DARE Interview : Douglas, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA069

Fieldworker

Zink, Joan

Date

• 1969

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• MA069: White; female; age: 77 (old); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: MA069 (2:53)
• Full Interview (Tape 0867-S1).
• Content:
• 00:35 Arthur the Rat
• 04:15 18th-century wall stenciling, 18th-century house architecture and décor
• 09:15 18th-century church, customs in the past
• 13:00 Local inn in the past, stories, town name
• 18:20 Entertainments in the past
• 19:45 Celebrations—Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Christmas
• 23:00 Cleaning house in the past, story
• 24:40 Tape end