| Summary: | Aloysius talked about the farm and the life in the past. Topics include the acquisition of the land, the history of Irish immigrants, the neighbors, carts, horses, cows, etc. "0:00-5:00 introduction of the topic; the geography of the farm; the history of the geography of the farm; 5:00-10:00 the boundaries of the farm; the names of the places in the farm; Wickham family; 10:00-15:00 the neighbors of the farm; the immigration of the Irish to Newfoundland; fishery; 15:00-20:00 John O’Brien and his business; his first dwelling place and the time he obtained the grant; 20:00-25:00 the land survey; the process of obtaining the land; the area of the land 25:00-30:00 the use of the land; cutting dinnage 30:00-35:00 rails; long carts; the making of wheels and long cart; the area of freshwater valley 35:00-40:00 the making of long cart; its size; the horse pulling the cart 40:00-45:00 working process of horse and long cart; “car men”; the hilly road in St. John’s 45:00-50:00 coal-hauling; difficulties in climbing the hilly roads for carts; the number of horse and cart in the farm; 50:00-55:51 milk wagon (Express); box cart; the names of horses and cows "
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