DARE Interview : Ludlow, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA042

Fieldworker

Zink, Joan

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA042: White; male; age: 90 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• MA042A: female; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA042 (5:53)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0848-S1). [Additional speakers: MA042A]
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 06:25 Cattle driving (19th century), cattle from West (early 20th century) by rail
• 16:05 Hunting (in the past)
• 22:55 Travel—hunting antelope in Wyoming
• 27:50 Deer—behavior and populations
• 31:10 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0849-S1). [Additional speakers: MA042A]
• Content:
• 00:25 Hunting deer
• 04:00 Anecdotes—runaway cattle from kosher slaughterhouse
• 11:45 Slaughtering, kosher slaughtering
• 14:55-15:45 [INTRO TO NEW CONVERSATION WITH SAME INFORMANT]
• 15:45 Old objects
• 19:10 Family history—local farm bought 1855
• 20:10 School in the past
• 21:00 Old objects
• 23:25 Family history
• 25:45 Collection of found stories, family pictures
• 29:00 Tape end