From Scot-- decent. Well there was English in our family and Scotch both and little bit of Iri-- Irish.

But all the Scotch people- all the- like- I remember w-- we heard one time that years ago all the Irishmen were all Scotch.

Well, I don't know where they were born. But mother had some Irish background and some Scotch background. She was a Flamborough. Janet-Flamborough.

She's not pure Scotch. She's a lot of English.

So they always had- some of them said they were Irish because they'd come from Londonderry and the other ones said "Well we were born in Scotland, so we're Scotch." And I think they were Scots too, because-

He's pure Scotch, he always tells me that. My mother's mother was Irish. And my grandfather was Scotch. And then on Dad's side, his mother was a Morrison. They lived on this hill out here, you- they call it Morrison-Hill. (inc) Clayton-Road.

Ah, my father ah- his father was French and his mother was Scotch. And my mother- both her parents were ah German.

Yeah, there's a mixture of ah, scotch, Irish and English, you-know?

Pe-- people tell you, the Scotch and the English were just as bad.

Interviewer: Would that have been more Scot or Irish ancestry? Speaker: Irish and with some English and Scotch. But my mom was half French and half German so there's quite a mix in there.

Now I- I can't tell you how there- they were Scotch, the McDaley, so I spent all (inc) we never did get too fancy, my father came, he had a farm or whatever they call it out west for a number of years, he and mother were out there for a while, then they came back to live with her ah- her aunt, and ah-

Mm-hm. McCresant, m-c, a little c, c-r-e-s-a-n-t. Scotch.

Well, he, ah- he was Scotch, Calum.

He said there was French and Indian on his- on his side. Well there could have been- there could have been a wee bit of Scotch but ah, he always loved pipes but I don't think there was because he said he- French but not too many French people was pipers.

I got what these scotch (inc) and Sophia's- Sophia's ah- Sophia's relatives, they right from Scotland eh?

Yeah, all mother's were Scot- my mother's side was Scotch and then dad's were Irish, eh?

Speaker: I can speak a little but very little now but my dad was Polish, my mom was Scotch. Interviewer: Scotch? S-- Scotch? Speaker: Yup, Scottish.

And- and so that to me reminded me of the fact that there were- that Irish and Scotch sayings must have been prevalent in this area.

Speaker: Where we get it once a month. So anyway she treated us, just four of us and (laughs)- so anyway, when we get u-- there (laughs) we went to the (laughs)- she wanted to go on the scow, this other scow. And she- Interviewer: What's a scow? Speaker: Wanted to go- eh? Interviewer: What's a scow? Speaker: A scow is like a boat. Interviewer: Oh! Speaker: Like you-know that you all (inc) there's no railings on it or-anything, it's just a c-- they call it a scow. Interviewer: A scow.

You-know that you- the sun was- so we went way down- oh I don't know how many miles on the scow and there was black swans and white swans and oh the size of them.