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Lewis Payne reads his poem "A poem for Beaty's birthday," Town of Fogo

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Descriptive Title	Lewis Payne reads his poem "A poem for Beaty's birthday, " Town of Fogo
Topic	Oral Traditions, expressions and the written word
Person as Topic	Payne, Lewis
Description	Lewis reads the poem he wrote for his sister Beaty's (Beatrice, b. 21 March 1925) birthday. They had one scribbler cut in two when they went to school as children, as the family did not have much money. Their father died young at the age of 47 and left a big family. Beaty married in 1945 and moved to Change Island, then moved to Lewisport in 1970. She had three children, two girls and a boy. She ended up living in her cabin in Lewisport.
Date	2007-08-01
Collector	Power, Maureen
Informant	Payne, Lewis Dawe, Bessie
Biographical Data	Lewis Payne, 85 (b. 14 September 1922) and Lewis Payne, 85, (DOB Sept 14) and Bessie Dawe, 82, (DOB Dec ?) live together in Seldom-Come-By. Bessie is from Stag Harbour and Lewis is from the Town of Fogo. Lewis' family is from the town of Fogo, but he is not sure where they were originally from. They both are Anglican. Lewis has one child, Bruce, who is a teacher and owns a store called the 'This and That' store in the Town of Fogo. Lewis' brother is Stewart Payne, the bishop. Bessie has eight children: six boys and two girls.
Location Depicted/Discussed	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Town of Fogo
Recording Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Fogo Island--Seldom-Come-By
Format	Video/wmv
Extent	03:34 minutes; 11.8 MB
Type	Moving Image
Resource Type	Video
Identifier	ICHFP00319
Language	Eng
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Folklore and Language Archive. Fogo Island Collection 2007-225
Collection	Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory - Central Newfoundland
GPS	N49.61398, W54.16810

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