I think it was probably the- the horses would ah take it to the- to the barn, up the gangway and into the barn.

Speaker: And there was a little- there used to be right there where the- where the- what do you call is it now? Where you get your gas? Interviewer: Downtown? Speaker: Right at the- as you going out forty-four, there's a gas bar there.

You can drive them- steer them "gee" to the right, "haw" to the left. You- Interviewer: "Gee"? Speaker: "Gee" to the right and "haw" to the left, yeah.

After a while, you could be driving and you'd say "Gee," and they'll turn themselves once they know you.

And he would just tell them "gee" and "haw" and they'd wind their way

Um, there was always the horse lingo with the gee and the haw kind-of-thing and ah but um, you-know we even- we even road them at times, there were times when um, we didn't have um- you-know the roads could be closed for three or four days with the- with the snow and we had cattle at this farm but we also had cattle up at this farm, up- you-know just up the road a little piece.

You-know, 'cause they've never heard of that ah you-know it- it might be a piece of machinery or um a way that you-know like when we talk to the horses it's gee or haw you-know 'cause that's the way they know to go right or left kind-of-thing.

Speaker: And then of course when I went to high-school and I took Latin, if I had that, I would have spelled it correctly of course. Interviewer: Mm. Speaker: Um, yeah in high-school I took Latin and French right through to grade-thirteen, which was ah, a- a really good thing.

Speaker: ... there were so many good teachers and in fact, I'll tell you, one of my teachers that taught me in grades one, two and three, also went to Almonte on the train with me that have- when I was going to the grade-thirteen. Interviewer: Oh, to Almonte-Industry-High-School, I-guess. Speaker: Yes. Because she had to improve her standing as a- she had- had only a second class and she wanted a first class.

Speaker: We boarded in town. We got our own meals, Jill and I. She- she repeated some of grade-thirteen to up her marks. So she was there- I was there with her one year and we boarded and took food in and ah-

Speaker: Um I was in the drama club in grade-thirteen but it wasn't the school drama club it was the ah- the Almonte-Town-Drama-Club. Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: That- that went a long way toward getting me out of my shyness as well.

Speaker: Well Bl-- Blakeney-School, you-know where ah, you know where Herb-McFern lives? Interviewer: Ah, yes. Speaker: Well the gully, there's a brick building there?

Well, it was a lot of hard up days. Money wasn't too plentiful. You made due with what you had, ah if there was meat to be eat, it was generally a deer. Even though it was out of season.

... if they were sowing by hand they could spread the seed and it wouldn't- ah, th-- the plough f-- furrow would be turned up, so they didn't lose the seed. Then if they harrowed the top off, they could go ah- now that's a while ago, but that's the way you're thinking.

Speaker: Never heard of pig-weed? Oh well, that's a thing- kind-of a long red roof- root on it. And it grows pretty fast here and there. They like that. They- n-- old fat hen, stuff-like-that. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: So it was always- ah, that saved buying too much grain or-that for hash for them. So we kept nice- Dad knew- really knew how to raise pigs, he always had select pigs.

And another time there was two guys came in and, ah, they said, "Do you sell hash?" I said, "Yes." "Ah, how- how- what the- how much?" And I said, "In a hundred pound bag." "And how much?" And I said, "Well, six-ninety-five." or-something. And they looked at each other. And I said, "You want pig feed, don't you?" And they kind of, "Well, we heard that there was drugs being sold out of the store." And I said, "Well, maybe you should check the other one."

Well, he would go to town. Um, now, when we had a car, mother would possibly go and uh, she would bring a bag of um, hash home from the griss-mill or my father would take uh, the horses and uh, and the wagon and bring a couple of bags home, of hash and then you would mix it with uh, skim milk at the barn. We always separated our milk. You would mix that with the skim milk and it made beautiful pork it was very tasty. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Was there a place to put the pigs food? Speaker: Yes, you always kept it in some corner pretty well covered by itself so that if a cow or-anything got loose or if one of the animals got loose, it would't get into the hash, they love hash.

And they were having a high old time along the purlin plate. Doing something along there, they were talking away to themselves, having a picnic so I thought, "K, time- I'm wasting time here. Might as well go see what's in this dish."

Speaker: On my way to Ireland and ah but you drive- there's two lines right there- you j-- you just drive the horse. You can drive them- steer them "gee" to the right, "haw" to the left. You- Interviewer: "Gee"? Speaker: "Gee" to the right and "haw" to the left, yeah.

And he would just tell them "gee" and "haw" and they'd wind their way, and tell them when to stop and when to go