Sullivan, Yvonne. 1. Part one of interview about Pouch Cove.

• Main Author: Bateman, Shannon
• Other Authors: Sullivan, Yvonne
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Subjects: Families; Schools; Children; Games; Holidays; Work; Sullivan; John; Mary; Eileen; Thomas; Joshua; Primroy; Eddie; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/8698

Yvonne Sullivan describes her experiences growing up from Silver Threads in Pouch Cove. She talks about her family, school, childhood games, holidays, and women's work. 00:00 – introductions; mother and father; common ancestor; 0:35 – family migrating from England; John and Mary Sullivan; children Eileen and Thomas Sullivan; 1:27 – settling in Pouch Cove; Sullivan’s Loop; men marrying younger women; grandfather marrying grandmother; grandmothers from Hodges Cove; women in service; 3:25 – father Joshua Sullivan; sub-mariner in Royal Navy; WWII war stories; buying boat after war; giving up fishing for carpentry; 6:01 – family structure; wives managing money; discipline; 6:26 – mother; volunteering; women’s work; women taking children swimming; Otter’s Gulch; 9:29 - berry picking; community spirit; 11:00 – attending school; taking bus to school in St. John’s; being bullied for accent; local dialects; 14:27 – working at library; learning about Newfoundland culture; Dictionary for Newfoundland Language; 15:40 – birth date; nearly being switched at birth with cousin; 16:30 – playing games; softball in meadow; no supervision; swimming at Old Pond; 18:34 – Easter traditions; making molasses candy; playing in store (shed); 19:42 – Valentine’s Day; giving out valentines; 20:48 – mummering; jannying; purity syrup; brother getting drunk on homemade berry wine; 22:26 – Christmas traditions; father’s friends visiting Christmas morning; uncle Eddie Primroy playing guitar; 23:12 – excessive drinking during holidays; tradition of serving own drinks; 25:01 – women running community while men at work.