DARE Interview : Mariposa, California; Primary Informant CA200

Fieldworker

Anderson, Leslie

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• CA200: White; female; age: 79 (old); education: grade school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: CA200 (3:58)
• Full Interview (Tape 0166-S1).
• Content:
• 00:40 Arthur the Rat
• 04:50 Reading to grandchildren, old gold-mining industry
• 07:35 Lack of local industry and its effect on affording school buses
• 10:50 Pretty ponds in area
• 13:35 Forest fire problems, people let small fires get out of control
• 18:30 Brush grows up after fires, has to be controlled or will choke trees
• 21:20 Heavy wind and snow in winter
• 24:10 Local markets, one small one that is particularly nice
• 27:30 Remembers when grocer would deliver sacks of sugar, flour. Discusses improvement in roads
• 32:35 Tape end