DARE Interview : Chatham, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA056

Fieldworker

Zink, Joan

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA056: White; male; age: 96 (old); education: grade school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA056 (4:54)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0859-S1).
• Content:
• 00:40 DARE Questionnaire O (Boats and Sailing) [includes lengthy responses]
• 10:10 Ocean fishing, boating, sailing—anecdotes
• 21:50 Lobster fishing (in the past)
• 31:40 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0859-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Lobster fishing—lobster development and behavior
• 03:30 Cooking lobster
• 05:25 DARE Questionnaire O (Boats and Sailing), P (Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife) [includes lengthy responses]
• 21:25 Tape end
• Full Interview 3 (Tape 0860-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Arthur the Rat
• 05:30 Reading, television program
• 06:45 Drinking, Prohibition, wine, food preferences
• 13:25 Travel—Smoky Mountains, the South
• 22:35 Character of people in regions of the U.S.
• 23:30 Travel—Michigan, Canada, Florida
• 30:45 Tape end
• Full Interview 4 (Tape 0860-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 Travel to Florida
• 03:45 Local people, summer visitors
• 11:20 Lobster traps, lobster prices
• 12:45 Retail seafood
• 14:00 Local railroad tracks, bridge
• 15:30 Health
• 21:55 Local people
• 23:25 Tape end