DARE Interview : Smithland, Kentucky; Primary Informant KY084

Informant Data:
KY084: White; male; age: 51 (middle-aged); education: grade school; community type: rural
Media Files:
Arthur the Rat. Speaker: KY084 (5:22) [Incomplete, beginning of story missing]
Full Interview 1 (Tape 0568-S1). [Additional speakers: Adult female]
Content:
00:15 Arthur the Rat
05:30 Tobacco growing
11:55 Tobacco harvesting and curing
18:20 Tobacco pool, end of tobacco growing in county [+ adult female]
20:45 Tobacco barns, tobacco twist making
24:20 Family traditions
31:30 Tape end
Full Interview 2 (Tape 0568-S2).
Content:
00:05 Horseshoeing—tools, fitting, types of shoes
07:35 Shoeing to correct problems in horse feet and hooves
18:20 Tools and equipment—use in shoeing horses; blacksmithing
26:10 Blacksmithing—products, sharpening plow points, hammers
32:25 Tape end
Full Interview 3 (Tape 0569-S1). [Additional speakers: Adult female]
Content:
00:30 Blacksmithing—plow sharpening
02:40 Blacksmithing—making wagon beds, repairing tools and wagon wheels
11:45 Blacksmithing—shoeing horses
21:45 Blacksmithing—shoeing show horses (Tennessee Walker)
26:20 Burning of horses' feet to control gait
28:05 Blacksmithing—shoeing racehorses
28:50 Blacksmithing—Army service horseshoeing school
32:05 Tape end
Full Interview 4 (Tape 0569-S2).
Content:
00:05 Blacksmithing—horseshoeing during Army service (horseshoeing school)
03:50 Horse care in Army, horses in Army
06:45 Tape end

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