DARE Interview : Saint Clair, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA244

Fieldworker

Goldberg, David

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA244: White; female; age: 84 (old); education: grade school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA244 (4:10)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1456-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Electrical storms
• 01:10 Community description—changes in Informant’s lifetime
• 04:10 First trolley car
• 04:50 Local people—local drunk
• 06:10 Community description—changes in Informant’s lifetime
• 09:30 Weather—reasons for changes in climate
• 10:35 Astrology
• 13:10 Informant’s habit of talking to local people
• 16:35 How Informant meets men—accounts of Informant’s husband and boyfriends
• 25:50 Astrology
• 28:25 Description of an old boyfriend
• 32:50 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1456-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Informant likes coal heating
• 01:00 Informant’s interest in astrology—description of certain signs
• 08:05 Personal philosophy—local man with bad eyes, why Informant dresses up, opinion about smoking and lipstick
• 11:10 Astrology
• 20:35 Arthur the Rat
• 24:45 Tape end