DARE Interview : Cross, South Carolina; Primary Informant SC019

Fieldworker

O'Cain, Raymond

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• SC019: White; male; age: 72 (old); education: 8th grade; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: SC019 (6:20)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1490-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Rice growing
• 03:50 Fishing
• 05:35 Snakes
• 10:35 Wildcats
• 12:45 Deer hunting
• 15:10 Horse-guard insect
• 16:35 Local people
• 17:00 Quilting
• 21:45 Dog days—hot summer days
• 24:10 Hunting dogs
• 32:00 Local person
• 32:50 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1490-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Hunting account, hunting dogs
• 06:45 Hunting dogs
• 08:30 Hunting
• 11:30 Turkey hunting
• 20:20 Deer hunting area, deer hunting
• 32:45 Tape end
• Full Interview 3 (Tape 1491-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Difference between creep and crawl
• 00:50 Local people
• 15:20 Cars, car repair places in nearby town
• 18:50 Noisemaking on wedding nights
• 20:15 Local people
• 22:15 Illness
• 24:30 Nearby towns in the past. Railroad lines
• 29:30 Burial rituals
• 30:30 Home remedies
• 32:30 Tape end
• Full Interview 4 (Tape 1491-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Home remedies
• 05:50 Superstitions, witchcraft
• 10:50 Homemade liquors
• 19:00 Ball games
• 22:20 Arthur the Rat
• 29:15 Life in the past—taking the wagon to town, walking to school
• 32:40 Tape end