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            11 Archival description results for Folklore

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            CA BI T-508 · Item · 1972
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Nicholson, P. MacE. Boisdale (N.S.) The Heavy Load

            MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Song: Hi an hugadan

            MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Story about Father Joseph MacDonald

            MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Dress of people in olden days

            MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Fuadach irinn ill irinn, oidch, irinn iu

            MacIsaac, Archie Boisdale (N.S.) A ri ill o hug oran o

            O'Handley, Mrs. Catherine Beaver Cove History of Rear Beaver Cove, people still living there

            O'Handley, Mrs. Catherine Beaver Cove Faill irinn ill irinn, uill irinn o

            Lee, Mrs. Sydney (N.S.) Account of first railroad on this side of Grand Narrows

            MacDonald, Joseph L. Boisdale (N.S.) Ged tha mi gun crodh gun aighean

            Steele, Neil New Glasgow Biographical sketch

            MacKenzie, Jessie East Bay (N.S.)

            MacKenzie, Jessie East Bay (N.S.) Mo Dhachaidh

            MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
            CBC Radio "Fresh Air" 1982
            CA BI T-2068 · Item · 1982
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Eddie MacPherson Middle River
            Information on the "Yankees Line"
            Transportation problems - snow plows, flooding of the river etc.
            Birds in the area
            Superstitions about birds, storms etc.

            Robert Smith
            Early industries at Middle River - grist mills, thrashing mills etc.
            Lumbering in the 50's
            Community life in the area

            D.D. MacRae
            Began farming in Middle River in 1980
            Tells about moving to C.B., from Alberta

            Georgina MacRae
            Former R.N., worked with r. C.L. MacMillan
            Tells about her nursing career in the area - traveling in all sorts of
            weather
            D.D. MacRae
            The foot bridge they had to use to get Charles School, Middle River
            The brige was 275 feet long, hung about 15 feet about the water
            Lumbering in the area in the 50's
            Social life in the area

            Neil MacLennan Benacadie
            A funny story about "bull beer"

            Aggie MacLennan
            How she learned to stepdance
            Her brother John MacLean - a violinist and stepdancer
            Describes a highlan wedding

            Neil MacLennan
            Gaelic his first language
            His first teacher, Jessie MacKenzie
            His expericences in the service, World War Two
            The purposes of the C.B. Gaelic Society

            Dan MacNeil
            2 Songs - Copper and Silver (English) Ho Ro, 'S toil leam fhin thu
            The old days, going to ceilihs
            The old traing boats
            Mary doucette Social like in the old days

            CBC Radio
            CA BI T-6 · Item · 1963

            File consists of an audio recording of an oral history of early Scottish settlers in the Big Pond area; mentions Mi'kmaq in the East Bay area.

            What were the Bras D'or Mission?
            Early history of the MacIntytres of Big Pond (N.S.)
            The Church of East Bay
            Who was Malcolm MacLellan?
            What do you know about the MacLeods who were among MacLellan's students?
            Why was the East Bay school Started? East Bay school started in 1825...
            What men were prepared for the Seminary?
            What about the Industries of early Cape Breton?
            The schools in Big Pond (N.S.) were attended by sixty pupils in 1862.
            From Big Pond (N.S.) they came to Sydney (N.S.) Academy for grade ten.
            Was East Bay the first parish
            Briefly discuss Parish activities?
            Tell us about the Protestant settlers...
            How did the four Seminarians travel to Rome?
            Was there much traffic on the Bras D'or Lakes in those days?
            Would you care to speak about the Mi'kmaq?
            Where did the early people get the animals - horses, cows, sheep, etc.
            What about food - ammunition?
            Ceilidh in those days was most enjoyable...
            What do you believe of the Bocain
            Do you remember any of the remedies early settlers used

            Frank F. Robertson
            CA BI MG 15.22 · Fonds · 1919-1983

            In 1942, Frank Robertson initiated a job printing business in New Waterford which he operated until 1966. In 1968, he joined the Cape Breton Bird Society and soon began writing his weekly column For the Birds for the Cape Breton Post. In 1978 he began a series for CBC.

            Papers include:

            1. Correspondence and papers pertaining to publication of an anthology of verse by Cape Breton authors, 192-1930. Original and typescript, 2 cm.
            2. “For the Birds”, a newspaper column by Mr. Robertson, 22 November 1969 to May 1976. Typescript and clippings (5 folios), 11 cm.
            3. Clipping: “Elves refuse to Give up Blackett’s Lake Home”, 1928
            CA BI T-326 · Item · 1972
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Item is an audio recording at Boisdale N.S. Joseph Lawrence Macdonald, Sarah Cameron, Miss Janet Cameron, Angus Beaton, Finlay Cameron tell discuss lore, history and sing songs.

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Frolics in the home, different types

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Shearing of sheep, processing of wool, milling frolics

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Duties of women

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Grist mill at MacAdam`s Lake, operated by Mr. MacLean

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Best carpenters of the times, MacEacherns, MacDonalds and others

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Three steamships operated out of East Bay, groceries had to be brought in from Halifax, hardwood shipped to England

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Scottish Catholic Society of Canada organized by Father M.A. MacAdam

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Cape Breton Island Co-op. Society was organized at East Bay, 1932

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Mineral spring at East Bay

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Excerpts from Mary L. Frasers book,Folklore of Nova Scotia`.

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - East Bay Pirates - Capt. Alex and Dan MacLean. MacLeans sailed the Pacific Ocean (1880-1914) on the sea wolf.

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Primary concern of settlers was the making of a home. Coal mines and steel plant took men from farms to cities and towns.

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Early settlers of Christmas Island (N.S.)

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - What were living conditions like

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Tell about the August Gale

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Story of Peter MacNeil

            MacDonald, Joseph L. - Story of Malcolm MacPhee

            Cameron, Sarah - Biographical sketch

            Cameron, Miss Janet - Biographical sketch

            Beaton, Angus - Song: O hi ri ill o robha

            Cameron, Finlay - Song: Air faill irinn ill irinn oich irinn iu

            Beaton, Alexander - Song: O sud an taobh a'gabhainn

            Cameron, Sarah - Song: An Te Ruadh

            Cameron, Finlay - Song: Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn

            Beaton, Angus D. - Song, a lament

            MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
            History of Rear Beaver Cove
            CA BI T-514 · Item · 1965
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Item is an audio recording of Roddie F. Nicholson and Patrick Nicholson discussing the history of Rear Beaver Cove.

            Nicholson, Patrick (Boston, Worcester)

                The beginnings of the settlement at the Backlands of Beaver Cove

            The pioneers brought only two trunks - one for bedclothes, the other for tools

            All was lost in a fire...

            Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

            Settlers took large tracts of land because it was free

            Beaver Cove Forty families lived in the Backlands at that time

            People were very musical, good dancers

            Nicholson, Patrick Boston:

            Tracing genealogy

            Marriages were arranged well in the early days

            Food was plentiful

            Mills, churns and grindstones...

            The history of one particular family

            Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

            Genealogy of some family

            Genealogy of some families

            Bagpipes, fiddle and loom in every house

            Four children died in one night...

            People had faith - walked six miles to church

            Nicholson, Patrick Boston:

            Parish lesson written on a shingle

            The first settlers at Beaver Cove

            Schools and teachers in yesteryear

            Church services were all in Gaelic

            Archie Gillis got the priest to cure his wife

            Nicholson, Rod Beaver Cove:

            Priests confiscated violins

            Strange stories of second sight

            Jack the Lantern - Jack the River

            His grandmother's death at the age of ninety four

            Nicholson, John
            CA BI T-1020 · Item · 1975
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Item is an audio recording of an interview with Annabelle Mackinnon (nee Gillis) of Gillis' Lake.

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle (Prime Brook) A Story of Life in Pioneer Days Agriculture (Part 1)

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Lumbering to bsupply spars for sailing ships

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Grist Mills

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Dye Mills

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Farming - livestock & crops

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Planting potatoes in burnt woods

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Wool industries - sheep shearing

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle French women grew flax

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle How leather was tanned & its uses

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle A story of Father's MacLeod's boots

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Col. Granger & the Copper mine

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Gaelic speakers & religious education

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Clothing in the pioneer days

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Improvement of crops with coming of commercial fertilizer.

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Story of an agricultural meeting ...

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Dairy products - wooden tubs & butter prints

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle The beginning of Co-operatives

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Farming conditions improved with the start of the Steel Plant

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Barn-raising frolics

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Mary Bevin, a nurse from Man-o-War, delivered babies in Boulardrie area

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Fishing schooners- Fox Island

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Travelling to dances by Ferry

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Fishing lobster through the ice

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Root cellars - how produce was stored

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle The making of soft soap

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Life in the Pioneer Days (cont.) / Priests in Boularderie

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle A farm purchased (200 acres) for $750

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Genealogy of Iain Mor, Boisdale

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Clearing the land - stump fences

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Grist Mill at Malloney's Creek

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Harvesting wheat - threshing and winnowing

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Barley and grinding barley meal

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle How to make cheese

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Preserving butter

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Women's role in the early days

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Shearing sheep...

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Processing wool - carding mills

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Pioneer handicrafts with wool

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Ceilidhs

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Transportation - travelled Big Pond to Boularderie by ice in winter, boats in summer

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Potato crops - the coming of blight & potato bugs

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle How leather was tanned

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Mi'kmaw crafts

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Sea weed and its uses

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle The Government & Sir John A. MacDonald- economic conditions

            MacKinnon, Mrs. Annabelle Pensions in today's society

            MacKinnon, Blaine
            CA BI T-295 · Item · 1971
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Item is an interview with Annabelle MacKinnon concerning genealogical history of Gillis Lake and surrounding areas. Gives examples of place names and familial names in Gaelic. Includes verses of various Gaelic songs. Mrs MacKinnon was 93 years old at the time of recording.

            MacKinnon, Florence Alexandra St., Sydney (N.S.), Nova Scotia

            Gillis, Joseph A. - Autobiographical sketch (Very brief)

            MacKinnon, Florence - Local supernatural tales

            MacKinnon, Mr. (Florence MacKinnon's son) -Soldier on the black horse

            MacKinnon, Florence - The Ball Family of Balls Creek, N.S.
            Gaelic song fragment composed about the Balls

            Gillis, Joseph A. - Story "Clach nam Brog"

            MacKinnon, Florence - Settler clothing styles

            MacKinnon, Florence; Gillis, Joseph A. - Conversation re early settlers to Cape Breton.
            The "Gardiner" MacDonald settlers of South Uist

            MacKinnon, Florence - Oran na Teine (Lauchlin Currie)

            MacKinnon, Florence; Gillis, Joseph A. - Conversation (continued)

            MacKinnon, Florence - Schools in Gillis Lake

            MacKinnon, Florence - Sea Wolf MacLean

            MacKinnon, Florence - Dutch Princess married a MacLean

            MacKinnon, Florence - Family history
            Settlers walked Arasaig to Halifax for confession

            Gillis, Joseph - Fairy story (Piper Macintyres and the Fairy hill)

            MacKinnon, Florence - Witch story

            MacKinnon, Florence - Haunted house story

            Gillis, Joseph A. - Campbell's iron violin bow

            Day, Hilda
            John Smith
            CA BI MG. 15.36 · Fonds · 1954

            Fond consists of a folk tale, “Every Dog has His Day” in which the author uses names of people living in Shenacadie.

            CA BI MG 6.31 · Fonds · 1896-1995

            Fonds consists of materials collected by Mr. MacDonald while he was on an LIP grant. Papers include:

            1. Promissory note of Angus MacLean in favour of D. N. McIntyre, Boisdale, 1896. Original, 1 page.
            2. League of the Cross membership card for Ronald MacKenzie, Christmas Island, 1908. Original, 1 page.
            3. Nova Scotia High School certificate, Grade X, for Joseph Lawrence MacDonald, 1926. Original, 1 page.
            4. Memorial card of Mrs. Alex N. MacNeil, 1962, Printed, 1 card.
            5. Diary kept by John A. MacDonald, of a trip to Scotland, 1971. Photocopy, 11 pages.
            6. List of the Alexander MacDonalds on the Kinloch estate, 1700-1800. Photocopy, 2 pages.
            7. Translation of the Gaelic story “Cross Road House” by Joseph L. MacDonald. Typescript, 4 pages.
            8. Historical sketch of the Island of Lewis. Photocopy, 4 pages.
            9. Weekly Work Record of Joseph L. MacDonald, 1972 Original, 20 pages.
              10.3 Gaelic stories. Original and typescript, 7 pages.
            10. Gaelic bible tract: “Ubhlan Oir” Printed, 26 pages.
            11. Plan and descriptions of violins. Printed, 4 pages.
            MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence
            CA BI T-733 · Item · 1970
            Part of Sound and Moving Image Collection

            Item is an audio recording of Stephen J. MacKinnon (Antigonish, N.S) being interviewed by Fred MacAuley (Scotland) for BBC Scotland. Recording includes :

            Tells of his ancestors arrival from Scotland

            Pioneer life, hardships, social life, etc.

            Pioneer industries sawmills, grist mills, lumber

            Emigration of young people to U.S. And western Canada

            MacLellan, Ann Terry