DARE Interview : Allagash, Maine; Primary Informant ME002

Fieldworker

Maki, Reino

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• ME002: White; female; age: 89 (old); education: grade school; community type: rural
• Media File:
• Full Interview (Tape 0644-S1). [Additional speakers: Informant's adult granddaughter]
• Content:
• 00:25 Family history
• 02:00 Boats on river in past
• 03:00 Farming in past; food in past; wild foods
• 11:45 Wildflowers, weeds
• 14:45 Woodcutting for lumber; nails, pegs
• 17:15 Cattle raising for lumbermen, Seven Islands settlement
• 18:15 Family history—early settlement
• 20:25 Ice jams on river
• 23:45 Moving logs by river
• 25:40 Crossing the river without a bridge
• 27:05 Changes in area
• 30:15 Planned dam locally
• 31:15 Fireplace cooking, bean cooking in ground
• 34:10 Tape end