 

SIDE A 00:13:52 -- 00:16:35 Discussion about homemade soap; soap, homemade soap, lye. 

SIDE A 00:16:35 -- 00:17:52 Discussion about firewood and a story about her father cutting himself; firewood, accidents. 

SIDE A 00:17:52 -- 00:19:27 Discussion about her father; Leonard Wilson. 

SIDE A 00:19:27 -- 00:21:00 Discussion about horses; horses. 

SIDE A 00:21:00 -- 00:23:30 Discussion about various topics including the phantom ship and the Spanish Flu; phantom ship, Cape John, Spanish Flu, folklore. 

SIDE A 00:23:30 -- 00:25:12 Discussion about WWII and sending parcels to soldiers; WWII, war parcels, Chester Wilson, Harold Wilson, Elton Wilson. 

SIDE A 00:25:12 -- 00:30:35 Discussion about the 1930s and her family in the States; 1930s, Great Depression, poverty, television. 

SIDE A 00:30:35 -- 00:32:02 Discussion about rationing during WWII; rationing, WWII, tea, sugar. 
 Tape ends at 00:32:02.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Langille (Wilson), Minnie

Playing Time:
00:32:32

Interview Date(s):
0000-00-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Minnie Langille (nee Wilson) of River Hedgeville, NS. In this interview talks about traveling in the winter, entertainment, Christmas, socials, food, her parents, homemade soap, horses, WWII, the 1930s, her family in the United States, rationing, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Hedgeville, NS; Cape John, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
WWII, 1930s

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