DARE Interview : Honey Brook, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA027

Fieldworker

Hausmann, Robert

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA027: White; male; age: 70 (old); education: some college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA027 (4:03)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1345-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 General conversation—Lizzie Borden, town drunks
• 04:25 Expressions said by Informant’s mother-in-law
• 07:55 Shepherd’s pie—described
• 08:45 Family history—Informant’s father was a doctor|
• 10:40 Quack doctors
• 12:30 Arthur the Rat
• 16:55 Community description
• 21:20 Family history—Informant’s grandfather was a cattle dealer
• 22:00 Community description—age of town, population, celebrations, race riots
• 26:15 History of local newspapers
• 28:40 Quality of local education
• 30:10 Local history—about John Wilkes Booth
• 32:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1345-S2). [Additional speakers: Adult female]
• Content:
• 00:05 Discussion about new Vet hospital—cost
• 00:55 Discussion of list of subscribers to newspaper [interruption by adult woman]
• 01:25 Tape end