DARE Interview : Lake Providence, Louisiana; Primary Informant LA008

Fieldworker

Rubrecht, August

Date

• 1967

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• LA008: Black; male; age: 54 (middle-aged); education: high school; community type: rural
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: LA008 (6:05) [Much noise (tape hiss) and distortion]
• Full Interview (Tape 0580-S1).
• Content:
• 00:20 Personal history
• 01:15 Cotton growing and processing—cotton gin and farming in past
• 05:55 Cotton gin—contemporary
• 11:15 Cotton farming—contemporary
• 14:15 Marble games
• 20:00 Church activities
• 22:20 Sport fishing
• 24:00 Employer
• 25:15 Arthur the Rat
• 31:25 Tape end