DARE Interview : Leroy, Ohio; Primary Informant OH017

Fieldworker

Clark, Tom

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• OH017: White; female; age: 78 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: OH017 (3:43)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1214-S1).
• Content:
• 00:35 Personal and family history, age of her house
• 02:35 Arthur the Rat
• 06:35 Job history—insurance industry—duties, equipment used, description of different departments, chronological account from trainee to agent, reasons for expansion of industry from farm insurance to industry, hotels, automobile and life insurance
• 17:30 Local history—recent fire
• 19:40 Anecdotes about her brother's pranks as an adolescent
• 22:05 History of fourth of July celebrations in town
• 24:55 Descriptions of taking sleds to parties, playing games, party food, dancing
• 30:50 Religion, history of family
• 32:15 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1214-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Definition of "ox", uses of oxen
• 02:05 Antiques in Informant's home and sister's home, description of Informant's home—number of rooms, how they are heated, history of types of heat used—lump coal, now gas
• 06:50 Description of Informant's cat, stories about friends and relatives with cats
• 13:25 Names for different types of cats
• 14:10 Tape end