DARE Interview : Lebanon, New Hampshire; Primary Informant NH005

Fieldworker

Maki, Reino

Date

• 1966

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• NH005: White; male; age: 80 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: NH005 (4:07) [Loud tape hiss]
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1004-S1).
• Content:
• 00:10 Farming in the past: implements and processes for grain farming and haying
• 13:05 Logging in the past and present
• 14:15 Farming in the past: clearing land with drill and dynamite, oxen and horse teams, mechanization
• 19:25 Family history: immigrants 1635, local settlement 1771
• 21:10 Local agriculture past and present: sheep raising, dairy, orchards
• 23:15 Maple syrup: collecting sap and boiling syrup in past and present, mechanization of the process
• 32:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1004-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Maple syrup making
• 01:05 Arthur the Rat
• 05:25 Tape end