DARE Interview : Eutawville, South Carolina; Primary Informant SC025

Fieldworker

O'Cain, Raymond

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• SC025: White; male; age: 31 (young); education: college; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: SC025 (3:45)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1495-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Gullah speech, local dialect, accents
• 08:15 Church services in the past
• 10:50 Religious beliefs, voodoo beliefs and practices
• 18:10 Cotton gins
• 24:10 Agriculture in the area past and present
• 29:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1495-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 Agriculture in the area
• 03:30 His father and uncle owned land [where he now lives?] most of it was covered with water [when Lake Marion created]
• 04:25 Nearby town of Ferguson (now under water) in the past
• 07:55 Plantation names in the area (some now under water)
• 12:05 Croatan people (mixed race people) who live in the area in their own community
• 17:35 Local history—plantation owners in the past
• 23:55 Arthur the Rat
• 27:40 State Archives
• 28:40 Tape end