Hughie and Greet Talk about Roddie
by Hughie Ferguson and Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson
Greet: When Roddie was really sick, we made a point of going. We always stopped to see them anyway as we drove down and back. But the last year we were going to stay two or three days in Antigonish.
And we were going to stay in a motel because Roddie was sick at home. But Pat wouldn’t hear tell of it. She said, “You’re going to stay here.”
So we stayed two or three days. And Pat and I would be in bed early. Hughie and Roddie would be up talking. And Roddie was — I nearly died when I saw him, he had failed so, you know.
And then when we were leaving, Roddie was kind of sad. And I said, “You know, Roddie, before we go back, Hughie’ll come back and spend another couple of days.”
Because we were going to Berwick, because I knew Cyril Sampson would take Hughie down to Antigonish.
And they were so grateful for that. The days that we were there, Pat said, he was so much better — he got up and he got dressed and he ate all his meals with us, you know, and was enjoying it.
Hughie: On that trip, when I was going out with the suitcases to the car, Roddie said to Pat, “I’ll bet you that fella will say, ‘That Roddie’ll be sleeping out soon.’”
That was the expression down home — if you were in the graveyard, you’re sleeping out.
Roddie: Hughie Ferguson’s brother
Pat: Patricia Dunn, Roddie’s wife
Characters • Dunn, Patricia • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, Roddie • Macdonald, Greet • Stories • Storytellers • told by David Ferguson • told by Greet Macdonald • told by Hughie Ferguson | Dave Ferguson March 9, 2006
