DARE Interview : St. Meinrad, Indiana; Primary Informant IN035

Fieldworker

Seastone, Charles

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• IN035: White; female; age: 61 (old); education: 8th grade; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: IN035 (4:58) [High-pitched whistle]
• Full Interview (Tape 0502-S1). [Additional speakers: Fieldworker's wife]
• Content:
• 00:20 Family history—farm, settlement by Swiss grandparents
• 06:40 Local history—monastery, German-speaking population
• 08:00 Family history, farm life
• 10:50 Canning and preserving
• 12:20 Farm life, farm work
• 14:40 Preserves, garden produce
• 16:50 Father’s speech
• 17:50 [This in German]
• 21:55 Arthur the Rat
• 27:00 President Nixon, Vietnam War, Congress, Social Security, Medicare
• 32:55 Tape end