DARE Interview : Gastonia, North Carolina; Primary Informant NC052

Fieldworker

Smith, Thomas

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NC052: White; male; age: 70 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NC052 (4:45)
• Full Interview (Tape 0974-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Arthur the Rat
• 05:10 Recites a rhyme
• 05:35 Superstitions
• 09:05 Local history: early town; local industry
• 13:05 Local ironworks where he was employed until retirement
• 16:45 Working as a draftsman and engineer in the machinery company; installing machinery in:
• [18:40] San Quentin Prison (California)
• [22:45] Hawaii; Haiti; Mexico
• 26:35 Brickmaking in his father's brickyard [brickmaking described]
• 30:30 Local Lutheran church founded 1897
• 32:10 Tape end