DARE Interview : Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA141

Fieldworker

Breuer, James

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA141: White; male; age: 64 (old); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA141 (4:14)
• Full Interview (Tape 1408-S1).
• Content:
• [Fieldworker reported different ages] 00:15 Arthur the Rat
• 04:35 Informant speaks Dutch and English, stories about people mixing the two languages
• 07:40 Informant’s two dogs—took them with him everywhere
• 12:05 Description of last panther killed in the area
• 15:50 Guns—Informant has a muzzle-loading gun
• 19:50 Hunting—Informant hunts small game and deer, has never shot a wildcat or a bear
• 22:35 Deer—reasons population is declining, reasons they eat grain, type of fence necessary to keep deer out
• 29:30 Chuck shooting
• 31:10 Tape end