105: now then it's going again interviewer: oh 105: yep interviewer: okay if you just thought of something that you hadn't thought about in a long time you might say I just now 105: remembered interviewer: uh you might say to me though well you must have a better memory than I do because I sure don't 105: I don't I didn't think of this or interviewer: uh if you sat down to correspond with your friend you would 105: write #1 a letter # interviewer: #2 Okay # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # yesterday you 105: wrote it interviewer: Okay and tomorrow I you'll 105: mail it interviewer: uh if you write with the expectation of having your friend write back then you expect an 105: an answer interviewer: uh you put the letter in the envelope and then you take the pen and 105: #1 address it # interviewer: #2 you what # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: address it interviewer: uh you might say I know he lives in Atlanta but I don't know his 105: address interviewer: if a little boy has learned to do something new for instance if he's learned to whistle and you want to know where he learned that you would ask him who 105: taught you that interviewer: uh someone asks you if you put up a new fence yet you might say no but I 105: planning to interviewer: what do children call somebody who's always running and telling on others? 105: tattle tale {NW} interviewer: if you wanted a bouquet for the din- dining room table you might go out in the garden and 105: gather some flowers interviewer: um things that children play with 105: toys interviewer: if something happened that you expected predicted or were afraid were going to happen for example a child hurts himself while doing something dangerous you might say 105: I warned him about the danger interviewer: uh if you gave if you were to give me a book I you might say that's the book I 105: bought for you interviewer: okay or the act #1 of handing # 105: #2 oh # handing it to you which I present to you interviewer: um I'm glad I carried my umbrella we hadn't gone half a block when it 105: started to rain interviewer: uh a word that begins with B that means the same thing as start it would be you might ask a an usher in a theater what time does the show 105: begin interviewer: uh horses gallop but people 105: walk #1 or run # interviewer: #2 faster # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # uh if we were to run a mile every day you might say we did what 105: well we ran that mile interviewer: uh if you didn't know where a man was born you might ask where does he 105: where was he born interviewer: or where does he 105: live interviewer: but if you ask where he was he's originally from 105: oh where's he from would be yeah interviewer: Okay um if you see me right now you might say I s- what you yesterday 105: I saw you interviewer: uh but I hadn't what you before 105: I hadn't seen you before interviewer: uh you can't get through there the highway department's got their machines in the road's all 105: blocked interviewer: yes that's near me if you give somebody a bracelet you might say why don't you 105: wear this interviewer: the opposite of take it off is 105: putting it on interviewer: uh if I ask you why don't you cook dinner I might say well why don't you 105: cook cook dinner or cook the meal interviewer: if you're sitting with a friend not saying anything and all of a sudden he asks you what did you say you might say well I said 105: what I said was so and so and so and #1 so # interviewer: #2 but # if you had not said anything 105: uh or I have not said anything interviewer: uh all I ask you what's new and you'd shrug your shoulders and shake #1 your head # 105: #2 nothing # interviewer: #1 # 105: #2 # nothing new interviewer: uh then I might say come now there must be 105: something new interviewer: uh I might say I've never heard I'll 105: this for or that interviewer: if you've lived in town all your life and somebody asks you have you lived here long you'd say well #1 I've # 105: #2 all # all my life interviewer: okay or #1 I've # 105: #2 so # many years interviewer: for how long 105: ten years say or twenty interviewer: uh if uh I got thrown by a horse once and I've been scared of horses ever 105: since interviewer: uh if you didn't if it was not an accident then the man did it 105: purpose interviewer: uh if you wanted to question someone uh what would you do? 105: I'd ask him the questions interviewer: if you did that several times he would say you've been 105: uh nosing or interviewer: okay little boys when they're together too long always end up 105: fighting quarreling interviewer: uh a funny picture's on the blackboard the teacher might ask who 105: drew this picture interviewer: if you're going to lift something like a piece of machinery up on a roof you might reuse pulley blocks and a rope to 105: pull it up interviewer: this is the real hard part 105: oh it is? interviewer: yes would you slowly count from one to twenty 105: would I interviewer: uh-huh 105: one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty interviewer: okay 105: was that fa- slow enough? interviewer: that was good yeah uh what number comes after twenty-six? 105: seven twenty-seven interviewer: two times ten is 105: twenty interviewer: the number after twenty-nine? 105: thirty interviewer: after thirty-nine 105: forty interviewer: uh the number after sixty-nine 105: seventy interviewer: after ninety-nine 105: one hundred interviewer: after nine hundred ninety-nine 105: one thousand interviewer: uh if there's a line of men standing somewhere you'd say the man at the head of the line is the 105: leader interviewer: okay or numerically he's 105: number one interviewer: uh when a child is six years old they enter what grade? 105: first grade interviewer: then they go into 105: the second interviewer: then the 105: third interviewer: then 105: fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh and twelfth that's it finishes up that part #1 then he goes to # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: college interviewer: yeah if he's learning 105: #1 if he # interviewer: #2 {X} # 105: does yeah if he's learning interviewer: uh sometimes you feel that you get your look good luck just a little of the time but your bad luck seems to come 105: more often interviewer: #1 uh # 105: #2 {D: or in bottles} # interviewer: #1 # 105: #2 # interviewer: last year I got twenty bushels to the acre this year I got forty bushels this year's crop was just 105: plentiful interviewer: uh now another hard part name the months of the year 105: name the months of the year January February March April May June July August September October November December interviewer: okay and another hard part name the days of the week 105: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday interviewer: um what's another name for Sunday? 105: Sabbath interviewer: if you meet somebody in the morning what would you say 105: good morning interviewer: okay until what time would you say that? 105: well until after lunch at noon #1 twelve o'clock # interviewer: #2 uh # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # what part what do you call the part of the day after you stop saying good morning? 105: afternoon interviewer: #1 okay and how long # 105: #2 then evening # interviewer: does it afternoon last 105: until dark or thereabouts and then it's evening {C: car passes} interviewer: uh if you met somebody from any time during the day what could you say to 'em that wouldn't be good morning or good afternoon 105: well um how do you do? I ain't bad I'm glad to see you interviewer: um might you say good day to them when you meet them or when you leave them? 105: well uh when you leave 'em would be more apt to good day interviewer: uh what's the part time of day after supper 105: it's evening interviewer: mm-kay what do you call it after you go to bed? 105: night interviewer: uh what would you say when you're saying goodbye to somebody after you're leaving their house at night? 105: good night interviewer: on a farm you might start to work before daylight so you'd say we started to work before 105: day break interviewer: uh at what time did the sun rise this morning? 105: uh interviewer: about 105: about six thirty interviewer: uh so you'd say the sun 105: rose about six thirty interviewer: we were a little late this morning when we started out in the field the sun had already 105: risen interviewer: uh if we worked until the sun went out of sight we would work until 105: sundown after sundown interviewer: uh today is Wednesday yesterday oh 105: yesterday was Tuesday and tomorrow's Thursday {NW} interviewer: uh let me read back up today's Wednesday 105: yeah interviewer: Tuesday was 105: the day before interviewer: okay or how else could you say 105: yesterday #1 was # interviewer: #2 okay # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: yesterday was Tuesday interviewer: uh if somebody came on Sunday last Sunday and then he came he had come before that on the Sunday before that how would you call it 105: he was uh well he came last Sunday and the Sunday before or then a week early {D: work} week before that interviewer: um he's going to leave Su- this coming Sunday 105: he'll leave next Sunday interviewer: what could how would you tell me it was then the Sunday after that 105: uh let's see he was here this Sunday was here S- on the Sunday before a week ago and he going to leave next Sunday interviewer: and then the week beyond that would 105: #1 would be # interviewer: #2 be # 105: two weeks from Sunday excuse me just a minute #1 cut that off # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: would you interviewer: okay now then oh only about four more pages 105: huh? interviewer: only about four more pages 105: well that's good yeah we're coming along #1 on it # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: got a lot of film there #1 yet uh # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # if somebody spent the some time with you and stayed from the first of the month to the fifteenth you would stay he you would say he stayed about 105: two weeks interviewer: okay there's another term they're looking for that's a another word for two weeks or fourteen days 105: fifteen day- oh two weeks a half a month interviewer: um today is Wednesday Thursday will be 105: tomorrow interviewer: if you wanted to know what time it what know the time of day what would you ask somebody? 105: I'd ask 'em what uh what's the #1 time # interviewer: #2 what would you # say your words 105: #1 what time is it # interviewer: #2 exactly # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # after you ask him he would say I have to look at my 105: watch interviewer: um midway between seven o'clock and eight o'clock you'd 105: #1 seven # interviewer: #2 say it's # 105: thirty interviewer: if it's ten ten forty-five what time would you say 105: {X} either say it as ten forty five or quarter to eleven interviewer: if you've been doing something for a long time you might say I've been doing that for quite 105: some time interviewer: uh you would say nineteen seventy-three was last year nineteen seventy-four is 105: this year interviewer: if a child had just had his third birthday you would say he is 105: three years old interviewer: if something happened on this day last year you would say it happened exactly 105: a year ago interviewer: you might look up in the sky and say I don't like the looks of those black 105: clouds interviewer: uh but you look up at the sky and there are no clouds around you might say I believe we're going to have 105: beautiful day or beautiful {C: interviewer cough} weather interviewer: on the opposite kind of day but if it's not raining and the sky is covered with clouds what kind of day #1 would you call it # 105: #2 dreary day # interviewer: #1 # 105: #2 # cloudy and dreary interviewer: the clouds are getting thicker and thicker and you figure you may be going to have some rain or something you might say 105: looks like rain interviewer: if it's been cloudy and then the clouds pull away and the sun comes out you'd say the weather is 105: clearing up interviewer: if you have a lot of rain that comes down all at once you'd have 105: a downpour interviewer: what do you call a storm that has thunder and lightning #1 in it # 105: #2 that's a # interviewer: #1 # 105: #2 # electrical storm or thunderstorm interviewer: um if you have a very hard wind you'd say yesterday the wind 105: blew strong interviewer: uh that was bad but in years before it's has 105: been worse interviewer: if the wind ca- well no if a wind came from halfway between south and west you'd call it 105: southwest interviewer: okay halfway between south and east 105: it'd be southeast interviewer: halfway between east and north? 105: northeast interviewer: and halfway between west and north 105: northwest interviewer: if it's raining but not very hard just a few drops coming down {C: overlap} uh what do you call it when it's very damp and you can't see through it 105: foggy interviewer: if no rain comes for weeks and weeks we're having 105: dry spell interviewer: um the wind has been very gentle but it's gradually getting stronger you'd say it's doing what 105: rising interviewer: if it's just the opposite wind's been strong and it is {C: overlap} getting weaker 105: dying interviewer: when you come out on a cold morning in the winter and the air seems to go right through you you'd say it's what kind 105: chilly weather brisk #1 penetrating # interviewer: #2 if # {X} if it was cold enough to kill the tomatoes and flowers you might say last night we had a 105: frost interviewer: and it was so cold that the lake did what 105: ice over freeze over interviewer: if it gets much colder the pond might 105: freeze interviewer: um the place in a house where you have chairs for people to talk who come to call 105: living room or #1 sitting # interviewer: #2 Okay # 105: room or den interviewer: if you had a room like that that was just used on special occasions 105: would be the living room interviewer: uh if this room you might say it's nine 105: feet high ceiling's nine feet that's what this is interviewer: is it? 105: uh-huh interviewer: oh I just thought they picked an arbitrary #1 number I didn't # 105: #2 no # interviewer: know that 105: this used to be twelve foot ceiling I lowered them #1 to nine # interviewer: #2 really? # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: {X} I that that bedroom the front hall this bedroom the dining room and the kitchen I lowered 'em all to nine feet from twelve feet and I put a attic stairs in the kitchen ceiling and #1 got storage up there # interviewer: #2 because it was hard # to heat or 105: well uh it was this house is a old house had wood ceilings and uh dirt would sift through and it would you'd come in sometimes and it trains go when they used to have steam engines #1 you'd see # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: and all that smoke would set coming in it'd be covered on your #1 furniture and stuff # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: so I decided I'd just put this insulated tile up there and I worked on it for months and months just taking my time yeah just so happy she'd hold a {D: carnival} molding up there maw five eyes {D: start to the end} nailed it down through that so that's the way we did it interviewer: #1 so you mean that the # 105: #2 {D: so we had to} # interviewer: trains do you ever hear those #1 trains anymore? # 105: #2 uh not # interviewer: #1 # 105: #2 # no don't hear 'em too much nowadays they just don't bother me anymore I hear 'em go by but they don't I don't pay attention after thirty-six years interviewer: no you wouldn't 105: four years up the street so I've #1 been on the # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: train on the railroads for forty years they still fascinate me I watch 'em all go by in daytime interviewer: you reckon Marietta will ever build a bridge or something so that people don't have to wait in line 105: well now I'll tell you what's what's in the making it's in the plans at the state highway department I went down because I'm concerned about it and I'm in the path almost but they're coming up with this for a loop from seventy-five down off of Franklin road back in there coming up across Clay street and they got all the contract I think has already been let or something for widening it up to um Sycamore which is down off of Trey street down over that first hill #1 down there # interviewer: #2 mm-hmm # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: then they're gonna come right up take off to the right northwest come up that {D: holla} back in across over here you been reading and you take Marietta Journal? interviewer: no I'm 105: well #1 anyhow if you did # interviewer: #2 {X} # 105: they've been talking about this old house {D: that Vanderbilt} in eighteen forty and one right behind this big two story house Senator Clay live there and one behind that they said was built before that was the slaughterhouse they gonna build come up that {D: highway} go under there and dig through there and right down through the taxi stand go under Atlanta street and under the railroad and connect over here at Powder Springs connecting and they said they was going to widen Atlanta street from down here somewhere and if it did that would affect me interviewer: mm-hmm 105: so I went down and talked to the uh highway department about it and and that was what they showed me the plans for it and everything so now then they're trying to save those two houses if they did they'd have to change the re- change the route but I don't know how they can change it ain't no way to change a loop they could take the house the little slaughterhouse they could take it and move it as far as that part goes but the big two story house over there which was a Frasier house uh they uh they can't Sherman didn't burn that cause said she had a British flag hanging on the veranda and uh up on the little veranda #1 setup there # interviewer: #2 mm-hmm # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # 105: and uh she wasn't a she was a British subject and uh that's the reason he wouldn't burn it and uh but he made her make her take her flag down and they used the lower floor for a hospital and uh quarters officers' quarters interviewer: this is the slaughterhouse? 105: n- no it's the uh #1 Frasier house up there # interviewer: #2 Frasier house # 105: it's a big two story house sits right straight across over there and uh they're thinking about uh moving it they said they could move it he says we could buy it and move it and give it to 'em if they want to keep it the historic society and uh but it looks like that's the only way they can come through with that loop interviewer: yeah 105: progress you know tears things down and but I hate to see everything #1 new # interviewer: #2 oh # no 105: go go off they have some houses up on Kennesaw avenue that's real old and that loop will go on through back of Steven's lumber company over there and up to up to uh about Maple avenue and then it'll go back off go north north east and go back under the railroad again and then go back and come in over here to Barnes Mill road where it where that other end of the loop comes around and that's supposed to have a loop all the way around Marietta interviewer: huh 105: and that was their plan saw that just then and if it is I'm involved in it so #1 that's why # interviewer: #2 yeah # 105: I'm interested and we would have to move I wouldn't sell 'em no front yard and be in interviewer: no no 105: step off of the interviewer: mm-mm 105: porch into the highway well you gonna let that run #1 on # interviewer: #2 oh # 105: #1 # interviewer: #2 # I'd forgotten about that {X} oh