DARE Interview : Leesburg, Ohio; Primary Informant OH061

Fieldworker

Clark, Tom

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• OH061: White; female; age: 62 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: OH061 (2:59)
• Full Interview (Tape 1250-S1).
• Content:
• 00:25 Arthur the Rat
• 03:50 National Farm Organization—aims, size, eligibility requirements. Farmer's Union—location. Grange—description. Farm Bureau—size, description, comparison between Farm Bureau and National Farm Organization
• 10:55 Protests at stockyards Informant has attended
• 15:15 Description of death of hogs at stockyards, reasons farmers are not ensured fair prices for hogs, reasons Informant is involved in fighting for farmer's rights
• 19:30 Hog shoots—reasons for doing it, description, history, story about a hog shoot in which all meat was donated to the Cleveland welfare department
• 29:30 Tape end