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Hilton Sollows on a wood chopping expedition to the 'South Way' . His axe is on his shoulder.
1950
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Clarence (Jamie) Howard in the midst of a day's wood cutting in the South Way, near Tiverton
1954
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A 'buck saw' used by an individual to cut wood
1940
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Various tools used working with wood
1950
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A 'nail keg', used to keep loose nails for construction projects.
1940
Islands Museum, Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Kenneth Van Tassell and Elias Sollows cutting wood in the winter of 1958.
1958
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Donald Outhouse splits wood in his yard early in 1956.
1956
Tiverton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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This picture shows the three sizes of wood the homeowner worked through to get the finished product into the stove where it would benefit the family in the cold winter days. Click on the hot spots to find all three.

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Picking up kindling pieces to aid in lighting the fire
1954
Central Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada

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A load of brush destined to become insulation around the house during the fall and winter.
1945
Central Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Lillie Small with the last ox team,Spark and Diamond, to be used on Small's farm.
1950
Central Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada

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The two oxen shown here, Spark and Diamond, delivered cut wood to the Freeport area from the Small family farm in Central Grove through the Meadow Road in winter. The price of a load of delivered wood was $7.00 in 1943.

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Pearl Kennedy
1999
Central Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Pearl Kennedy remembers the enjoyment of a "chopping frolic"

So tell me about a choppin' frolic.

"Well, they'd come - so many men would come and chop the wood and they'd go to different places and you'd have a big supper cooked for them and in the evening you have someone in and you'd have fudge, sometimes ice cream."

That's what he said - you'd freeze up some ice cream.

" Homemade ice cream, corned beef, and cabbage stew."

Is that what you would have - corned beef and cabbage?

"Yeah, and I used to have a houseful of them too."

Did you enjoy that?

"Yes, I didn't mind it. I don't think I could do it today."

And what time of year would you have those?

"Been in the fall fore Christmas wasn't it, sometimes before.Sometimes before Christmas, 'cording to when they was cutting the wood. Sometimes it would be in the winter probably January or February."

From an interview conducted by Marie Hutcheson for Passages