DARE Interview : Smithland, Kentucky; Primary Informant KY084

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• 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