DARE Interview : Dayton, Ohio; Primary Informant OH094

Fieldworker

Ruff, Dale

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• OH094: White; female; age: 48 (middle-aged); education: college with graduate work; community type: large city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: OH094 (3:10)
• Full Interview (Tape 1278-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Family history—number of siblings, education of Informant and siblings, parent history
• 02:35 Childhood activities during the depression
• 04:20 Games—hopscotch, paper dolls, stringing beads
• 05:10 Description of high school picnics
• 06:10 Community description—changes since the war, local industry
• 07:50 Leisure activities
• 09:50 Family history—reasons past generations came to the United States
• 15:40 Arthur the Rat
• 18:55 Tape end