330: A million dollar thing you know out there and it opened up some time in April {X} go out there for {D: certain} certain amount of money I've forgotten how much I'd reckon see everything you {D: out there} spend a whole day Interviewer: #1 At the Opry Land? # 330: #2 {D: go out there and take} # Uh-huh take a whole day to see {X} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: I couldn't wear seems to me like it was five five something or seven something of 'em oh that they charge you when you go in {D: That} lets you see most of it I think. Interviewer: Expensive. 330: I like to see it. {C: tape overlaid} {D: it's a good thing to look at} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Enjoy all kinds of things to ride and see and do. I don't know if I'd ride all of 'em but I'd like to see it. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {D: sit out there one day just looking at it} I never been to the Grand Ole Opry House in my life. Interviewer: #1 They're gonna tear that down. # 330: #2 {X} # Never did go there in my never have been. They're gonna I guess they're doing away gonna do away with it way I understand it. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {X} it'd be history real quick I understand it. That old place they used to meet you know. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Just do away with it, I don't know what they'd do. Interviewer: I heard something about they were gonna tear it down but then use the same material to build a chapel at Opry Land. But they might not do that. 330: I doubt it. {D: they might but I doubt it} Uh we got some I got a good friend Sam McGee you've heard of him I'm sure heard of McGee? Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 330: Sam's going on eighty years old {X} and uh he's been going there a long long time. {D: And uh a while back} Franklin Station before they had our {X} farm {X} {D: usually} {D: talking all} Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 330: I enjoyed it. I loved every bit of it. {D: he carried on talking telling all kinda tales} {D: how long you been on there} {D: I'm} {D: Aunt Day making used to} {X} {D: he lived with a family in} China China {X} and had a great big sign up out there where he lived. {X} I played I played ball with his boy, both boys Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {D: one time} And he {X} picked a bank oh he hollered {X} {X} um well shoot you might of heard some of his records Have you ever heard any of his records? Interviewer: I think so. 330: Most people don't like didn't like him you know of course called it old country people coming on up people but now {X} coming back and they come they come home all they want you know come home get an aspirin. Every Saturday night you know. I reckon every state in the union had people there. They announced so and so {X} different towns. Big crowd and of course {X} I get I'm pretty sure. I've never been but I don't know cost you a little something but get him to get you a ticket or #1 something you know # Interviewer: #2 Yeah. # 330: maybe they go {X} And all the southern states I'd say South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina people and they may I guess {X} come down in this tobacco biz and the first thing they want to do is head to Nash- the Grand Ole Opry. Interviewer: {NW} 330: Every one of 'em. It's the craziest thing what you ever seen in your life. {X} best friends I ever had {X} and he brought an old bank and {X} listened to it every time I had to fix that thing used to pick it we'd play cards and eat {X} we had a good time. But I tell you they made a they made a they made a lot of money out of it {NS} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: These people raise uh raised money for the crippled people and have a show every year. And they really they really go up in a thousand dollars. Of course Kentucky was into it with us, southern Kentucky. And then Tennessee. All that money at that I I forgotten how many {D: they'd run up in} thousand thousand dollars every year. {D: hang up there} crippled children you know Their play in Saint {D: they call in California again and put on here put the show on everywhere in the country} entertainment and then they lot of 'em will sing you know pick music anything and they'll ask for a telephone number of each county each uh place to call. Have operators up there sitting up there to take calls {D: how much they want to donate to 'em} That's interesting. I went to see 'em course that's a good cause. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: That's a wonderful cause you know. People that have a little handicapped child can't help themself needs help Interviewer: Yeah. 330: and they they march them around through auditorium where I live singing you know little kids, and some of 'em you lead 'em or hold 'em, some of 'em have to {X} some of 'em hobble kinda {D: use poles} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: They have 'em all they have a lot of {D: different ones too but this in Nashville} goes on one a week don't know much about it but they's talking about it and they come in here how's this one {X} course it didn't matter to me {C: tape overlaid} {D: there's a lot of us left that come from other places} little Joe's been down there quite a few times, but he wasn't down there this year. But he has been several times. {X} Interviewer: Little Joe from 330: {X} Interviewer: {X} 330: Mm-hmm. Old {X} {D: old horse} died I hate that I Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {X} {X} {D: long green} he's been several times. {X} Do you know he's not the not the I don't know why he's older than I thought he was he had about a three four year old child baby I didn't know that. {X} {NS} some of 'em say {D: just a few years older} than we thought he was I've forgotten now how old they claim wasn't nothing like my Interviewer: Yeah. 330: anyway {X} {NS} Interviewer: Okay you you say you you go to church to worship 330: Worship the Lord. Interviewer: Okay. Or you another name 330: Uh God Interviewer: Okay. Um and the preacher preaches a {NS} 330: Sermon. Interviewer: Okay. And you say the choir and the organ provide the 330: Music. Interviewer: Okay. And if you really like the music you might say oh that music was just 330: Just just out of this world. Interviewer: Or just 330: Beautiful. Interviewer: Okay. Um say if you were on your way to church one morning and then you had to change a flat tire you'd say oh church is going to be over 330: {X} you wouldn't be in any shape if you had to change a flat tire much to go Interviewer: {NW} 330: {X} Interviewer: Okay 330: Church'll be over before we get there. Interviewer: #1 Okay. # 330: #2 I'd say. # Interviewer: Um the enemy of God is called the 330: Devil. Interviewer: Okay. Any other names for that? 330: Uh {D: I guess} Interviewer: What would you tell children was gonna come get 'em if they didn't behave? 330: Bad man? Interviewer: Okay. 330: {NW} That bad man would get you. Interviewer: Okay. Um was there any one house you know that that people were scared of when you were growing up? 330: A house? Interviewer: Yeah. Like no one would go 330: A haunted house? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {D: Goat's house} or one of the other ones that's what we called it is that kinda what you're talking about? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Mm-hmm. Yeah uh I I've heard of people being scared said they could hear noises in certain places you know and different times that there was a ghost. Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 330: But there wasn't there's not any ghosts in my book. I don't believe it I don't believe in #1 ghosts. # Interviewer: #2 Yeah. # 330: Somebody was doing it you know they finally caught him. Or what I'm speaking of {X} Somebody slip in there and doing it and he they'd go there same hour and listen you know and they could hear different racket and things they'd say a ghost was living in that home. {NS} There's not any ghosts. {X} Interviewer: Yeah. It'd be awful scary though. 330: {NW} Yeah. It can be scary. Interviewer: Okay now you might tell someone okay you better put on a sweater cuz it's getting what? Chilly 330: Get it's getting cold outside. Interviewer: But not really cold it's just getting 330: Chilly? Interviewer: Okay. Would you ever say it's getting what? 330: Cool? Interviewer: Okay. Would you say it's getting kinda chilly or sorta chilly or 330: Uh-huh Interviewer: rather chilly or 330: Getting ra- right cool outside or getting chilly out there you better put on a coat wrap or something go out. Interviewer: Um You say if you had a choice of two things you'd say Well I what do this and that? 330: I'd rather I- I- I- prefer this this other than the other Interviewer: Okay. Um say if a close friend of yours you hadn't seen him in a long time um 330: Close what? Interviewer: A close friend of yours? 330: Oh yeah. Interviewer: And you just saw him and you hadn't seen him in a long time you might say I'm 330: I I sure enjoyed uh seeing my friend or meeting my friend Interviewer: Mm-hmm. But you might tell him I'm what glad to see 330: Glad to see you. Interviewer: Um would you say I'm I'm 330: Real proud to see you Interviewer: Okay. Um {NS} You say someone owned say about five hundred acres of land you'd say that that would be a what of land? 330: Well it'd it would be a terrible big farm ranch I'd call it {D: a terrible ranch} Interviewer: Okay. Would you ever use the expression a good deal of land, or a right smart of land? 330: Well it would be a good deal I guess or {X} owned just a good deal of it Interviewer: What about the expression right smart? Do you ever use that? 330: Mm-hmm. Interviewer: What does that mean? 330: Well that's a that's a whole lot more than than a small amount you know right smart. A right smart of money. Something anyway that's the way I've heard it. Heard that spoken quite a few times so and so had a right smart money or right much money {D: was in good shape or} something like that. Interviewer: Yeah. Would you say it rained right smart? 330: It rained rained right smart? It poured down. It poured down yesterday. We had a flood yesterday. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: We had a {D: flied rush just} {X} day before yesterday. {D: right down below the sewer down here} {X} Interviewer: Okay you'd say it's not just a little cold this morning, it was 330: It it was severe cold. Interviewer: Or it was re- 330: Re- downright cold. Interviewer: Okay. Um say if someone says something kind of shocking and you sort of resented it you might say well I'm very what of you saying that, I'm very 330: uh uh uh very shocking? #1 Someone had told you something shocking? # Interviewer: #2 {X} # Yeah. You were sort of insulted with him saying that, you might say well I'm very what of you saying that? 330: Very Interviewer: Very i- 330: {X} {X} Interviewer: What was that? 330: very idea of saying so and so? Interviewer: Okay. Um okay when you meet someone what do you say by way of greeting? What do you ask them? 330: Good morning! Interviewer: Okay and then you ask them how 330: How are you today? Interviewer: Okay. And what about when you're introduced to a stranger? What do you ask 'em? 330: This uh {X} {X} what to ask to them? Interviewer: Mm-hmm. 330: Stranger? I'd say uh what what's your name? Mine is so and so. Interviewer: Okay. Um and say if you were um if you were excited about something or something like that what might you say if you were surprised? You might say well 330: Uh uh uh I that sure did surprise me. {D: got frightened by something} Interviewer: Okay. Suppose that say a man had been doing some work say you'd say hit his hit his thumb with a hammer what might he say? 330: {NW} {D: he mashed his mashed his thumb} Interviewer: Yeah. What what word would he say then? 330: Gosh. I- I- I- mashed my thumb. is- what I'd say. Interviewer: Anything stronger than that? 330: {NW} {NW: I've heard some of 'em} I've heard I've heard 'em say things a little worse than that I imagine hitting a hammer thumb. Oh hell I've mashed my thumbnail off or something. Mashed my thumb you know if it were me I wouldn't want to {X} say but I wouldn't say that Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Man I mashed I've mashed mine some too. Interviewer: {NW} 330: It hurts. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {X} Interviewer: What might you say if you were sorta disgusted with yourself like if you had done something kinda stupid and you'd just realized that you'd done something stupid. 330: Well I've been disgusted with myself a lotta time uh I why I did that something like that. You you can be disgusted with doing a heap of different things. And can't do like uh get disgusted because I can't do it like I ought to do it even now. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: That's the only thing I get to where I can't do anything right anymore. {X} Interviewer: Yeah. Okay um say someone had been over to visit you and was about to leave, you'd tell 'em well I hope you'll come back 330: Come back and and sit visit us uh see us soon Interviewer: #1 Okay. # 330: #2 Come back # again and visit us. Interviewer: Okay. 330: Enjoyed your your company. Interviewer: Okay what do you say when you meet someone on Christmas? 330: Christmas gift. Interviewer: Okay. Um when do you say Christmas gift? Just at Christmas, or 330: Mm-hmm. Yeah uh yeah that's when I would say Christmas gift, but course have birthday uh birthday gift too but Christmas is when you that's the most of the giving Interviewer: Yeah. 330: part we have. Interviewer: You just say Christmas gift on Christmas Day? 330: Well I guess I guess you'd say it any {X} say any Christmas. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: But of course in the morning on Christmas morning is the main time we have a Christmas you know and meet and talk Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Children all the children and grandchildren come in with us at least all mine do come in Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Christmas morning. Interviewer: What about another expression that you might say around Christmas? You might tell someone me- 330: About uh me- me- about just uh what we do Christmas? Interviewer: Yeah well like what do your Christmas cards say on them? They say 330: Happy Christmas. Interviewer: Okay. Or not Happy Christmas, they say 330: Merry Christmas. Interviewer: Okay. Um what do you tell someone on January first? 330: New Year's. Interviewer: Yeah 330: Uh Interviewer: Yeah what do you what greeting do you have? 330: Merry Chri- uh uh Happy New Year. {NS} Interviewer: Okay. Um do you ever say New Year's gift? 330: Mm-hmm. New Year's New Year {NS} yeah I say Interviewer: Okay um suppose someone had done you a favor, you might tell 'em, well thank you, I'm much 330: I uh I really appreciate it. Interviewer: I'm much o- 330: I'm much obliged? Interviewer: Okay. Um {NS} you say I have to go downtown to do some 330: Shopping? Interviewer: Okay any other word? Old fashioned word for that? 330: Well um had to go down there to shopping and uh and uh {X} well to go buy Interviewer: Yeah. 330: So and so. Go to buy me a suit or go to buy me a pair of shoes or {D: go to town to buy me a} shirt or anything. Interviewer: Okay. You said say you just bought something and the storekeeper's got a piece of paper and what you know? 330: I just bought me a a new shirt? Interviewer: Okay. {NS} 330: {D: wrapped it up} Interviewer: Okay and when I got home I 330: Unwrapped it? Interviewer: Okay. Um if you had to sell something for less than you paid for it you'd say you were selling it at a 330: A loss. Interviewer: Okay. Um now suppose you saw something that you liked but you didn't have enough money to buy it, you'd say well I like it but it 330: I just don't have the {D: wherewith to buy it} Interviewer: Okay 330: That's what I'd say. Interviewer: It what too much, it 330: Money don't have enough my money to buy it. Interviewer: It 330: It's just too high. Interviewer: It or it what too much it co- 330: Costs too much? Interviewer: Okay um you'd say when it's time to pay the bills you know on the first of the month you'd say the bill is 330: Due. Interviewer: Okay. And if you belong to a club you have to pay your 330: Have to have to pay your dues. Interviewer: Okay. And if you don't have enough money you might go to a friend and try to 330: Borrow some? Interviewer: Okay. And you say in the thirties, money was 330: {D: say what?} Interviewer: In the thirties. 330: Oh money was tight. Interviewer: Okay or money was 330: Well Interviewer: Another word for that. Money was 330: Uh well short. Interviewer: Or sca- 330: Scarce? Interviewer: Okay. 330: And it really was. Interviewer: You remember that very well? 330: Oh I mean I do. Mm mm mm. We sold {X} {D: for a time we just couldn't even care for money, had to give a script} Interviewer: Had to give you what? 330: Script, piece of paper. We called it. Bought something there wasn't just wasn't any money {D: I haven't seemed to understand it yet} Times sure did get bad then. I never could see any need for it to let it got that bad, either. It was like they never have any more of it it may be worse this time than it was before, but well thing is going now you know I believe things are going to have to change some. I may be wrong but I believe {X} make a change. Two years maybe maybe less than maybe less than two years. Maybe. {D: there'll be a change made} I don't believe it can he's talking about freezing {D: right now but I hadn't freezed nothing} {D: food stuff} {X} {D: why} makes the man {X} scarce makes the man in the market for anything. And freezing it ain't gonna do no good. And the farmers not getting enough {D: work no way} They don't get nothing for raising this stuff all the time. Interviewer: He's not freezing farm prices. 330: {X} farm prices, just gonna freeze these big {X} {X} {D: ours} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: {D: thing but} supermarket {NS} from the first to the eighth. {D: it's a high stage} {X} {C: tape overlaid} But {X} {X} respect on him was people {X} and things you still passing out talking about striking going on strike we got all those people {X} maybe save fifty dollars a day it may be more than that a lot of 'em do. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: What {NS} didn't say anything about day pack {D: we're making all this money you know} {X} {D: sand takes a lot of it out of 'em of course} {NS} {NS} I just don't know I don't {NS} I believe something's gonna happen. I don't think he's got the solution to it at all {X} Interviewer: He doesn't seem to know what he's doing much. {NS} 330: {D: my my} I don't know what we're gonna have to do but there's gonna have to be something done adjusted in some way or another I think. Something's gonna have to be adjusted. Interviewer: Yeah. {NS} {C: tape overlaid} Okay you say um oh someone's coming up to your yard. {NS} {NS} {NS} {NS} 330: {NW: Hey George, how are you?} George: How you doing? 330: Come in. George: I ain't I ain't got time, son, I Unknown: {X} 330: {NS} {NS} {X} Interviewer: Okay say you talking about swimming and things, you'd say somebody ran down the street {X} 330: Leaped off in the water. Interviewer: Okay or going head first you know you'd say he 330: Jumped off? Interviewer: Or another word. 330: Uh you mean off the ground and swi- swimming pool, he ran down the board and jumped? Fell off? Interviewer: Yeah but if he goes head first 330: Dived in. Interviewer: Okay. You say um um nine or ten children have already what off that springboard 330: Done jumped in? Interviewer: Or have have already 330: Dived in. Interviewer: Okay. You say but I was too scared to 330: {NW} Uh I was too scared to jump? Interviewer: Or 330: Dive in? Interviewer: Okay. Um 330: {D: I wouldn't be the first} {X} There was {X} {D: and we were} never been to the swimming pool. A whole bunch of girls and boys liked to go down there And I go in the swimming pool. It cost us something of course but go in Interviewer: Yeah. 330: we paid {X} a quarter I think a piece. And they had one diving board {X} third one. I don't believe it was three but that third one some were getting way up in the air. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: And I could do anything in the world, swim like a duck or jump {X} and we was having a {X} I said well I'll uh I'm gonna jump off that {X} {X} but when they got {X} down I wouldn't jump. My feet slipped out from under me and I just hit it {D: on my skunk right} I fell uh Interviewer: Did you hit the water? 330: Mm-hmm. {X} I thought for sure I was gonna drown. Interviewer: {NW} 330: I couldn't get my breath none {X} {D: just like nerves had got me} {D: enough breath to swim out of this place} I never did go back anymore, said that would be the last. I never did go jump off that thing one more time. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Well my feet just that board was wet people running up there and jumping off you know there was a whole lot of other people up there too and they'd run up there and just jump off of that thing and {D: boom just wet as could be} my feet slipped out from under me before I could get it wouldn't hurt you if you went off of it right you know {X} {D: and your face} {X} but I didn't go off that way {C: tape overlaid} {X} Interviewer: {NW} Well what would you call the way that when you hit the water flat on your stomach? What do you call that? 330: I called it belly-bust. Interviewer: {NW} 330: It it knocked ha ha it knocked the the breath plumb out of me, Lord have mercy. {D: why I just raised blood when I hit that water} {D: yeah I was way up in there} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: That thing was way up I mean {X} But uh {D: they wouldn't allow us small ones} to go up there and jump you know but I was just I was a grown boy. {D: they do care} I learned I didn't have and then I went and got {X} knocked into {X} I believed I was actually drowning. Couldn't get the breath. But they just thought I was to do so and so you know them pegged you a ninny or {X} go down {X} Interviewer: Okay um {D: if a child puts his} head on the ground turns over you'd say 330: Somersault? Interviewer: A what? 330: Somersault? Interviewer: Okay. 330: -sault I don't know what the proper name for somersault is Interviewer: Yeah. Okay um say um and he dived in the water and he what 330: Swam? Interviewer: Or he dived in, he what across the lake? He dived in and he 330: Swum across the lake? Interviewer: Okay. You say um I have what in that lake many times myself. 330: I've swum in that lake many a time. Interviewer: Okay. Um if you say someone got in the water and didn't know how to swim you'd say that he did what he 330: He uh he went down. Interviewer: Or he 330: Didn't know how to swim. Interviewer: And then he 330: Uh had to be gotten I'd say. Somebody would have to get him. Interviewer: Yeah but if no one got him out you'd say that he 330: Drowned. Interviewer: Okay. Um what does a baby do before it can walk? 330: Crawl. Interviewer: Okay. You say that'd be a hard mountain to 330: Climb? Interviewer: Okay. But my neighbor what it last year? 330: #1 My neighbor climbed # 330: #2 {C: pronunciation as "clumbed"} # Interviewer: Okay. But I've never 330: I've never climbed in my life.{C: pronunciation as "clumb"} Interviewer: Okay. Um you say she walked up to the altar and she what down? 330: Kneeled down. Blacked out? Interviewer: Yeah. But when you you go to pray you know 330: Oh kneel down. Interviewer: Okay. 330: Kneel down. Oh Interviewer: Okay. Say if you were really tired you'd say I think I'll go and 330: And rest. Interviewer: Or go what down for a while go 330: Go down take a nap? Interviewer: Okay um {NS} Okay you say he was really sick um he just what in bed all day he just 330: {X} he was what'd you say if he's really sick? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: He was really bad off all day. Interviewer: Yeah. Or he just la- 330: Unconscious? Interviewer: Okay. Um talking about things that you see in your sleep you'd say this is what I 330: Dreamt last night. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say often when I go to sleep I 330: {NW: Dream?} Interviewer: But I usually can't remember what I have 330: What what you dreamt about? Interviewer: Okay. Um 330: And and sometimes you can though you know. {X} some of 'em you will {X} what you did dream last night. {NS} {D: okay} next morning I think about it part of it will just come back to you, what you #1 dream about. # Interviewer: #2 Yeah. # 330: {C: tape overlaid} Interviewer: Okay you say I dreamed I was falling, but just when I was fixing to hit the ground, I 330: {NW} I'd say the stop woke me up. Interviewer: Okay. 330: Woke up about that time, I guess you'd say. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: I have, too, I have have you ever think you'd fallen out of a tree top or something weird? {D: and just just just just just know it was gonna kill you gonna kill you and} and then wake up just like all of a sudden? Scared to death. {X} Interviewer: Yeah. {C: tape overlaid} Okay if you bring your foot down heavy on the floor like this you say you 330: Stomped the floor. Interviewer: Okay. Um if a boy sees a girl at church say he wants to go home with her he says may I 330: May I {D: carry you home} Interviewer: Okay. What if he's going on foot? 330: Foot? May I walk you home? Interviewer: Okay. Um to get something to come toward you you take hold of it and you 330: Leap uh uh uh to get something to come to you? Interviewer: Yeah you take hold of it and you 330: Hand? Interviewer: Yeah. Um say if you wanted to get a boat up on land you'd tie a rope to it and you'd 330: Drag it up. Interviewer: Or 330: up on the Interviewer: Another word for that you'd 330: Pull it. Interviewer: Okay. And to get something to go away from you you'd 330: Push it. Interviewer: Okay. Um and you might tell children now now that stove is very hot so don't you 330: Don't you touch it. Interviewer: Okay. Um say if you needed a hammer you'd tell someone go 330: Go go get me a hammer. Interviewer: Okay. Um and playing tag you know what do you call the the tree that children can touch and be safe? 330: {NW} {NW} Home base I guess you'd say, go home plate {NS} {X} {D: hey you running keep you from catching me} Interviewer: Yeah. What about football? 330: Football? Interviewer: Yeah. What are you running toward in football? 330: Goal. Interviewer: Okay. Um you throw a ball and ask somebody to 330: Catch it? Interviewer: Okay. You say so I I threw the ball and he 330: He caught he caught it. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say well I've been fishing all day but I still haven't 330: Haven't caught any. Interviewer: Okay. Um and say there's no need for you to hurry, um if I get there first I'll 330: Wait for you. Interviewer: Okay. Um say if you were about to punish a child he might tell you don't spank me just please what? 330: Uh he said don't spank me just please uh Interviewer: Yeah give me another please give me another 330: Chance? Interviewer: Okay. Um say if a man was in a very good mood you'd say he's in a very good 330: Mood this morning Interviewer: Or in a very good 330: Uh a very uh uh uh very happy this morning. Interviewer: Yeah. Okay um say someone always catches the point of a joke, always catches on to a joke you'd say that he has a good sense of 330: Of uh uh to catch on? Smart yeah he has a good sense of to catch on Interviewer: Yeah. Or if he always sees the funny side of things you'd say that he has a good sense of 330: Uh sees the funny side of something? Interviewer: Yeah um and who can take a joke real well, and would you say that he has a good sense of 330: Of of humor? Interviewer: Okay. Um you say well we've got termites but I'm sure the exterminating company will get 330: Shut of 'em, rid of 'em Interviewer: Okay. Um say if if a boy um left his best pencil on the desk and came back and didn't find it there he'd ask who 330: {NW} Who moved my pencil? Interviewer: Or who 330: Who got it? Interviewer: Okay. Um you say oh I'd forgotten about that but now I 330: Know where it's at? Interviewer: Yeah okay suppose I I ask you um okay you might say to me well you must have a better memory than I do cuz I sure 330: I- I- I- I- forgot? I don't remember what it is. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say I have just what him a letter? I just 330: Received a letter? Interviewer: Um or I have just what him a letter 330: Uh written a letter? Interviewer: Okay. Um you say yesterday he what me a letter yesterday he 330: I received a letter from so and so yesterday. Interviewer: Okay or yesterday he 330: Wrote me one? Interviewer: Okay. And tomorrow I'll what? 330: I'll I'll write I'll write him one. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say well it's time I was getting a 330: {D: call} Interviewer: Yeah. You say I wrote him a letter and I expect to get a 330: Oh an answer. Interviewer: Okay. Um you put that letter in an envelope then you take out your pen and you 330: {D: back it} Interviewer: Okay any other word for that? 330: Address it. Interviewer: Okay. You say well I was gonna write him, but I didn't know his 330: Address. Interviewer: Okay. Say if a a child was just learning something um something new like maybe he learned to whistle or something you want to know where he'd learned that, you'd ask him who 330: Who taught you how to whistle? Interviewer: Okay. Um say what does a child call another child that is always running and telling on the others? 330: Tattle tale. Interviewer: Okay. What do you use this word about adults? 330: Well uh a meddler I'd call him. Interviewer: You wouldn't use the word tattle tale about him? 330: No I'd just call him a meddler guy. {X} you know grown. Person's a meddler in somebody's business always telling something you know. What I'd call it. Interviewer: Okay. 330: He's a regular tattler, he's you'd call him. {X} Interviewer: Yeah. 330: People's business. Interviewer: Okay say if you wanted to brighten up your room for a party or something you'd go out to the garden and 330: Get some flowers? Interviewer: Okay. Um {NS} something that a child plays with you'd call a {NS} 330: A child plays with? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Uh um well it'd be it'd toy. Interviewer: Okay. What about the word play-pretty? 330: Uh that'd be alright, play-pretty. Played with 'em, they have a lot of different things, of course. Interviewer: What does play-pretty mean? 330: That's just something the child likes, or it can be anything, uh {D: was uh} a ball or gun or {C: tape overlaid} {D: or any one} just any kinda little toy Interviewer: Yeah. 330: play with. I'd say. Interviewer: Okay. Um now suppose something happened that you had expected to happen, like say someone 330: {X} Interviewer: Yeah. But you'd you'd known it was it was gonna happen 330: Sooner or later? Interviewer: Yeah. You'd and someone came in and told you you say that person had fallen off the fence or something like that you'd say I just 330: I knew it was going to happen. Sooner or later. Interviewer: Okay. Um {C: tape overlaid} okay you say that's really um that's a book that you what me for Christmas, that you 330: Bought me for Christmas? Interviewer: Or that you 330: I- I- got at Christmas. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say okay you say um {NS} talking about the word give, you'd say um you have what me many good books to read you have 330: Have bought me a a lot of 'em. Interviewer: Okay but talk about the word give, you'd say you have 330: Give have given me a lotta books. Interviewer: Okay. And you say when I finish this book I'll what it back? 330: I'll I'll return it back to you. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say I'm glad I carried my umbrella because we hadn't gone half a block when it 330: Started to rain. Interviewer: Okay. Um and you say you might ask someone what time does the movie 330: Start tonight? Interviewer: Or what time does the movie be- 330: O- open? Interviewer: Okay or another word. I'm thinking about the word begi- 330: Begin? Interviewer: Yes what time does this movie 330: Start tonight. Or begin tonight. Interviewer: Okay. And you say uh it already 330: Done started. Interviewer: Okay. Um it um it what at five minutes ago it 330: Oh started uh started uh Interviewer: Okay or another word besides started it it be- 330: It began five minutes ago? Interviewer: Okay. Or you say it must have already 330: Already already started. Interviewer: Or already be- 330: Begin or Interviewer: Okay. Um you say horses gallop but people 330: Run. Interviewer: Okay. You say um I was feeling so good that I what all the way home? 330: I was feeling so good I laughed all the way home. Interviewer: Or that I what using the word run. I was feeling so good that I 330: I was feeling so good that I trotted all the way home. Interviewer: Okay or using the word run. 330: Run? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: I ran all the way home. Interviewer: Okay. You'd say um they have what a mile every day this week. 330: have have to they uh run a mile every day for exercise. Interviewer: Okay. Um if you don't know where a man was born you might ask where does he what from? Where does 330: From where is he? From where is he? Reared at, or raised at. Interviewer: Okay. Um {NS} say he what in on the train last night. 330: He uh rode on the train last night? Interviewer: Okay using the word come he what in on the train last night? 330: Use the word what? Interviewer: Come. 330: He oh he he came on the train? Interviewer: Okay. Say he has what to this town, he has 330: Has what now? Interviewer: He has what to this town 330: Oh Interviewer: on the train. 330: On the train? Interviewer: Yeah he has {NS} 330: Uh we- well he had he uh man had is coming into the town? Interviewer: Okay. 330: He he was conducting? Interviewer: Okay um talk about the word see. You'd say I what her outside a few minutes ago? 330: I I seen so and so a few minutes ago. Interviewer: Okay. You say um we have what so little of you this year? 330: We have we have uh seen you so uh Interviewer: Okay. 330: too little this year. Interviewer: Okay. You say I hope to what you again soon I hope to 330: Hope to see you again soon. Interviewer: Okay. Um you say you can't get through there cuz the highway department has got the machines in it and the road's all 330: Torn off up. Interviewer: Okay. Um you give someone a bracelet say and tell her why don't you 330: Shave with your razor? Interviewer: No a bracelet. 330: Oh. Interviewer: And you you'd tell the person I'd like to see how it looks on you why don't you 330: Put it on, try it on. Interviewer: Okay. Um say I might ask you what's new and you might shrug your shoulders and say uh 330: You ask me what's new today? Interviewer: Yeah. 330: And I'd shake my shoulders and say uh uh well nothing that amounts to anything, nothing much. Or something like that. Interviewer: Okay. I might say oh come on now, there must be 330: There must be uh something that's happened. Interviewer: Okay. Um if I asked you how long you've lived here, you'd say well I've what 330: All my life. Interviewer: Or I've all 330: Uh almost my life Interviewer: Yeah um you'd say my family has what lived here my family has 330: For generations. Interviewer: Uh or my family has al- 330: Lived here all their lives. Interviewer: Or alway- 330: All uh all all the time? Interviewer: Yeah I'm thinking about the word always. 330: Always? Uh well if my family's lived here all their lives it'd be uh that'd be always, wouldn't it? Interviewer: Okay. Um or you might say well I've I've lived here ever what I got married ever 330: Ever since I gotten married. Interviewer: Okay. Suppose say you had a question and I say well I don't know the answer to your question you better go over and what? 330: And and check so and so Interviewer: You better go what? Somebody else, you better go a- 330: Yeah ask somebody else? Interviewer: Okay. So you say um so you what him {NS} 330: So he ask him? Interviewer: Okay. And he'd say why you've already what me that? 330: Already you've already a- a- told me? Interviewer: Or you've already a- 330: A- asked me? Interviewer: Yeah say you go ask him and he tells you well you've already 330: Asked me before? Interviewer: Okay. Um okay you say every time you say those boys like to what each other a lot like to 330: Talk? Interviewer: Or like to just like to 330: Play? Interviewer: Or like to fi- 330: Fight? Interviewer: Okay. Um you say every time they met they 330: Had a fight. Interviewer: Or they 330: Boxed. Interviewer: Okay. You say they liked to fight, and every time they met they {NS} 330: Had had had had a {D: wrassle or} Interviewer: Okay. Well you say every time they met they fought or they fit or 330: Fit. Interviewer: Every time they met they 330: Well every time they met they they fought. Interviewer: Okay. You say they have what ever since they were little? 330: They they have uh fought all their lives, I'd say. Interviewer: Okay. You say he what her with a big knife, he 330: With a big knife? Interviewer: Yeah he 330: Cut? He hit her with a big knife. Interviewer: Or he s- 330: Slapped slapped her with a knife? Interviewer: Okay or he 330: Cut her with a knife? Interviewer: Or s- sta- 330: Stabbed her with a knife? Interviewer: Okay. Um and say if you were gonna lift something like a piece of machinery up on a roof you might use pulley blocks and a rope to what it up? 330: To le- to to raise machine machinery sometimes on the roof Interviewer: Yeah. You say you had to 330: Well you used a a pulley. Interviewer: Yeah. 330: Some kinda pulley or to pull it up I Interviewer: Okay would you use the word hoist or heist? 330: {X} a a a a {D: horse} I'd say. To pull it up there. Interviewer: Yeah. Would you say you were going to hoist it up or heist it up 330: Heist it up. Interviewer: Okay. Um now could you start counting slowly? Starting just slowly start counting. 330: What just one two Interviewer: Yeah. 330: three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen Interviewer: Okay. Um the number after nineteen is 330: Twenty Interviewer: And after twenty-six 330: Twenty-seven Interviewer: Okay. After twenty-nine 330: Thirty Interviewer: And thirty-nine 330: Forty Interviewer: Sixty-nine 330: Seventy Interviewer: Ninety-nine 330: Hundred Interviewer: And nine hundred ninety-nine 330: Thousand Interviewer: Okay. And say if you were really rich you'd say you had one 330: Million Interviewer: Okay. Um say there was a lot of people standing someplace say that the man at the head of the line would be called the 330: Leader. Interviewer: Or the what {X} 330: The uh now maybe I didn't get that exactly. Interviewer: Okay say you have a line of men standing somewhere 330: Standing out Interviewer: Yeah 330: And the and the men are would be the front of it? The man in front would be what? Interviewer: Yeah. What would say the man say if there were eleven men the man at the back of the line would be the eleventh man the man at the head of the line would be the 330: The head of the line. Interviewer: Yeah would be the 330: Front? Interviewer: Not the eleventh, he'd be the 330: Twelfth oh Interviewer: Oh okay but the man number one would be the 330: Number number one would be the uh first man? Interviewer: Okay keep going. 330: And uh th- th- then the the number two Interviewer: Would be the 330: Second man Interviewer: Okay. Keep going. 330: Number three would be the third man. Number four would be the fourth man. Number five would be the fifth man. Number six would be the sixth man, number seven would be the seventh man, number eight would be the eighth man and number nine would be the ninth man. Interviewer: Okay what about behind him? 330: And number ten would be the number te- first man. Interviewer: Number ten would be the 330: Number ten Interviewer: The te- 330: Tenth? Interviewer: Okay. Um and you say sometimes you feel your good luck comes just a little at a time but your bad luck comes all 330: All at a certain time Interviewer: Or all 330: All at one time, look like. Interviewer: Okay. Um say if you said something two times you'd be saying it 330: Twice. Interviewer: Okay. Um could you name the months of the year slowly? 330: January, February March April May June July August September, October November December Interviewer: Okay. And the days of the week. 330: Monday Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday, Sunday. Interviewer: Okay what does the word Sabbath mean? 330: That's rest day Sunday. Interviewer: Okay and you call that the 330: The last day of the week. Interviewer: Um if you meet someone during the early part of the day what do you say as a greeting? 330: Morning, good morning. Interviewer: Okay. Um how long does morning last? 330: Till noon. Twelve o'clock. Interviewer: Okay and then what 330: Afternoon? Interviewer: Okay. Um what do you say do you ever say good day to people? 330: Yeah I've heard it heard heard good day. Interviewer: When do people say that? 330: Well uh I guess it'd be in the morning I'd think {D: when you see 'em in the morning I'd say} Interviewer: Okay. Um what do you call the part of the day after supper? 330: Night. Interviewer: Okay is there a another name for that? 330: Uh evening. Interviewer: What's what's the difference between night and evening? 330: {X} {D: make a difference between night and evening but that's what a lot of 'em do you know}