DARE Interview : Chatham, Virginia; Primary Informant VA043

Fieldworker

Huizenga, Sharon

Date

• 1970

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• VA042: White; female; age: 62 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• VA043: White; male; age: 66 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: VA043 (4:27)
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1698-S1). [Additional speakers: VA042]
• Content:
• [VA043] 00:15 Dairy farming
• [VA042 and VA043] 04:40 Curing meat
• 09:00 Grandfather served in U.S. Civil War
• 11:45 Farm machinery ca. 1918
• 13:25 Beekeeping
• [VA043] 16:55 Personal philosophy, opinions
• [VA042 and VA043] 18:15 Government, taxes, farming, politicians
• 23:00 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1698-S2).
• Content:
• [VA043] 00:05 Arthur the Rat
• 04:30 Tobacco farming
• 07:30 Story
• 08:45 Tobacco farming; chemical use; acreage
• 12:30 Tobacco curing
• 15:55 Tobacco market, tobacco pests
• 18:40 Family farm since 1906, beginning to grow tobacco
• 25:15 Dairy farming
• 32:55 Tape end