DARE Interview : Douglas, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA068

Fieldworker

Zink, Joan

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA068: White; male; age: 80 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA068 (3:47) [Tape hiss]
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0866-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 04:15 Apple varieties
• 07:25 Storms—ice storm 1927, hurricane 1938, storms 1815, storm 1955
• 11:20 Local history: parts of town, 18th-century cemetery
• 13:40 Town meetings
• 14:50 Local history: statues, cannons; town name; settlement
• 17:30 Local bodies of water, parks, trailer park, rivers
• 23:50 Horse-drawn vehicles
• 25:40 Celebrations
• 29:40 Local history: shoe industry (work done on farms)
• 30:35 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0866-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Local history: shoe industry (work done on farms)
• 00:20 Antiques
• 01:20 Mice, cat behavior
• 01:55 World War I military service
• 05:00 U.S. Armed Forces, military funerals, generals, China and USSR, United Nations, Vietnam War
• 13:35 Local history: cider mills, sawmills, neighborhood names
• 15:50 Tax assessor work
• 16:55 Tape end