DARE Interview : Key West, Florida; Primary Informant FL040

Fieldworker

Porter, Ruth

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• FL040: White; female; age: 67 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: FL040 (4:57)
• Full Interview (Tape 0275-S1).
• Content:
• 00:40 Arthur the Rat
• 05:50 "Conchs" as a nickname for locals. She thinks the name comes from Bahamas
• 11:00 Buying conchs off the boat; how to remove the shell, cook them various ways
• 16:10 Ways to prepare turtle, conch chowder
• 20:00 Good restaurants in town, city expanding to cover island. Old train line converted to a road after 1932 hurricane
• 24:30 Removal of original road to island in favor of one on train bridges. Shipping whole railroad cars on ferry to Cuba
• 28:05 House blowing over in 1909 hurricane. Is fine now
• 31:30 Tape end