DARE Interview : Lewistown, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA072

Fieldworker

Breuer, James

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA072: White; female; age: 25 (young); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA072 (3:06)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1372-S1P1). [Additional speakers: Informant's children]
• Content:
• 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 03:30 Informant’s family—names and ages of Informant’s children
• 09:00 Discussion about middle children
• 13:00 Restrictions on Informant’s children
• 15:20 Personal history—location of Informant’s birth
• 18:10 Travel—has never traveled, wants to go to Italy
• 19:30 Informant’s father spoke Italian
• 22:55 Race relations—Black power movements, affirmative action, race riots
• 29:30 Gun control measures
• 32:00 Violence
• 34:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1372-S1P2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Race relations
• 01:50 Discussion about Jean Dixon
• 02:50 Superstitions—why Informant believes, examples of ones she believes in
• 09:15 Recovery after childbirth
• 11:50 Tape end