Recherche dans la collection - Bohan, Bartley - Interview

FINNIGAN, Joan

1991-0054

Enregistrement sonore

2 of 2

1988-03

Joan Finnigan (Interviewer)

Oral history interview of Bartley Bohan of Elmside, Quebec, renowned throughout the Ottawa Valley as a natural wit and storyteller. Bohan recalls humorous events in his life including his thwarted attempts to explore a local haunted house, the sudden apparition of a long-dead neighbour, driving his car over a partly frozen river and washing his clothes in a cement mixer, "probably the first automatic washer" in the Valley. Bohan also talks at length about the antics of "Jolly" Jenkinson whose "gift of the gab" and quick wit allowed him to outsmart the neighbours and the authorities who knew he was responsible for many illegal activities but who could never catch him in the act. He relates that Jenkinson was considered by many as a modern day Robin Hood because he shared his ill-gotten gains with those who were needy.

English

Libre

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