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121.	Blueberries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Blueberries, common to Fogo Island.

122.	Two boats tied to the McGrath's stage, Tilting	Objects; Knowledge of the land/water and environment; Work	Boats tied to the state belonging to the McGrath family, as seen from the inside looking through the stage doorway.

123.	Going to pick berries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs describes how her family goes up into the hills to gather partridgeberries and blueberries, filling meat buckets with the picked fruit. They often take a picnic and stay all day. The berries are best picked later as they then need less water to make jam, although sugar is still required.

124.	"Blackberries" and Blueberries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs finds both "blackberries" and unripe blueberries growing in the same area

125.	Poison bush: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs points out a bush which bears poisonous white berries that birds can digest. Partridgeberries are also found in the area.

126.	Boys Love: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs points out a flowering plant called "Boys Love," growing in front of her house. She got it from her husband's brother, Roy Jacobs.

127.	Bridget's berry preferences: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs prefers partridgeberries and marshberries to blueberries for jam and tarts, although blueberry muffins are good.

128.	Blackcurrant cure story: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment; Illness and Health	Bridget Jacobs recounts how, when her niece was sick and taken to the hospital, the doctor said she needed a vitamin found in the blackcurrant berry. The little girl was given blackcurrants picked from the tree in a neighbour’s yard and was cured.

129.	Blueberries and "blue herts": berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs shows the difference between blueberries and "blue herts"

130.	Field of Battle: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs walks in the small valley known as the "Field of Battle". She does not know the reason for the name, but suggests that Carol Penton, the editor of the local newspaper The Fogo Island Flame, may know.

131.	Jam: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget Jacobs' homemade jam (type unknown).

132.	List of berries: berry picking with Bridget Jacobs, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Bridget lists the various types of berries and the order in which they ripen: "blackberries", "bakeapple", blueberry, "blue herts", "partridgeberries", "marshberries", cranberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants.

133.	Altar, St. Anne's Church, Little Fogo Island	Objects; Supernatural belief	Built in 1867, the altar of St. Anne's Church with statues of Jesus and the Blessed Virgin and Child, as well as votive candles and vases of plastic flowers. Behind the altar is a picture of Jesus on the cross.

134.	SUF (Society of United Fishermen) building in the Town of Fogo	Knowledge of the land/water and environment; Objects; Work	Built in 1874 this large building housed the SUF (Society of United Fishermen).

135.	Built-in cupboard in the Brett House, Joe Batt's Arm	Objects	Built-in cupboard with drawers at the top of a stairwell in the Brett house.

136.	Cabins and outbuildings, Little Fogo Island	Objects	Cabins and sheds, Little Fogo Island, with people in the foreground and the ocean in the background.

137.	Cape Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm	Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Cape Fogo, as seen from a boat on the way to Little Fogo Island.

138.	Caribou antlers by Hewitt's stage, Joe Batt's Arm	Food; Social beliefs, practices and customs; Work; Objects	Caribou antlers outside of the Hewitt's stage in Joe Batt's Arm. There is a herd estimated at 600-plus caribou on Fogo Island, and the animals can be a nuisance. Caribou are hunted for food and there is an annual cull.

139.	Certificate for the "Instrument of Authority" found in Len Brown's store, Joe Batt's Arm	Knowledge of the land/water and environment; Objects; Work	Certificate for the Instrument of Authority to establish and work a local council of the Fishermen's Protective Union of Newfoundland issued by William F. Coaker to Gormond Fennmore

140.	Chicken coop, Little Fogo Island	Objects; Food; Knowledge of the land/water and environment	Chicken coop belonging to Peter Emberley, who spends much of his time at his cabin on Little Fogo Island.

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