Interviewer:  Do you- have you ever heard of any uh- of any foreign countries? You mentioned Russia the other day, do you know about any others? {NS}
434:  {D: That I know about} Pasadena. What is that, Cali-
Interviewer:  #1 That's- that's #
434:  #2 Where is that? #
Interviewer:  in California. That's in this country.
434:  Is it? {D: This our-} this is in our state?
Interviewer:  It's- well no it's about three thousand miles away out west.
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  Have you ever heard of Paris?
434:  Paris.
Interviewer:  Do you know where- what country Paris is in?
434:  I sure don't.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You ever heard of Paris France?
434:  I've heard of that. France.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  That's in- back in the- where they goes in the army. Peoples goes back in there. Boys come out back there talking about France.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Have you ever heard of uh of a city called Dublin?
434:  Never have heard of that but there's a Dublin right up here.
Interviewer:  Is that right?
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} # Well it's not #1 too far away at all. #
434:  #2 {X} # the road there. They call Dublin or- It ain't but one store there.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You never heard of dublin Ireland?
434:  Never have.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright well. If somebody asked you to go with him {B} {X} and you're not too sure that you want to you'd say well I don't know if-
434:  I might.
Interviewer:  I- I might but I don't know-
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  I don't know if- You'd just tell me, if you're not sure you want to go with me you'd say well I might but I'm not sure if- {NS} Or I don't know- I don't- would you ever say I don't know if I want to?
434:  Don't know whether I want to go or not.
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  {X}
Interviewer:  Okay. Right. Alright. If you'd have a friend of your's who's real sick General and he's not likely to get any better- if uh- if s- if somebody asked you how he's coming along you might say well it seems
434:  In bad shape.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright, if you were asked to go somewhere without {B} you might say well I won't go-
434:  Without her.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. When uh- if you're- if- if your daughter- if you had to do the dishes one day General and let's say uh if your daughter didn't help you with them you'd say well she went off playing-
434:  And I had to do the dishes.
Interviewer:  Alright or- or uh- or you might say well why did you sit around-
434:  And I had to do the dishes.
Interviewer:  Okay. Would you ever say- she went off playing instead of helping me?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Alright if- if a fellow is a real funny man General and- and you like him you say well I like him- Why do you like him? I like him-
434:  Cuz he's funny.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. If uh- if two mem- if uh- if two people became members of a church General you'd say that they did what? They-
434:  Joined the church.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright, that's good. And you say the preacher preaches a what?
434:  Good sermon.
Interviewer:  Okay. Hopefully it'll be good.
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
434:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Okay. And uh one man might say well I go to church to hear the sermon and another might say well I don't care anything about the sermon, I just go to hear the-
Aux:  Singing.
434:  Hear the singing.
Interviewer:  Alright the peop- they're play- they're making-
434:  Music.
Interviewer:  Alright. Okay. What uh- let's see- if you- if the roo- if the music is really nice and you like it you'd say of that music sure is
434:  Good music.
Interviewer:  Good music.
434:  {X} {X}
Interviewer:  Or if uh- if there's a real nice sunset outside you say boy that sunset sure was-
434:  Was beautiful.
Interviewer:  Alright. Okay. Alright General if you had to- if you were on your way to church but your car had a flat tire hen you had to get out and change it you might- you'd say well church- church gonna be over
434:  Time I get there.
Interviewer:  That's right. That's right. General what do you call that- the enemy and the opposite of god? You call him the-
434:  Unbelievers.
Interviewer:  The unbeliever or is there supposed to be- one fellow you know you hear about, he might have horns and all that? He's called the-
434:  Demon.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. What is it uh that sometimes some people think they see him around the graveyard? Maybe dressed in white and they scare people?
434:  I don't what the- they call that a {X}
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Have you- are you- have you ever heard that called anything else?
434:  Ghosts, I heard 'em call 'em ghosts.
Interviewer:  Ghosts. Okay. What would you call- uh if somebody died real strangely and mysteriously in a house and the peop- people were afraid to live there you'd say I don't want to go up there, that's an old-
434:  {D: Haunted} place.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. And if it's uh- if it's getting- if it's getting cold General you- you might say well I better put a sweater on, it's getting-
434:  Cold.
Interviewer:  Getting- or it's getting chilly.
434:  Getting chilly.
Interviewer:  A little chilly. Would you ever say it's getting rather chilly?
Aux:  Uh-huh.
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Or would you- would you say kind of chilly? Or sort of chilly?
434:  Sort of chilly, yeah
Interviewer:  #1 {X} #
434:  #2 that's what # I says
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  You get mighty cold {X} sweaters it's getting sort of chilly.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright uh. You might say well if I wanted you to go somewhere and you didn't particularly want to go you might say well I'll go if you insist but I'd-
434:  Don't wanna go.
Interviewer:  Okay. Would you ever say you'd rather not go?
434:  I'd rather not go.
Interviewer:  Okay. Wha- General if you haven't seen a friend of your's in a long time what might you say to him when you first
434:  #1 I'm glad #
Interviewer:  #2 see him? #
434:  to see you.
Interviewer:  Okay. If a man owns five hundred acres of land General how much land would that be? You'd say {NW} you sure do own
434:  A lotta lands.
Interviewer:  A lotta land. Okay. {NS} General let's see. If you told me that you uh were chopping wood and I said well can you really do that? Uh do you think you can do that? And you'd say I-
434:  Think I can.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or would you say uh I sure can?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright uh General if you wanted to be real polite to somebody would you- say if you wanted to be real polite to a man w- if you were answering a question would you just say yes or would you say yes-
434:  Yes sir.
Interviewer:  And to a woman?
434:  Yes ma'am.
Interviewer:  Okay. Let's see. If somebody intensely disliked to go somewhere you'd say well he-
434:  He didn't like to go. Or he didn't want to go.
Interviewer:  Or he- he really didn't want to go?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. You know if- if- if it wasn't just a little cold this morning General you might say it wasn't just a little cold, it was
434:  C- It was real cold.
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. Or if uh if {B} cooked something that you like you wouldn't say well it wasn't just good, it was-
434:  Real good.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. If you- if you got really excited about something General what might you- what might you say? You'd say- Can you think of anything that you might say just real quick if you got excited over something?
434:  I don't know what I'd say anything but I'd say {NW}
Interviewer:  {NW}
434:  {NW}
Interviewer:  If I- if I said that uh they just dropped a bomb outside what would you say?
434:  Well
Interviewer:  {X} would you ever say land sakes! Or something like that?
434:  I don't know what I'd say anything {D: much}
Interviewer:  {NW}
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 You just run {X} #
434:  #1 I can #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
434:  think what to say.
Interviewer:  If somebody- if somebody- if you'd asked some- somebody to do something and they just went ahead and did something real stupid what might you say about that?
434:  You crazy.
Interviewer:  {NW} Okay. If uh- if somebody if you heard that somebody had said that you had done something really bad or really shocking you might show a kind of resentment by saying well why the-
434:  Well I didn't do it.
Interviewer:  Okay. Would you ever say why the idea! Would you ever heard {D: other}
434:  #1 Somebody #
Interviewer:  #2 people say that? #
434:  I would would accuse me of something I didn't do.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Would you say- have you ever heard anybody say, why the idea of that! {NS}
434:  Well I might have.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. When uh- when you meet somebody what do you say uh to greet him General? The first thing that you see when you see somebody, you'd say well-
434:  Good morning.
Interviewer:  Good morning or-
434:  Good afternoon.
Interviewer:  If you're asking about their health you might say-
434:  How do you do?
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright
434:  How do you feel? Or something like that
Interviewer:  Sure. When somebody's leaving after a short visit General you might tell them to what?
434:  Come back.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or I hope you'll
434:  Hope you'll come back to see me.
Interviewer:  Okay, would you ever say come again?
434:  Yeah. Okay. How- how do you greet somebody around uh December twenty-fifth? You'd say to 'em what?
Aux:  Merry Christmas.
Interviewer:  You say merry-
434:  Merry Christmas.
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. Have you ever heard people say anything else? Especially when somebody maybe got up on Christmas morning, the first thing they say when they-
434:  Christmas gifts.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Yep. Have you ever heard anybody say anything that meant the same thing?
434:  I don't know {X} to me there's a- they have so many different ways.
Interviewer:  Yeah. What would you say to somebody on- on the first of January? You wouldn't say-
434:  New Year's gift.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or you might say happy-
434:  Happy New Year.
Interviewer:  Okay. If uh- if somebody has done something for you and- that you really appreciated you might say well I'm- I'm much
434:  Much obliged.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. Okay. General if- if you're not sure whether you'll have time to do something or not but uh you likely will you- you might say well I- I'll have time.
434:  I- I'll- don't have time but I will.
Interviewer:  Okay or-
434:  If I have time I will.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or would you ever say well I think I'll have time to do
434:  #1 That's #
Interviewer:  #2 that. #
434:  right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright you might say that uh {B} might say that she had to- has to go downtown to do some
434:  Shopping.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And if- if you bought something the store keep- the storekeeper might take a piece of paper and-
434:  Write.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright and when you get home with the package you have to
434:  Open it.
Interviewer:  Or just
434:  Unfold it.
Interviewer:  Okay if- if he wrapped it you
434:  I unwrap it.
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. If uh- if this store that you go to has to sell things at uh less than what the storekeeper paid for 'em you'd say that that store is selling at a- If- if he- if he sells something- {NS} if he sells something for less than what he paid for it then you'd say he's selling it at a-
434:  At cost. Under a price or something, wouldn't you?
Interviewer:  Okay. Or maybe at a loss?
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  Or something like that?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Doesn't sound like a very good business-
434:  #
434:  #1 Sure. #
Interviewer:  #2 {D: does it?} # {NW}
434:  They ain't gonna do that though is-
Interviewer:  No. No not too many
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 stores I know about. #
434:  {NW}
Interviewer:  That's right. Alright General if you were looking at a- at a place uh down the road that sells tractors you'd say {NW} that sure is a nice tractor but I can't buy it because it-
434:  Too high.
Interviewer:  Right. Or it- it cost too much
434:  #1 Costs #
Interviewer:  #2 right? #
434:  Too much, that's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. General if it's- if it's time to pay the bill you say well the bill is
434:  Is due.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  But I can't pay it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. I find myself in that situation
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 a lot. #
434:  {NW}
Interviewer:  Yeah. General if a- if a person belongs
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 to- # to a club you say that he has to pay the
434:  Dues.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Alright, that's good. If- if you don't have any money General you- you might go to a fie- a friend and try to-
434:  Borrow some.
Interviewer:  Okay. Uh. You know you were telling me yesterday there aren't many good workers around anymore, you might say well good workers are getting mighty-
434:  Scarce.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Yeah, have you ever seen anybody maybe down at a- a pond or a swimming pool and they have this- this long board up high and they go out and bounce off that thing? You'd say they're doing what?
434:  Diving?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Yeah. You'd say he ran down the springboard and-
434:  And {D: dove} in.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Or you might say well- well he just did it you know. Nine or ten of 'em off it already
434:  #1 That's right. #
Interviewer:  #2 Nine or ten # of 'em did what?
434:  {D: Div} in
Interviewer:  Okay. Right. Alright. What do you call it General when somebody- have you ever seen anybody dive in the water and just land flat on their stomach? What-
434:  {X} that's right. They call that a belly buster.
Interviewer:  It really bust it too.
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 Turn it {D: stark} red. #
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} # When I did that I threw up a lot of water around me.
434:  You tell 'em.
Interviewer:  {NW}
434:  Like a rain {D: right}
Interviewer:  That's right. Just like a rain. Okay. General have you ever seen anybody- maybe a- a little child out in the yard playing- he'll get down on his head then he'll kick his feet and he'll go over? You'd say he's doing a what?
434:  Tumbleset.
Interviewer:  Okay. Let's see. If uh- if the- if he wanted- if he wanted to get across the river General you'd say that- that he- that he- that he dove in and he
434:  Swim-ed across.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you say those children like to
434:  Like to swim.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you would say well I've-
434:  I used to.
Interviewer:  Okay or I have-
434:  I have swim.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. General have you ever heard of uh of when you- you pay your bill down at the store sometimes the- some storekeepers will give you a little present?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  What do they call that?
434:  Call that giving you a tip.
Interviewer:  Giving you a tip? Okay. {NS} Alright. Okay General you were telling me when we were riding around a- a while ago about a person who got in the water and did what? You know it killed him? You'd say
434:  Drowned-ed.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if- if- if I wasn't there I'd say well I didn't see him
434:  Drown.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. What is a- what is a baby do before it's able to walk, you say it-
434:  Crawl.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If uh- if you saw something up a tree General and you wanted to take a closer look at it you'd have to go over to the tree and-
434:  Go up the tree and look at it.
Interviewer:  Okay would you ever say that you just-
434:  Climbed up.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} You might say well that sure would be a hard tree to
434:  Climb.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. But- but my neighbor last year he-
434:  He climbed it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. But I've never
434:  Climbed it.
Interviewer:  Such a tree and I don't intend to.
434:  #1 That's #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
434:  #1 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} # {NW} General if- if I wanted to hide behind a- a low bush you'd say that I'd have to do what?
434:  Squat down.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. What does uh- if a little child's gonna say his prayers right before he goes to bed you'd say he goes by- over beside his bed and he
434:  Get on his knees.
Interviewer:  Okay. Okay. Or {NS} I'm- or when he does that you'd say he's
434:  Saying his prayers.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright if uh- if I say I'm feeling tired I believe I'll go to the bed and-
434:  Lay down.
Interviewer:  Okay. And uh if if I were really sick I couldn't- I couldn't even sit up I'd just had to- I had to- do what in bed?
434:  {NS} Have to sit up in bed.
Interviewer:  Or if- even if I couldn't sit up, if I was just flat on my back I had to-
434:  Lay on your side?
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. General have you ever when you were asleep {NS} uh sometime- what do people do when they sleep sometimes? When they see thing-
434:  Dream.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. If uh- but uh- you might say that you can't always remember what you've-
434:  Dreamed.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. But y- you might say if you're dreaming say I was dreaming about this but all of a sudden I-
434:  #1 Woke #
Interviewer:  #2 And then #
434:  up.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh and the dream was over with. Okay. If I- if I do this to the floor General what am I doing? I'm-
434:  Stomping.
Interviewer:  Yeah. Okay. Let's see. If I wanted to get a- if I'd been out on the pond in a boat and I wanted to get that boat up on the land I might take me a rope and tie it to the boat and-
434:  Draw it to.
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  Pull it out.
Interviewer:  Alright. Or if uh- if Edgar got his truck stuck in the mud back there somewhere he might ask me to take my car and get behind him and give him a-
434:  Push. Push him out.
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. If uh- if you carried a- a real heavy suitcase for a long ways General instead of saying I carried it you might say I- Instead of-
434:  Tote it?
Interviewer:  Okay. Fine. Alright. If uh- if you might tell a child who's close to the stove say might say that stove's real hot don't-
434:  Don't touch it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If you wanted- if you wanted a knife General {NS} and uh you were gonna send somebody for it you say go- Like if there was- if there a knife in that room
434:  #1 Yeah #
Interviewer:  #2 You # wanted
434:  go get that knife.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. General what kinda- when you were a little- a little child did you ever play any outdoor games?
434:  I played marbles.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  And
Interviewer:  #1 General #
434:  #2 Some # other little old something, I don't know what they call it where you used to play. I can't think of it now.
Interviewer:  Did you ever play a game where somebody had to hide and the
434:  #1 That's right. #
Interviewer:  #2 other person had to # find you?
434:  What did you call that? {D: Go} hide and somebody find you.
Interviewer:  Hide and go seek?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Do you remember what uh- what you call the place that you ran for in hide and go seek? You had to get to the-
434:  You have to get to the safe place before they touch you.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Do you know what that would
434:  #1 What we #
Interviewer:  #2 be called? #
434:  call that? I don't know.
Interviewer:  {X} Did you ever heard it called uh goal? Or was it-
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  base or something like that?
434:  Yeah you see if you run like {X}
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
434:  #2 somebody else. #
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
434:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. Alright General if- if you threw me a ball I- I'm supposed to do what?
434:  Catch it.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If I said well let's meet in town General, if I get there first I'll-
434:  Wait for you.
Interviewer:  Okay. Uh- Let's see. Okay. If- if somebody's just got a smile on his face all the time General and he's got good to s- he's got something good to say about just about everybody you say well he sure seems to be in a good
434:  Humor.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If uh- if you have somebody who works for you General and he just keeps loafing all the time you might have- you might have to uh discharge him you know and you'd say- you might say to a friend of your's well I think I'm gonna get-
434:  Get {X}
Interviewer:  Okay. And uh after you've- after you've uh gotten rid of him he might come back to you and ask- ask you to take him on again- he might say well General just give me
434:  Another chance.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. You know have you ever known anybody who really didn't know what was going on at all but- but he- did what? He really didn't know what was going on but he-
434:  He'd ask?
Interviewer:  Okay or would you ever say uh he acted like he knew it all?
434:  He'd act like some of them do, act like he didn't know it but he's act like he know it.
Interviewer:  That's right. Okay. {NS} If uh- if a boy left his- his best pencil out on the table somewhere General and he came back and it wasn't there he might say well I bet somebody
434:  Got it.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} Would you ever say some- somebody #1 Stole- #
434:  #2 Picked # it up or stole it.
Interviewer:  Maybe swiped it?
434:  That's right, somebody swiped my pencil.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright you know if uh- if all of a sudden you think of something you might say well {NS} I'd forgotten about that but now I-
434:  Thought of it.
Interviewer:  Okay. And you might say to me well you must have a better memory than I do because I sure
434:  Didn't think of it.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. You might say you know if uh- I might sit down and I might want to get in touch with somebody I hadn't heard from in a long time I just need- I need to sit down and him a letter. I need to- I need to take-
434:  Sit down and wait.
Interviewer:  Or I need to take my pen and-
434:  Write.
Interviewer:  #1 Write a- #
434:  #2 Write. #
Interviewer:  a letter. Okay. And you might say well yesterday he-
434:  Wrote me.
Interviewer:  A letter right. And- and uh tomorrow I'll-
434:  Receive.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or tomorrow I'll write one to him.
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Fine. And uh after I write him a letter I'll expect a-
434:  A hand.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or maybe I'll expect an answer from him?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. now what do you call it General when you- after you've written the letter and you take the envelope and you- and you- and you take your pen and you do what to it?
434:  Address it.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} And uh- I say well I want to write to him but I can't remember his-
434:  Address.
Interviewer:  Yeah. Okay. If uh- if uh- if a little boy has learned something new General like you know for instance if he's just learned to whistle you might say you might wanna know where he learned that and you would say well who-
434:  Who'd you learn- to whistle? Or when did you- who did you learn it from?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Alright uh- if somebody asks you if you've put up that new fence you been thinking about putting up yet and you say well no but I- pretty soon. I-
434:  I will put it up.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or maybe I- I mean to.
434:  #1 And #
Interviewer:  #2 Or- #
434:  uh may intend to put it up
Interviewer:  Yeah.
434:  but if I ain't put it up.
Interviewer:  Right. Okay. Uh- General What do- what do uh- what do children call uh somebody who's always running around and telling on 'em? They call-
434:  Tattler.
Interviewer:  Tattler. Alright. Okay. Does uh- have you ever heard of what women do or- {X} maybe men too when they just sit around and they talk about other folks behind their back you say-
434:  Gossiping.
Interviewer:  Does gossip mean the same thing
434:  #1 That's right. #
Interviewer:  #2 as tattle? #
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Uh if you wanted to brighten up your room a little bit General you might tell Vera to go out and pick a few
434:  Flowers.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. What uh- what might- what's something that a- a child might play with? You'd say uh- well that- I need to buy- go out and buy this little child a-
434:  Doll?
Interviewer:  A doll okay or a- a- just call it a- a toy maybe?
434:  Some little toy or something to play with.
Interviewer:  Okay. Have you ever uh- have you ever heard anybody use the word play-pretty?
Aux:  Uh-huh-
434:  Sure have.
Interviewer:  Does it mean the
434:  #1 {X} #
Interviewer:  #2 same thing? #
434:  {X}
Interviewer:  It means the same thing as toy?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. General if- if something had happened that you expected to happen or you might have predicted it or something like that or you were afraid it was going to happen and uh- for example if uh- if a little child hurt himself while he was doing something he shouldn't have been doing you might say after you heard it well
434:  I told you.
Interviewer:  Okay. Okay. What about uh- if I have something that you need right now {NS} you might- and- you need it right now you'd say
434:  Give me.
Interviewer:  Okay. And uh- and I- I might say talking about giving me something I might say well that's the book that you- that's the book that you- If you presented me with the book
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  and you see me with it
434:  Yes.
Interviewer:  you say isn't that the book I-
434:  Presented you? #1 That's the book I give you. #
Aux:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  Yeah right. Okay. Alright. Talking about what it did today General uh outside in the weather you might say well I sure am glad I carried my umbrella. We hadn't gone but a little piece when it-
434:  Start raining.
Interviewer:  Okay.
Aux:  Stop. {X} stop.
Interviewer:  Started raining?
434:  Started raining.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. Alright. Alright you know General when- when horses are are moving rapidly they- you say they gallop. Alright horses gallop but people do what? When they want to get somewhere in a hurry. They don't just walk they-
434:  They run.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You might say that- they have a mile everyday. They've
434:  They was in a hurry or something
Interviewer:  #1 Or they've- #
434:  #2 {D: like that} #
Interviewer:  #1 #
434:  #2 # {X} they running, there's something or other they in a hurry.
Interviewer:  Right. Okay. If you don't know where a- a man's was born General you might ask well where does he- from? Where does he-
434:  Where was he born at? Where was he from?
Interviewer:  Alright would you ever say where does he come from?
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay. #
434:  #2 Yeah. #
Interviewer:  #1 #
434:  #2 #
Interviewer:  And uh- after you ask that- after you ask where somebody- where did he come from some might say well well he- in on the train last night. He-
434:  Got on the train last night.
Interviewer:  Alright but if he's- if he's moving into town by the train he-
Aux:  Came in last night.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say he came in?
434:  Came in last night.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. If you notice somebody outside- outside the house a few minutes ago General you might say well I thought I
434:  Saw you.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you might say if this person's about to leave I hope to-
434:  See you again.
Interviewer:  Okay. I hope to see you again because we've- so little of you before. We've-
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  We've done what? I hope to see you again because we've so little of you before
434:  That's right. I- I didn't- {NW} It's like I didn't have chance to s- to spend no time with him.
Interviewer:  Right.
434:  I hope to see you again.
Interviewer:  Because we haven't-
434:  That's- haven't uh spent much time
Interviewer:  #1 Okay or #
434:  #2 together. #
Interviewer:  we haven't seen you much?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Alright. General have you ever seen the highway department out on the road and they you know- working on the road you might say to somebody well you can't get through there, the high- highway department's got all those machines in there and they've got- and the roads all-
434:  Blocked.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. If uh you give somebody a- a bracelet General, might give a little girl a bracelet and and after you've given it to her you might say to her well why don't you
434:  Wear your bracelet.
Interviewer:  Or why don't you
Aux:  Put it on.
434:  Put it on.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Alright. {NS} If you're out there {NS} uh chopping wood {NS} you might turn to me and say well can you- the same thing I'm doing-
434:  Chop wood?
Interviewer:  Alright.
434:  Can you chop wood?
Interviewer:  Alright or can you do this?
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  Alright. And I might say sure I've I've-
434:  I have chopped wood.
Interviewer:  Or I have- that before. I-
434:  That's right. I've done it before.
Interviewer:  Okay fine. If you're- if you're just sitting around with somebody General and uh- and you're- and you're not saying anything and all of a sudden he says what'd you say? You might say-
434:  I ain't said nothing.
Interviewer:  Alright. Anybody ever-
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  #1 thought you said something #
434:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  #1 before General? #
434:  #2 Somebody went # to sleep like I did you know and woke up and thought they said something.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Uh- If- if- you've heard of uh- if you heard of somebody doing something really peculiar you might say, if somebody told you about it why I've never heard of-
434:  {X}
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. And uh- if uh you were telling me that your family {NS} has lived in Briar Hill for a lo- f- for all their lives you- you might say well my family has- has-
434:  Has left Briar Hill.
Interviewer:  Or if they're-
434:  Or they was {NS} raised in Briar Hill
Interviewer:  Okay. If they- they've- they've- they've been here just- it seems forever
434:  {X}
Interviewer:  you say they've- say they've always been here?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright you might say- a- a person might say General when he was trying to ride a horse well I got thrown one time and I been scared of horses ever-
434:  Ever since.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If you say that somebody didn't do it- say it wasn't an accident. He did it-
434:  On purpose.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. Uh and if somebody wants to find out something General you might say well I don't know you better
434:  See so and so.
Interviewer:  Or you better- I don't know about that, I can't tell you about that you better
434:  Ask some-
Interviewer:  Yeah.
434:  somebody else.
Interviewer:  Okay. And- so- so you did and you-
434:  Found out.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or- or you might say if you're getting tired of that well don't ask me that, you've several time- already, you've-
434:  That's right, you done asked me that two or three time.
Interviewer:  Right. Alright if- if two pe- if two men just don't like each other much at all General you might say well it seems like every time they meet they-
434:  Argue.
Interviewer:  Or they-
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  If they-
434:  {D: Driving} one another.
Interviewer:  Alright. Or they fight each other?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Tho- you might say those boys just really like to fight {X} they've- ever since I've known 'em they've-
434:  Been fighting.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright General if- if somebody took a knife {NS} and did that to you you'd say that he-
434:  Stabbed me.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or- you know if the teacher comes into the school room and there's a real funny picture that some- that's up there on the blackboard she might ask well who-
434:  Put that up there.
Interviewer:  Okay or- or maybe who- what would you call it if you were up there doing something like that? I was making a picture, you might say I'm-
434:  Marking?
Interviewer:  Okay or- uh she might ask who drew that?
434:  That's-
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  drawing!
Interviewer:  Alright. If uh- if somebody was going to lift something like a great big piece of machinery and they had to lift it all the way up on a roof General you might- {X} they might have to use a pulley bo- blocks and a rope to do what?
434:  Pull it up.
Interviewer:  Okay. Have you ever heard anybody say that you need the block and tackle to
434:  That's right. That's-
Aux:  #1 Pull it #
434:  #2 right. #
Aux:  way up.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say hoist it up?
434:  #1 I ain't never #
Interviewer:  #2 You ever heard that? #
434:  heard that on the block and tackle {X} pull it up.
Interviewer:  Just pull it up?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  And not hoist?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Do some counting for me. Okay? How about just counting from one to twenty? Slowly.
434:  One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Twenty.
Interviewer:  Okay. What's the number after twenty-six General?
434:  Twenty-seven.
Interviewer:  Okay what's the number after twenty-nine?
434:  Thirty.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh, what's the number after thirty-nine?
434:  Forty.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. What's the number after sixty-nine?
434:  Seventy.
Interviewer:  What's the number after ninety-nine?
434:  Hundred.
Interviewer:  What's the number after nine hundred and ninety-nine?
434:  N- nine hundred and ninety-nine?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  That's n- that's- that's nine hundred and- and ninety-nine ain't it?
Interviewer:  It'd be a- a thousand.
434:  Thousand and nine. Ninety.
Interviewer:  Okay a thousand.
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  Alright uh. Have you ever heard of uh- of uh- a million of anything General?
434:  A million?
Interviewer:  Uh-h-
434:  I've heard of peoples having a million dollars.
Interviewer:  Okay. General what's the day of the month that the bills are due for most people?
434:  What's the day of the month they do what now?
Interviewer:  That the bills are due.
434:  October. First.
Interviewer:  The first of the month?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay what's the day after the first, you'd say it's the-
434:  Second.
Interviewer:  And the day after that?
434:  Third.
Interviewer:  And the day
434:  #1 Fourth. #
Interviewer:  #2 after that? #
434:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 #
434:  Fifth. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten.
Interviewer:  Okay good. Alright uh General sometimes you might feel that you get your good luck just a little bit at a time but it seems like your bad luck comes-
434:  Before?
Interviewer:  Or if- if- if you just get a little bit of your good luck coming at a time
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  It seems like it- it happens that way but your bad luck just-
434:  All piles in at once.
Interviewer:  That's right. {NW}
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Alright General if uh if last year I got twenty bushels of corn to the acre and this year I got forty bushels I'd say that this year's crop was-
434:  Was uh better than last year's crop.
Interviewer:  As a matter of fact it-
434:  #1 It- it- #
Interviewer:  #2 it'd be- #
434:  {D: deuced} it more.
Interviewer:  If I got forty- if I got uh forty bushels this year
434:  And twenty
Interviewer:  and twenty last year then this year my crop was-
434:  Double.
Interviewer:  #1 Alright or- #
434:  #2 From what # it was.
Interviewer:  Or you say its'- as good it's-
434:  It's better.
Interviewer:  Twice as good.
434:  Twice as good.
Interviewer:  Right okay. What's the first month of the year General?
434:  January.
Interviewer:  And after that?
434:  February. March. April. May. June. July. August. September. And uh Oc- no- Novemb- October!
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  #1 No- #
Interviewer:  #2 And then- #
434:  and December.
Interviewer:  Alright. This month is what?
434:  It's October.
Interviewer:  Well-
434:  This is- this is October.
Interviewer:  What's after October?
434:  December.
Interviewer:  What about November?
434:  {NS} November.
Interviewer:  I think this-
434:  This is-
Interviewer:  this is
434:  #1 This is coming- #
Interviewer:  #2 November. #
434:  this is November
Interviewer:  #1 Right. #
434:  #2 now. #
Interviewer:  Right.
434:  This next month's December.
Interviewer:  Okay right, today is uh today's Thursday General so tomorrow is-
434:  Friday.
Interviewer:  And the day after that?
434:  Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday.
Interviewer:  O-
434:  Friday.
Interviewer:  Okay good. Alright General when- if you met somebody at about eleven oh clock in the morning or eleven o'clock in- in the daytime what would you say to 'em? You'd say good-
434:  Good morning.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. What's the latest time of the day that you'd tell anybody good morning?
434:  Eleven o'clock.
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  You tell 'em good evening at twelve.
Interviewer:  Okay if you were leaving somebody in the morning what would you say to 'em?
434:  I'd- {NW} let's see. In the morning.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. if you- if you see him you say good morning. When-
434:  Goodbye to you.
Interviewer:  Okay. Fine. Alright uh what do you call the part of the day after you stop saying good morning?
434:  Evening.
Interviewer:  Okay. How about- how long does the evening last?
434:  About four hours.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. okay. You'd said you'd- that when you leave people you just say goodbye.
434:  Goodbye.
Interviewer:  Have you ever- would you ever say good day to somebody?
434:  I have said that, good day.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. uh alright. what are- what are the uh the names of the meals that you eat General, in the morning you eat what?
434:  Breakfast.
Interviewer:  And then after breakfast you eat what?
434:  Dinner.
Interviewer:  And then after that-
434:  Supper.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. Uh what would you say to somebody uh if you're telling 'em goodbye if you're leaving their house at night?
434:  Goodnight.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. If you were- if you were meeting them at night what would you say to 'em?
434:  Well I wouldn't {D: have no}- how are you- tonight?
Interviewer:  Okay. Fine. Alright uh. General on the farm you start to work before daylight. So you'd say that we started to work before when?
434:  Before day.
Interviewer:  Before day? Okay. Would you ever say uh before sunrise?
434:  Before sunrise or before day.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright General if uh- if we were a little late this morning when we started out in the field and the sun had already done what?
434:  You say you're a little late this morning.
Interviewer:  Yeah because the sun had already-
434:  Sun is up.
Interviewer:  Alright. Sun's up.
434:  Right.
Interviewer:  Or you might say I got up real early and saw the sun
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  do what?
434:  Rise.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or when we had gotten up the sun had already
434:  {D: Risen} The sun was up when I got {X} this morning.
Interviewer:  Okay fine. Alright uh if you- if a person worked until the sun went out of sight General you'd say that he worked until
434:  Til night.
Interviewer:  Okay or until the- when you call it-
434:  The sun went down.
Interviewer:  Alright. Did you ever just- would you ever say sunset?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Or sundown?
434:  Sundown that's what-
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  It's the sundown, and work 'til sundown.
Interviewer:  Alright. General if uh- if today is Thursday then Wednesday was- If today is Thursday then Wednesday was-
434:  Would be- today is Thursday? Well Wednesday was
Interviewer:  If you-
434:  before Thursday wasn't it?
Interviewer:  Right if you referred to something that happened the other day on Wednesday you'd say well that happened
434:  Last Wednesday.
Interviewer:  Well if it was just the day before this one.
434:  Yeah.
Interviewer:  If it was- you'd say that happened-
434:  Wednesday.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say yesterday?
434:  Yester-
Interviewer:  #1 Just yesterday. #
434:  #2 day. # That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  Just happened yesterday.
Interviewer:  Okay. {NS} Let's see. Alright General if- if somebody uh came here on- on Sunday before this past Sunday you'd say he was here-
434:  Last Sunday.
Interviewer:  Okay. Or would you ever- would you ever say Sunday a week ago?
434:  That's right. Sunday was a week ago.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if he's gonna- if he's gonna leave a week past this coming Sunday you'd say he's gonna leave-
434:  This- a week before? Leave a week after this one. Sunday.
Interviewer:  Alright okay. Alright if- if somebody stayed from about the first of the month to the fifteenth of the month you'd say that he stayed about how long?
434:  About the middle of the month.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Would you ever say he stayed about a fortnight?
434:  About which?
Interviewer:  A fortnight? {NW}
434:  Well I don't know it.
Interviewer:  You wouldn't say that?
434:  I- I wouldn't say that.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright so if- if today is- if Thursday is today then Friday's gonna be-
434:  Tomorrow.
Interviewer:  Right okay. Uh {NS} if you wanna know what- what time it is General you'd ask somebody
434:  What time is it?
Interviewer:  Okay. Uh and after- after you ask them what time it is- what time it is he'd say well I'll have to look at my-
434:  Watch.
Interviewer:  Right okay. Alright uh General if it's- talking about time if it's midway between seven- seven oh clock and eight oh clock you'd say it's what?
434:  Quarter.
Interviewer:  If it's midway.
434:  Midway?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  Between seven and eight?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You'd say it's what?
434:  I'd say it's uh- quarter 'til eight.
Interviewer:  Would you ever say it's half past eight?
434:  Half past eight. {NS}
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  Well you see half past eight would be thirty minutes, wouldn't it?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  Well I'd say it was half past eight.
Interviewer:  Alright if it's about- {NS} well that's okay. Uh if your bi- if you been doing something for a long time General you might say well I've been doing that for quite
434:  A while.
Interviewer:  Quite a while, okay. Alright General if- if nineteen seventy-five was uh last year then nineteen seventy-six is
434:  This year.
Interviewer:  Right. Okay. Alright uh- how old did you say your dog was General?
434:  He's about two year old.
Interviewer:  Okay. Something that happened about this time last year General you'd say it happened-
434:  Last year.
Interviewer:  Okay or happened a year ago?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. If you look up in the sky General and you say well I don't like the looks of those black
434:  Clouds.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. And if you look up in the sky and there aren't any clouds around you might say well I believe we're gonna have a-
434:  Fair day.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. And if- if it's not a- if it's not a nice day and the sun isn't shining and it's not bright you'd say it's a-
434:  It's a cloudy day.
Interviewer:  Okay. If uh- if the clouds are getting thicker and thicker General and and you figure you're gonna have some rain or something you'd say the weather's-
434:  The weather's looking like rain.
Interviewer:  Okay or- would you ever say the weather's changing or-
434:  Changing, that's right.
Interviewer:  or something like that?
434:  {X}
Interviewer:  Okay. But uh {NS} if- if the clouds {D: will} beginning to open up General and you could see- you could see a blue sky and and the sun was beginning to shine you'd say well I believe it's finally-
434:  Clearing off.
Interviewer:  Okay. Would- would you say anything else other than clearing off?
434:  Fair off or anything
Interviewer:  #1 Fair off #
434:  #2 {X} #
Interviewer:  Okay. Okay good. Alright uh General if you get a- if you get a heavy rain around here or a hard rain and if you've had just- if you had almost an inch of rain in just an hour you'd say you had a regular what?
434:  Gully washer.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Would you say anything else besides gullywasher?
434:  Heavy rain.
Interviewer:  Okay. Would you ever say a cloudburst?
434:  Well sometime we'd say that.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  Cloudburst.
Interviewer:  Or a down-
434:  #1 But then #
Interviewer:  #2 pour maybe? #
434:  some folks would say the bottom fell out.
Interviewer:  #1 {NW} #
434:  #2 {NW} #
Interviewer:  That's right, if it rained an inch in a h- i-
434:  #1 That's right. #
Interviewer:  #2 inch in an # hour wouldn't it?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Well if there's- if there's a lot of lightning popping around uh too General along with the wind and the rain you'd say we had a what?
434:  Thunder storm.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay, what would you call it if you had uh lightning popping around without any rain?
434:  Well I don't know what we'd call that isn't it this heat.
Interviewer:  Okay. If uh- you know that house you showed me when we were over in Briar Hill?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  The wind came along and just did what?
434:  Blow-ed it down.
Interviewer:  #1 Uh-huh. #
434:  #2 Tore # it up.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. That w- that was uh- that was just a- do you have bad winds like that very often around here?
434:  Not too often.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh.
434:  It tore down three houses {X} right here.
Interviewer:  Okay. General if- if the wind's coming from that direction back there which direction is it coming from?
434:  Coming from south.
Interviewer:  Okay. And if it's uh- if you- if you have a wind halfway between the south and the west what do you have? What kinda wind is that?
434:  Well I don't know what we'd {X}
Interviewer:  Would you just call it a southwest wind?
434:  Call it a southwest win- wind.
Interviewer:  Okay how about a wind halfway between the south and the east?
434:  Well we'd call that the same thing.
Interviewer:  Call it what?
434:  Half
Interviewer:  Just a south
434:  #1 Southeast #
Interviewer:  #2 east wind? #
434:  wind.
Interviewer:  Okay what about halfway between the north and the east?
434:  {X} North and- and uh east
Interviewer:  Okay.
434:  wind.
Interviewer:  #1 And then- #
434:  #2 Mixing. #
Interviewer:  Between
434:  #1 between, that's right. #
Interviewer:  #2 the north and the west you get what? #
434:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 #
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Northwest wind? Okay. Alright General if it's uh {NW} if you- if you had a rain that didn't last very long what would you call it? If it didn't-
434:  Shower.
Interviewer:  Just a shower? Okay. If it- if it's not- if it's not even as much as a shower you know it just barely laid the dust down what would you call that?
434:  Sprinkle.
Interviewer:  Just a sprinkle? Okay. Uh what about- would you call the kind of rain that might've been coming down and- and you could walk a mile in it and just hardly get wet what would you call that?
434:  Well I'd call that a light sprinkle.
Interviewer:  Just a sprinkle?
434:  Just a sprinkle.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright General if- if you got up in the morning and you couldn't- and you couldn't see across the road, you know it was like this when we were riding back you say that- what would you- what would you say that is? We're riding through the- through the what?
434:  Cloud.
Interviewer:  Cloud or is there any other word?
434:  Da- uh, is there fog.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And you'd say it's uh-
434:  Foggy.
Interviewer:  Right. Okay. Good. Alright General if you g- if you've gone a couple of weeks without rain what would you call that? You say we're having a-
434:  Having a drought.
Interviewer:  Okay. Now if you have a- if you get a dry spell and it lasts about six weeks, you know long enough to hurt the crops
434:  Mm-hmm.
Interviewer:  Then what would you call that?
434:  I'd call that a- uh I forget now what we call that.
Interviewer:  {X} You- you might- you might hope for a you might pray to have a dry spell but you wouldn't pray to have a-
434:  Uh- I don't know what that's called.
Interviewer:  Called a drought?
434:  That's the only thing is burn up the crops.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. You don't wanna- you might wanna have a dry spell for a while
434:  #
434:  #1 but you wouldn't #
Interviewer:  #2 but you don't want to have- #
434:  want to have {D: a drought} like that.
Interviewer:  #1 Okay- #
434:  #2 Parch # up stuff.
Interviewer:  Alright. General if- if the wind has been very calm and gentle but it's gradually getting stronger you'd say the wind's doing what?
434:  Calm down
Interviewer:  Well if it's getting stronger.
434:  Oh oh the wind is getting rough.
Interviewer:  Okay. And uh- if it's just the opposite- if the wind has been real strong but it's getting weaker and weaker
434:  Weaker and weaker.
Interviewer:  Then you'd
434:  #1 Say it was #
Interviewer:  #2 say it's what? #
434:  calm down. The wind has slowed down.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright. {NS} Alright General if uh- say one morning in the fall you might go outdoors and you find it's- it's- it's kinda cold but it's not real disagreeable cold you know it's kinda like weather you- weather you like to be out in you'd say well this morning it's kind of-
434:  Cool.
Interviewer:  Just kinda cool?
434:  That's right.
Interviewer:  Okay. Alright uh if you get up in the morning and there's a real light white coating on the ground you'd say you had a what overnight?
434:  {D: It's} frost?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. And uh you might say it was so cold last night that the lake-
434:  Froze over.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. If it gets much colder tonight the pond might- same thing. If it gets much colder tonight the pond might-
434:  Might freeze?
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. And it h- it had- before I got out
434:  #1 That's #
Interviewer:  #2 there- #
434:  right.
Interviewer:  it had what?
434:  Froze.
Interviewer:  Uh-huh. Okay. Alright {NW} General I believe that's about got it. Unless you want to sing me a song or something. {NW}
434:  #1 Yeah. #
Interviewer:  #2 {NW} #
434:  #1 #
Interviewer:  #2 #
434:  I'll sing you a song.
Interviewer:  You want to?
434:  Gimme the guitar
Interviewer:  Alright.
434:  I'll sing
Interviewer:  #1 I'll sure do it. #
434:  #2 you a song. #
Interviewer:  #1 #
434:  #2 # {C: Speaker is playing the guitar and singing!}