A. Slcu'nr! MacDonald D.F.C., MD. C..M.

One of her famous foods was biscuits, in which she used the fats left after cooking lamb. She used to have to bake loaf bread every day, which meant that she used up a large bag (96 lbs.) of flour about every two weeks. Most of our food was of a staple quality, with very few sweets, as sugar was expensive and she had to pay for the groceries with eggs. She was never stuck for a dinner, as she could get a hen, kill it, pluck it, stuff it for a meal.

She was the die-hard-type of a Presbyterian, and would not let us play games, such as coasting, on Sunday. She always had us dressed up, including shoes, to go to Sunday School, and we changed whenever we arrived home from church and Sunday School. Along with her other duties, she taught Sunday School, as well as being a member and one time president of the Women's Institute which met at our home on several occasions. The year she died, her father had also passed away, and left her about seven thousand dollars, which was a big sum in those days. I remember her aim of buying a new coat, but she died before she was able to do so. She enjoyed company arriving at the house, and was a good entertainer with an excellent type of humour. We had a long lane from road to house which gave her time to hide the herring and cod fish we were having for a meal, as at that time, it was considered a poverty dish.

At night, when many men gathered around the kitchen (the only room with heat in the house) as she sat knitting mitts, sweaters or socks, she took part in the conversation. She always had a spare bedroom all ready for guests; it was never used by the family, as well as the parlour that was only used for guests, although it was renovated and newly papered. I can still visualize her coffin in the parlour of which she was so proud, with its new renovations.

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