DARE Interview : Chatsworth, New Jersey; Primary Informant NJ053

Fieldworker

Wood, James

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NJ053: White; male; age: 81 (old); education: 5th grade; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1047-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Local repairman
• 02:00 Electrical service [he does not yet have electricity]
• 03:15 Working as a berry and vegetable broker
• 07:00 Funerals and weddings [not detailed on weddings]
• 14:50 Working in the woods collecting moss for commercial nursery and florist industry
• 16:40 Pulpwood processing
• 21:25 Collecting pinecones, holly, and laurel for sale
• 22:15 Mud wasps
• 24:10 Snakes
• 25:10 Chemical dumping
• 29:35 Allowing domestic animals (cattle and pigs) to forage in the woods and become wild, rounding up the animals
• 32:25 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1047-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Domestic animals allowed to forage and go wild in the woods
• 04:25 Riding horses, ponies, jackasses
• 12:55 Collecting moss for commercial sale
• 15:45 Alcoholism
• 17:10 Picking berries, berry propagation and domestication (commercial)
• 31:30 Tape end