DARE Interview : Litchfield, Connecticut; Primary Informant CT007

Fieldworker

Krichels, Hans

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• CT007: White; male; age: 73 (old); education: grade school; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: CT007 (3:08) [Moderate distortion; continuous high squeal; speed varies throughout]
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 0197-S1).
• Content:
• 00:15 Change in town from horse-and-buggy to automobile age: had been a summer haven for New Yorkers
• 04:20 Old county jail in middle of town now a state jail with all sorts of criminals
• 08:30 Used to have occasional escapes from sheriff's work crews
• 10:40 Informant owns block across from jail, never any problems
• 13:05 Ran drugstore, opened at 6:00 a.m to sell papers. Evening paper delivery at post office was major social event in town.
• 15:40 Summer house and running a soda fountain
• 18:45 Changes in teen social patterns, killed soda fountain, but he approves of modernization
• 22:35 Nature museum and lake property, history of his cottage
• 28:10 Playing ball in old days, library and historical society, local sculptor
• 32:30 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 0197-S2).
• Content:
• 00:00 Arthur the Rat
• 03:15 Tape end