DARE Interview : Gardner, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA062

Fieldworker

Zink, Joan

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA062: White; male; age: 82 (old); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA062 (3:29)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0865-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 04:00 Travel to Virginia (1907)
• 05:45 Hunting, photographing wildlife
• 16:00 City life versus country life, flowers
• 19:15 Schools
• 23:15 Locating water [dowsing]
• 29:40 Country fairs
• 31:45 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0865-S2).
• Content:
• 00:10 County fairs, water pumping contest
• 01:20 Firefighting
• 05:50 Tin pot and pan shops and peddling
• 06:20 Jonas Clark—local philanthropist
• 07:20 Historical society, library and librarians
• 10:30 Weather
• 12:20 Water power, water mills
• 14:10 Flood of 1938
• 15:20 Tape end