O'Brien, Aloysius 2. Interview about farm and life in the past

• Main Authors: Shawyer, Jo
• Other Authors: O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008, O'Brien Aloysius, 1915-2008, was born in St. John's, NL and the last descendant of the O'Brien Family. His mother's family came from Waterford and his father's family from Kilkenny in Ireland. He was a farmer and also taught himself the Irish Gaelic and botany. During his life, He was active in preserving and promoting the Irish-Newfoundland culture and traditions.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Work; Farming; O'Brien,Aloysius 1915-2008; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/6092

Aloysius talked about the farm and the life in the past. Topics concentrate on the milk, milk delivery and haymaking. "00:00-05:00 the number of horses in the farm; milk route; the product (buttereen) made of milk; 05:00-10:00 milking; processing milk before delivery; 10:00-15:00 work about milk; the process of delivering milk; customers; butter making 15:00-20:00 the schedule of delivering milk; horse delivering milk 20:00-25:00 the trademark; the importance of milk for the farm; raising cows; hay and haymaking 25:00-30:00 haymaking; timothy; the process of cutting hay; 30:00-35:00 the weather during haymaking; Jo’s students; Newfoundland agriculture "