DARE Interview : Buckingham, Florida; Primary Informant FL037

Fieldworker

Porter, Ruth

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• FL037: White; female; age: 80 (old); education: some schooling; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: FL037 (7:50)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0272-S1). [Additional speakers: Son?]
• Content:
• 00:20 Used to have cattle, fowl, and horses on a big farm, but they sold it all. Worked hard, but she misses it
• 05:30 Entertaining family; hunting with a light at night. Husband almost broke his neck falling out of a car. Later had a stroke
• 10:55 She drinks rainwater for her kidneys; raises all sorts of fruit trees, from apple to guava. Making cane syrup
• 15:30 Swamp cabbage comes in boots from a cabbage palm. Kumquat preserves and guava jelly
• 20:00 Flowers in front yard; fishing in nearby creek. No fishing on Sunday; she listens to preacher on TV and radio
• 24:15 Arthur the Rat [continued on Side 2]
• 31:45 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0272-S2).
• Content:
• [Last part of Arthur the Rat]
• 00:40 Tape end