DARE Interview : Loretto, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA163

Fieldworker

Logan, Albert

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA163: White; male; age: 50 (middle-aged); education: 8th grade; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA163 (3:14)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1415-S1). [Additional speakers: Adult female, Young female]
• Content:
• 00:30 Arthur the Rat
• 03:50 politics—mayor of Chicago defended his police force
• 08:05 Travel—Pittsburgh
• 09:10 Cockroaches
• 12:00 Farming—harvesting hay, corn, corn squeezings
• 16:40 Description of farm animals getting drunk
• 18:40 Bootlegging—Informant’s experience
• 24:15 Opinion about Prohibition, alcohol laws
• 32:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1415-S2). [Additional speakers: Adult female, Young female, Young male]
• Content:
• 00:25 Dandelion wine
• 01:50 Stories about foreign exchange students
• 11:00 Discussion of institutions for the elderly
• 17:45 Local man—married a young woman, drank too much, had gangrene
• 21:05 Description of a recent wedding
• 24:25 [General conversation]
• 27:45 Curfews, reasons for being late
• 31:55 Tape end