DARE Interview : Gowanda, New York; Primary Informant NY105

Fieldworker

Seastone, Charles

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY105: White; female; age: 79 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY105 (4:11)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1135-S1). [Additional speakers: Fieldworker's wife?]
• Content:
• 00:20 Local history—settlers, missionaries, Indians
• 11:00 Life in the past—utilities, circuses
• 14:10 Her great-grandfather practiced herbal medicine
• 16:35 Indian life and celebrations
• 21:05 [She reads her poems] Comments on poems
• 31:35 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1135-S2). [Additional speakers: Fieldworker's wife?]
• Content:
• 00:20 Arthur the Rat
• 04:30 Humorous stories, local person who is a Mrs. Malaprop, local person who tells stories, humorous story
• 18:55 Life in the past—coverlets, indigo dye, natural dyes, itinerant tailors, clothing, grandfather's story about an apple-paring bee, drinking, fights, stories
• 28:55 Tape end