DARE Interview : Chincoteague, Virginia; Primary Informant VA052

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• VA052: White; male; age: 69 (old); education: grade school; community type: village
• VA052A: White; male; community type: village
• VA052B: White; female; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1701-S1). [Additional speakers: VA052A]
• Content:
• [VA052A] 00:25 Raising and selling terrapins (turtles)
• 07:15 Fishing with nets [no details]
• 08:00 First automobile in area
• 09:15 Raising and selling terrapins
• 21:00 Cooking terrapins for sale, market prices
• 24:20 End first interview, beginning new interview
• [VA052] 24:30 Hunting ducks
• 33:20 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1701-S2). [Additional speakers: VA052B]
• Content:
• [VA052 continued from Side 1] 00:05 Duck hunting
• 02:55 Treats and candies in childhood
• 03:40 Hunting, hunting regulations and wardens, hunting accounts, game wardens
• 17:00 End first interview, beginning new interview
• [VA052B] 17:05 Personal history, life in the past
• 27:20 Superstitions held by people in the past
• 29:05 Mother's personal history and education
• 30:35 Removal of warts with a spell
• 33:00 Tape end