DARE Interview : Presque Isle, Maine; Primary Informant ME008

Fieldworker

Maki, Reino

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• ME008: White; male; age: 73 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: ME008 (2:57)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0647-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Collection of plant and wildlife specimens
• 00:15 General information about collection
• 04:00 Housing the collection, cases made
• 08:10 Animals: rabbits in Maine; Canada lynx in Maine; wood; shellfish
• 15:50 Fish: fish in Maine
• 17:55 Names: names for plants, birds, animals, trees (standard names)
• 21:05 Ferns: fiddlehead ferns as food, environment where found
• 25:10 Collecting freshwater clams
• 28:00 Shell collection
• 32:35 Time spent collecting specimens, travels
• 33:25 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0647-S2).
• Content:
• 00:00-03:00 Arthur the Rat
• 03:00 Tape end