Summary: | Ethel Sullivan continues talking about life in Pouch Cove with input from Shirley Bragg. They describe picking berries to earn money, household chores, walking to town, and teaching. 00:00 – chatting; 0:20 – Sunday school picnics; berry picking to buy new shoes; Parkers’ shop; 7:54 – working hard; wages; joining the union; 10:47 – telling stories to grandchildren; 10:59 – Shirley’s father walking to town with boat motor; 12:10 – Gerald walking to St. John’s to get medical treatment; 12:51 – walking to St. John’s to bring a cigarette to penitentiary; 13:42 – Anne Sally’s typical day working on stage or flake, making supper, walking to town and back; 14:27 – children helping with fishing and household chores; 15:56 – parents cleaning schoolhouse; 16:46 – wedding at the schoolhouse; 18:01 – scrubbing floorboards; 18:26 – bedridden woman in Isle aux Morts; 19:44 – teacher’s responsibilities.
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