Interviewer
{NW}
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay we're talking about you straighten your hair with a comb and a
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Okay.
And if you were using one of these you'd say you were going to
Yeah you'd say you're gonna
Comb or
Okay um
or if you used a brush you'd say you were going to
Okay.
Um and you sharpen a straight razor on a leather
Okay.
And what do you put in a pistol?
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay um
this is something that
children play on. You take a board and it rests on a trestle like this and goes up and down.
Okay.
And if you saw some children playing on one
you'd say they were
Okay.
Um
this is something that you take a plank and anchor it in the middle and it turns around and around
Okay.
Any other names for that?
You ever heard of flying
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Did you ever hear flying jenny?
Flying jenny?
Uh-huh.
Um
and you'd take a
a rope and
tie a long rope to a tree limb and put a seat on it and
you'd be making
Okay.
Um
And what do you carry coal in?
Okay.
And what runs from the stove to the chimney?
Yeah.
Okay what what do you call um
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okay you have a chimney on a fireplace. What do you have on a stove?
Uh-huh.
What's the pipe fit into?
Okay um
and this is something you might use if you were um
carrying brick somewhere. It has a little
wheel in front, and two handles.
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Okay.
Um
and what would you use to sharpen say an axe on?
Okay.
What about something smaller than an axe, like a knife?
Okay.
And um
if something was
squeaking, to lubricate it you'd have to do what to it?
Or
Okay.
So you'd say yesterday I
what my car
yesterday I
Okay
Um
and if grease got all over your hands you'd say your hands were all
Um
let's see do you ever
um
it's what the stuff that you'd burn in lamps.
What would you call that?
Okay, any other name for that?
Okay.
Did you ever make a lamp using
um
a rag and a bottle and
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
{X}
Do you know what they called it?
Mm.
{X}
Yeah.
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Okay um
inside the
Really?
Mm-hmm.
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Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
What's that game you said they were playing?
Were they
Yeah.
What what were they trying to kick in?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay um inside the tire of a car you'd have the
Okay.
And if someone had built a boat and they were gonna put it in the water
for the first time
you'd say that they were going to
I think
do you know the word launch
launch the boat?
Did you ever
Yeah.
{NW}
Yeah.
Do you know
names for different
kinds of boats?
You know names for different types of boats?
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Okay um
if a child was just learning to dress himself
the mother would bring him the clothes and tell him
here your clothes here
Yeah or she'd give it to him and tell him here
Okay.
{X}
Okay um
say um
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say if you were taking a child to the dentist
or the or the doctor
and the child was afraid and crying you know but
the doctor might tell 'em
don't be scared, I
Okay.
Um
and uh
if a woman wanted to buy a dress of a certain color
she'd take along a little square of cloth to use as a
Okay.
And she saw a dress that she liked a lot
and it looked good on her, she'd say
oh that dress is very
Okay.
And a little girl might say well Susie's dress was
pretty but mine is even
Okay.
Um
what might a woman wear over a dress in the kitchen?
And to sign your name in ink you'd use a
Okay.
And to hold a baby's diaper in place you'd use a
Okay.
Um this is a kinda metal that
they make some pails or buckets out of
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Okay.
And a dime is worth
Okay.
And if it was real cold outside
before you went out you might put on your
Okay.
And um in a man's
sometimes a man would put
um
put on his shirt you know
and then before he puts on a coat
he puts on a little
Okay.
Um
so a suit consists of
a coat
is there any other name for jacket?
Mm-hmm.
{NW}
Okay um
a suit would consist of
a coat and a vest and what else?
Okay. Any other name besides pants?
Okay.
What about britches?
Do you use that word?
What is does britches sound
old funny or old
You put on a mule's
No I
{X}
{NW}
Pretty hard to catch.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
What do you call that pants you're wearing now?
Okay.
Um
okay say if you went outside without your coat
um
you might ask someone to go
what me my coat
go into the house and
Yeah and it was cold and you wanted it. You might ask someone
go inside and
what
Okay.
Okay um
and the person would come out and say here I
what you your coat
here I
Okay. Um
and you say that coat won't fit this year, but last year it
what
perfectly
Okay but last year it
Okay.
Um
and if you'd just bought a suit
it wouldn't be an old suit, it would be a
A new
what
Okay.
Um and if you stuck a lot of things in your pockets, it makes them
Okay or another word for that. It makes them
Okay.
Um
and you say that um
that shirt fit me fine until I washed it and it
Really?
Okay you say it seems that every shirt I've washed recently has
Or has
Or another word for drawed up. Has
Okay.
And you say I hope this new shirt won't
Yeah.
Okay if a woman likes to
spend a lot of time in front of the mirror
Okay.
Any other words for that?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah uh older.
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Um
do you use the word primp about a man?
Would you say the man liked to primp?
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
{NW}
What happened?
What happened?
Yeah.
{NW}
Okay this is a little other container
that has a clasp on it and people could carry coins in it
Okay.
This is a piece of jewelry a woman might wear around her wrist.
Okay.
And what about something
she might wear around her neck?
Okay.
Or beads
do you call that
a what of beads?
Okay.
And what do men wear to hold up their trousers?
Yeah but what do they use to
Mm-hmm.
You what?
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Okay if it was raining outside what might you
carry over you?
Okay.
And what's the last thing that you put on a bed?
You know, the real fancy top cover.
Okay.
Um
and at the head of the bed you put your head on the
Okay.
And do you remember anything about twice as long as a pillow?
Okay.
You say the bolster doesn't go part way across the bed, it goes
Okay.
Um
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and something that you might put on the
bed for warmth
that women would piece together
Okay but
some old fashioned that women would piece together
Okay.
Oh really?
Is there anything else women would make?
For a bed?
Yeah.
Yeah.
What about
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What's that?
Yeah?
Okay suppose you had a lot of company and didn't have enough beds say for
you you might make
Okay.
What's that now?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Okay um talking about land
you'd say
Uh-huh.
We expect a big crop from that field this year because the soil is very
Okay or what about another word you might use
Okay. Is there another word?
Okay.
What do you call flat low land among the
Bottom land?
Okay.
Is that good land?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
{X}
Not
not really in the mountains, I've just been on
Yeah.
I guess so.
{NW}
Um
I've never been seasick but I can
see how you'd get it.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You'd just buy 'em
Yeah.
Okay what would you call a
land that's not
not good for much besides
just raising
grass or clover
or alfalfa.
Would you have a name for that?
Yeah.
Okay what about land that has water standing in it?
Yeah but most of the time it's got water
covered with water.
Not just because it's flooded, but just most of the time.
Okay but I'm thinking of swamp or marsh or bog, something like that.
You'd just what?
Let's see. Okay um
would you have names for
real rich soil
black soil?
Uh-huh.
Okay.
If you just had it cleared
Of loam
Yeah.
Loam.
Or loom or
something talking about land
I guess you haven't heard of it.
Okay if you were getting water off of a swamp you'd say that you were
doing what
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Um
{X}
Yeah.
What would you call the little things that you dug?
That you dug. The little
Trench?
Okay.
Um
what would you call a a
deep narrow valley
in a field that was
had been cut by a stream is
it's real wide and real deep.
A levee?
What about a ravine or hollow or something?
Or hollow?
Okay um
say you have a
a river
now something um
smaller than a river would be a
Okay. What else?
How are they different from a creek?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Hmm.
{NW}
Yeah.
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Yeah.
What are some of the names of some of the streams around here?
Or creeks?
Or streams or things.
Mm-hmm.
Was it a hole?
Is it
part of the
the creek
Big place?
Oh really?
The son did?
The son?
Who were they fighting?
Um if you wanted to open a door you'd take hold of the door
Do you ever use that word knob talking about land?
Yeah what's
What does knob mean?
Talking about land?