DARE Interview : Old Forge, New York; Primary Informant NY004

Fieldworker

Goldberg, David

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NY004: White; male; age: 78 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NY004 (4:32)
• Full Interview (Tape 1075-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Local history: town in 1911 and 1920, transportation, mail delivery by boat
• 02:35 Local history: industry—lumber, ice cutting
• 04:50 Ice-cutting process (in past)
• 10:05 Resort business locally
• 11:30 Explanation of function of a fifth wheel on a vehicle; his typewriter
• 14:05 Dairy farming: care and feeding of cows
• 19:35 Arthur the Rat
• 24:15 Tape end