Item is an audio recording of Joseph Lawrence MacDonald telling stories of Donald "Gorm" Macdonald.
Story of Donald "Gorm" MacDonald - Story of this man, at the time of taking of Louisbourg
A mother's curse - Donald went from house to house taking the young men by force to fight with him. When he took the third son, a cripple, from this widow, she said: "My son will return but you never will"
Burning of the church - Donald burns church after closing windows, all inside perish
The ending - Tells how this man, possessed by the devil, dies
The schoolmaster and the old woman
The old man's operation - Funny story by a teller of tall tales
Comhairle (advice)
Donald's version of the sinking of the Titanic - Donald couldn't read very well, his stories were strange
He alone know how much he is worth
MacDonald, Joseph LawrenceItem is an audio recording of an interview with J.A Macneil, Michael Macneil and John Angus Maclean of Big Beach, Cape Breton (N.S.) Features:
MacNeil, J.A. - A trip to Scotland
MacNeil, Michael - Biographical sketch
MacNeil, Michael - Biographical sketch
MacNeil, Michael - Ho iri raill o
MacNeil, Michael - S' fheudair dhomh...'s sgur de 'n dram
MacNeil, Michael - Railroad song
MacLean, John A. - Se fad mo mhulad
MacLean, John A. - Biographical sketch
MacLean, John A. - Story - the old woman and the trunk
MacLean, John A. - Ged a'sheoil mi air m'aineoil
Side 2:
J.A MacKinnon (MacKinnon's Harbour) :
Biographical Sketch
Schooling and teachers in MacKinnon's Harbour
Mrs. MacKinnon (MacKenzie):
Biographical Sketch
Selection of Gaelic songs
MacDonald, Joseph LawrenceItem is an audio recording of Gaelic singers in Boisdale, N.S.
Cameron, Finlay - Thug mi run 's chuir mi uidh
Cameron, Finlay - Tha mi sgith bho'n tim seo 'n de
Cameron, Finlay - Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn
Cameron, Finlay - Mo nighean dubh
MacDonald, Joseph L. - Cailinn mo ruin-sa
MacDonald, Joseph L. - Gleannan taobh Loch Liobhan
MacDonald, Joseph L. - Sgeulachd
MacDonald, Joseph L. - O go toigh leam
MacDonald, Joseph L. - Story of Ruaridh Mor and Seonaid visit to Glasgow
MacDonald, Joseph LawrenceItem is an audo recording of Gaelic songs and stories recorded in Boisdale and Mabou (N.S)
MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Sgeulachd Gill'easbuig Aotrom"
MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence - "Cumha Cheap Breatunn"
Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi sgith o'n tim seo 'n de"
Cameron, Finlay - "Mo Nighean Dubh"
Cameron, Finlay - "Gaol an t-Seoladair"
Cameron, Finlay - "Thug mi run 's chuir mi uidh"
Cameron, Finlay - "Fhleasgaich ur, leannan thu..."
Cameron, Finlay - "O gur mise tha fo mhighean..."
Beaton, Angus D. - "Hi ho ro s na ho ro eile"
Beaton, Angus D. - "Air faill irinn ill irinn uill irinn o ro hi..."
Cameron, Mrs. Finlay - "An te ruadh"
Cameron, Finlay - "Tha mi'n diugh gu tinn..."
Beaton, Angus D. - "Feasgar Luain"
MacDonald, Joseph Lawrence