DARE Interview : New Hope, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA126

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA126: White; female; age: 74 (old); education: college; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA126 (3:59)
• Full Interview (Tape 1400-S1).
• Content:
• 00:40 Arthur the Rat
• 05:00 Discussion about words Informant and Fieldworker pronounce differently
• 11:15 Quakers—size of local meeting, reason for decline
• 14:05 Heating systems when Informant was young, description of hot running water
• 22:30 Location of toilets—outside—separate privy for the men
• 26:35 Canal—reason stopped being used, length, goods carried
• 29:40 Local history—House of Decision—Informant used to use the house as a camp headquarters
• 32:05 Tape end