DARE Interview : Guymon, Oklahoma; Primary Informant OK032

Fieldworker

Maki, Reino

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• OK032: White; female; age: 66 (old); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: OK032 (3:39)
• Full Interview (Tape 1300-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Needlepoint
• 01:05 Pancake day—description of activities
• 02:05 Women's Society of Christian Service—history, number of members
• 03:35 Personal history—heating by burning cow chips, description of first house, size of family, father's job
• 06:30 Buildings on the ranch
• 09:00 Food Informant likes to prepare
• 11:00 Local history—population of Guymon
• 12:40 Refrigeration—milk house, icebox, gas and electric refrigerators
• 14:55 Halloween pranks
• 16:20 Definition of nesters and squatters
• 18:25 Local flowers
• 19:40 Old furniture—hay rack, folding bed, cabinets
• 22:25 Daughter's family
• 23:30 Arthur the Rat
• 27:10 Tape end