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my father's store--it had a what would you call it? A place out--a verandah, but a flat top to it. And those boys took my father's (pause) buggy and put it right up on that verandah. Mother and Father slept right in that room and they never heard it. They got up and there was that buggy on top of that roof. Oh, there was lots of things done, I suppose. I just remember those. Joanne: Did you used to celebrate Dominion Day at all? Mrs. E: Well, we used to sing a lot. About that time music came in the schools. You were supposed to sing and we used to sing all patriotic songs, you know. "Over The Waves". Now that's something you wouldn't know. That's a pure English song. Then we learned "The Maple Leaf Forever." and uh, what other songs are there? I don't ever remem¬ber singing "God Save the King", but they may have, I don't know. Joanne: It was maybe later on. Mrs. Bt It would be later on. You see, I quit school about 1911 and I never went to BCI (Brantford Collegiate Institute) Joanne: How far did you go--to grade eight? Mrs. E: Just grade eight. Joanne: Did you used to celebrate Thanksgiving at all? Mrs. E: Oh yes. Maybe one of our aunts or uncles would ask us over. And we might--there was a lot of visiting going on because that's all there was. There was no TV (television). There was no radio. And these's why I know--that's why I could write that book (The Way it Was) There was twelve boys, cousins older than I and I was the thirteenth grandchild and the first granddaughter. They used to talk back and forth and I'd listen you see. And I remember. Joanne: Did you used to celebrate Easter? Mrs. E: Yes, oh yes. We celebrated Easter. We always got all the eggs we wanted to eat for faster. One time at Easter morning, my brother Roy came in with a rough grain bag. I don't know whether you know--a jute bag--over his shoulder and he came into the house and he handed these to mother and says, "Here's some eggs now for Easter morning." Mother says, "I got you each one, I thought that maybe that would be enough and maybe the hens would lay more for dinnertime." Well Roy says, "There's--" "I know," she says, "Where did you get them?" "OH!," he said, I took one or two every day for a long time." (chuckles) He said these eggs and some of them were cracked, and some of them were frozen, too. So I know, father came to Roy's rescue. He said, "Oh, I like em fried and I don't mind if they're cracked." We had a lot of eggs for Easter.