DARE Interview : Colrain, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA058

Fieldworker

Duckert, Audrey

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA058: White; male; age: 76 (old); education: high school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA058 (3:51) [Informant laughs over last word, "him"]
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0862-S1).
• Content:
• 01:00 Personal history
• 03:15 Race relations
• 13:20 Local schools (ca. 1900)
• 16:00 Local history
• 27:50 Farming in the past (19th century), rural life
• 31:50 Expressions
• 33:10 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0862-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 Expressions
• 00:55 Farm animals—horse teams, ox teams
• 13:00 Town meetings
• 18:50 DARE Questionnaire J (Domestic Animals)
• 23:45 Farming in the past
• 25:10 DARE Questionnaire K (Farm Animals) [includes some lengthy responses]
• 33:20 Tape end
• Full Interview 3 (Tape 0863-S1).
• Content:
• [This tape was recorded in 1969 by Fieldworker Elizabeth Van Guilder] 00:30 Arthur the Rat
• 04:30 Expressions
• 18:55 Games
• 21:30 Expressions
• 31:55 Tape end
• Full Interview 4 (Tape 0863-S2).
• Content:
• [This tape was recorded in 1969 by Fieldworker Elizabeth Van Guilder] 00:10 Expressions
• 02:10 Tape end