DARE Interview : Chester, Pennsylvania; Primary Informant PA066

Fieldworker

Breuer, James

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• PA066: Black; female; age: 20 (young); education: high school; community type: small city
• Media Files:
• Arthur the Rat. Speaker: PA066 (2:55)
• Full Interview (Tape 1366-S1).
• Content:
• 00:05 Arthur the Rat
• 03:10 GMC—began only 3 or 4 years ago—classes for people who didn’t graduate high school
• 06:10 Informant’s friend was a professional football player
• 07:00 Entertainment—singing sessions
• 09:35 Story about a judge who was hypnotized, other hypnosis stories, description of an Ouija board, superstitions about birds
• 16:10 Informant’s ability to make predictions about life and know what others are thinking
• 22:00 Voodoo—rooting a person
• 24:15 General conversation
• 32:05 Tape end