by Hughie Ferguson (recorded in Dearborn, Michigan, February 2007) Hughie, talking about his parents’ home in Inverness: The only job that I ever did, and it would be kind of a crazy job [today] — see, there were sixty-five windows in the house. And there was I forget how many storm windows. Dave: Sixty-five storm [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Bruce • Ferguson, Cassie • Ferguson, Danny (Skel) • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, Johnny • Ferguson, Mary • Ferguson, Mattie • Ferguson, Roddie • Ferguson, Sadie • MacIsaac, Catherine • Stories • Storytellers • told by Hughie Ferguson | Dave Ferguson March 24, 2007 | 
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by David Ferguson My cousin Frank once wrote about a report issued in Scotland that projected that in the future everyone in the world would be named Macdonald or descended from a Macdonald. “In other words,” Frank wrote, “they’re predicting the best of all possible worlds.” That world just came much closer. On my mother’s [...]
by Bruce Ferguson One of the things I remember about Inverness was the times we spent on vacation there. Mom and Dad would farm out the five kids to various relatives so that we wouldn’t be such a burden to one family. John would stay with uncle Danny, Art would stay with uncle Roddie, Dave [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Anne Marie • Ferguson, Art • Ferguson, Bruce • Ferguson, Danny (Skel) • Ferguson, David • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, John • Ferguson, Mattie • Ferguson, Roddie • Ferguson, Sadie • Macdonald, Billie • Macdonald, Greet • Stories • Storytellers • told by Bruce Ferguson | Dave Ferguson August 21, 2006 | Comments (1)
Duanag do Mhattie / A Song for Mattie Le Aonghas Mac ‘ill Fhaolain / by Angus Y MacLellan Thig a nall ‘s thoir dhomh do là mh Ann ad ghluasad na biodh dà il, Chum ‘s gun innsinn ann an dà n Meud a’ ghà idh thug mi do Mhattie. Come on over, take my hand Don’t delay in [...]
by Hughie Ferguson and Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson David: Do you remember your grandparents? Hughie: My grandfather was Hughie. Greet: And his grandmother lived with them after the grandfather died. She couldn’t speak English. Hughie: With the Gaelic, oh, yeah. They did a lot of talking about it. David: What did he [...]
by John Ferguson Very young in life, I unfortunately contracted polio. As a result I was required to be tied down in bed or sitting in a chair so as not to put any strain on my leg. My grandfather, Mattie Ferguson, and my uncle, Danny Ferguson, would come from the store frequently and bring [...]
by Greet Macdonald as told to David Ferguson [Hughie Ferguson's brother Johnny] died before John [Ferguson] was born [April, 1948]. I went home from Halifax because we didn’t have any money to have a baby in Halifax, and it would be cheaper at home. So I went home to Inverness in March, and Johnny Ferguson [...]
Characters • Ferguson, Hughie • Ferguson, John • Ferguson, Johnny • Ferguson, Mattie • Ferguson, Sadie • Macdonald, Freddie • Macdonald, Greet • Macdonald, Jack D • Rankin, Annie Belle • Stories • Storytellers • told by Greet Macdonald | Dave Ferguson February 20, 2006 | Comments (3)
by Frank Macdonald When Mattie had his store (for about 100 years) there was something unique to Inverness that took place in it. He had a soda fountain, a beautiful butterscotch-coloured top on a green base and behind that were all the wonders of the soda fountain for making milkshakes. There was a mine manager [...]
