Interviewer: Okay um a kind of uh a wire fence that it comes in strands and it's got little um it's twisted you know? 456: Now if you're asking what kind of a fence it is? Interviewer: #1 You know it's the kind that # 456: #2 A wire # Interviewer: Huh? 456: Well, all I know is it would be a wire fence. Interviewer: But you know the kind that comes in strands and it would catch your clothes on it if you tried to climb it 456: Barbed wire? Interviewer: Okay. And um {NS} Say if um somebody didn't know how to swim, you'd say He got in the water and he 456: He drowned. Interviewer: And you say um 456: Sank. Interviewer: Okay. And um say after he went down for the third time you'd say that he was 456: He was drowned. Interviewer: And you'd say I didn't see him 456: Didn't see him drown. Interviewer: And um what does a baby do before it can walk? 456: Some of them crawl. Interviewer: Mm-kay. 456: Not all of 'em. Interviewer: And um You'd say that would be a hard mountain to 456: Climb. Interviewer: But last year my neighbor 456: Climbed it. Interviewer: But I've never 456: But I've never climbed it. Interviewer: And um you'd say she walked up to the altar and she 456: {X} Interviewer: Mm-kay. And if you were tired you might say I think I'll go over to the couch and 456: Lie down Interviewer: And um Talking about things that you see in your sleep you'd say this is what I 456: Dreamed. Interviewer: And you'd say often when I go to sleep I 456: Dream. Interviewer: But I usually can't remember what I 456: Dream. Interviewer: #1 And # 456: #2 What I # have dreamed. You said I've Interviewer: Yeah 456: I have dreamed. Interviewer: And um when I say I dreamed I was falling but just when I was about to hit the ground I 456: Woke up Interviewer: And if you bring your foot down heavy on the floor you say you 456: I stomp. Interviewer: And um Say if you saw a a friend leaving some place alone you might ask can I what you home? Can I 456: May I walk you home? Interviewer: Okay. What if you had your car? 456: May I drive you home? Interviewer: Okay would you ever say any other things #1 besides # 456: #2 Well # May I take you home? Interviewer: Okay what about carry? 456: Well carry Interviewer: Okay. And to get something to come towards you you'd take hold of it and 456: Pull. Interviewer: And another one would be 456: Push. Interviewer: And um {NW} say if you had a sack of groceries and didn't have your car you'd say I picked it up and I 456: I just carried it. Interviewer: Mm-kay. Any other word you'd use besides carry? 456: Well uh tote Interviewer: Mm-kay. 456: Some people say tote, I toted it. Interviewer: Does tote um mean the same thing as carry or do you do you think those mean a little bit different or what 456: Well carry can be used in other ways but I think if you say tote it would just, just be that Interviewer: Mm-hmm. Does Do you have an idea that uh you know you've got both your arms around it or could it be just something you grab by the handle or 456: Well would it make any difference? If Oh we buy these sort of tote bags all the time and you just hold it by handle and and you don't need to {NS} carry it with both hands. You would really have a load if you had to use both hands I mean I think. Interviewer: Okay. And um you might tell a child um that stove is very hot so 456: Don't touch it Interviewer: And um say if you needed a hammer you might tell someone to go 456: Go bring a hammer Interviewer: Okay. And um you know the the kind of um children's game where one person um is it and all the other children hide 456: That that is hide and seek Interviewer: Okay. What did you call it when you were little? 456: #1 That's what I called it. # Interviewer: #2 Same thing? # 456: Hide and Seek. Interviewer: And um what you run towards is the the maybe the tree that that you can run for and be safe is called a 456: I don't know Interviewer: Do you know what I mean? When you're playing hide and seek the the place that you run for what do you call that? 456: Oh the home base, a home? Interviewer: Okay. And um in football you towards a 456: The goal? Interviewer: And um you say you throw a ball and ask somebody to 456: Catch it Interviewer: Then you say I threw the ball and he 456: He caught it. Interviewer: And you say I've been fishing but I haven't 456: Caught any. Interviewer: And um you might tell someone there's no need to hurry if I get there first I'll 456: Wait for you. Interviewer: And uh say if you're about to um punish your child he might tell you not to punish him just give me another 456: Chance. Interviewer: And um if a man's in a very good mood you might say he's in a very good 456: humor. Interviewer: And um you might say well we've got termites but I'm sure the exterminating company will get 456: Get rid of them. {NS} Interviewer: And um say if a child left a pencil on her desk and came back and didn't find it there you might say um I bet somebody 456: Took my pencil. Interviewer: Okay any other word that y'all might use? 456: Well, she could've said stole but Interviewer: Mm-kay. 456: Kind of hate to think that she'd say that Interviewer: And um you might say I've just what him a letter 456: Just wrote. Interviewer: Huh? 456: Wrote. Interviewer: Okay um You say yesterday he 456: He wrote. Interviewer: And I have 456: I have written. Interviewer: And tomorrow I will 456: Will write. Interviewer: And uh You say I wrote him it was time I was getting a 456: Getting an answer Interviewer: And um you say you put the letter in the envelope and then you take your pen and you 456: Address it. Interviewer: Okay. And um anything older people used to say? 456: I don't know. Interviewer: Do you ever hear back back the letter? 456: Well, I wouldn't {NS} Interviewer: You might say well I was going to write him but I didn't know his 456: Address. Interviewer: And um say that a child's learned something knew like maybe learned to whistle you might ask who 456: Taught you. Interviewer: Okay. And um A child that's always running and telling on the other children 456: Oh we used to call them tattletales. Interviewer: Okay. Would you use that word about an adult? 456: Well, I don't know. I've never heard it used. Interviewer: Okay And um Say if you wanted to brighten up your room for a party and you had a lot of things growing in a garden or in your yard, you might go out and 456: Pick flowers. Interviewer: Okay. And something that a child plays with you'd call a 456: Toy. Interviewer: And um any other expressions you might {NS} 456: Playthings. Interviewer: Mm-kay. What about play-pretty? 456: Well play-pretty is Interviewer: #1 Is that # 456: #2 You could say that too # I've heard that. Interviewer: Is a play-pretty something that just a young child might have or would you say it about anything? 456: Well I'd think it would apply to children. {NS} Interviewer: Just any toy could be a play-pretty? Mm-kay. And um you might say um I'm glad I carried my umbrella because we hadn't gone half a block when it 456: When it began to rain. Interviewer: And um {NS} You might ask what time does the movie 456: Start or begin Interviewer: And you say it must have already 456: Must have already started. Interviewer: Or already 456: Begun. Interviewer: And um you say when people wanna get someplace fast instead of walking they 456: They ride. Interviewer: Or they 456: Run. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And you say I was feeling so good I what all the way home? 456: Ran all the way home. Interviewer: And you say they have what 456: They have run. Interviewer: {NS} And um say if you didn't know where a man was born you might ask where does he what from? {NS} 456: We'd say where was he born Interviewer: Okay. And um You say with your eyes you 456: See Interviewer: And you say I what are outside a few minutes ago 456: I don't understand Interviewer: Using that word you'd say I 456: {NS} I don't understand your question. Interviewer: Well okay um you say with your eyes you 456: You see Interviewer: And you say yesterday I 456: I saw. Interviewer: Okay and I have 456: I have seen. Interviewer: And um you might say you can't get through there cause the highway department's got their machines and then the road's all 456: Blocked. Interviewer: Or all to- 456: Torn up. Interviewer: And um say if you give someone a bracelet and you wanna see how it looks on 'em you might say well why don't you 456: Why don't you wear it? Interviewer: #1 Or why # 456: #2 Or put it on? # Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um If say if you had a question and I didn't know the answer I might say you better go what somebody else? 456: Ask. Interviewer: And so you say so then I went and 456: Ask {X} Interviewer: You might say you've already 456: Have already ask Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um you say those little boys like to what each other? 456: Fight. Interviewer: And you say um every time they met they 456: Fought. Interviewer: And ever since they were small they 456: They have been fighting. Interviewer: Or they have 456: Have fought. Interviewer: And um you say she what him with a big knife 456: She hit him. Interviewer: Or 456: Slapped. Interviewer: Or s- Would you say stabbed or #1 {D: stobbed or?} # 456: #2 Oh stabbed. # Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um say if you wanted to lift something heavy like a piece of machinery up on a roof you might use pulley blocks and a rope to what it up? 456: To lift it. Interviewer: Mm-kay. Any other words you'd use besides lift? 456: To raise. Interviewer: What about hoist or heist? 456: Well could use that. Interviewer: How would you say that? {X} 456: To heist it up. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um now now could you start um counting slowly? 456: One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen Interviewer: Mm-kay. And the number after nineteen. 456: Twenty. Interviewer: And after twenty-six. 456: Seven. Interviewer: Huh? 456: Twenty-seven. Interviewer: And twenty-nine. 456: Thirty. Interviewer: Thirty-nine. 456: Forty. Interviewer: Sixty-nine. 456: Seventy. Interviewer: Huh? 456: Seventy. Interviewer: And ninety-nine. 456: Hundred. Interviewer: Nine hundred ninety-nine. 456: Thousand. Interviewer: And ten times a hundred thousand is one 456: Million. Interviewer: And um say if you had a line of people standing somewhere the person at the head of the line would be the 456: The leader. Interviewer: Or the Say if there were eleven in line the man at the la- at the back of the line would be the eleventh. The one at the head of the line would be the 456: The first. Interviewer: Okay keep going. Then behind him 456: First, second, third, that's what you mean? Interviewer: Uh-huh. 456: Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth Interviewer: Okay and um you say sometimes you feel you get your good luck just a little at a time but your bad luck comes all 456: All at once. Interviewer: And um would you name the months of the year? 456: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Interviewer: And the days of the week 456: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Interviewer: What does Sabbath mean? 456: Hmm? Interviewer: What does Sabbath mean? 456: The lord's day. Interviewer: So that's Sunday? 456: Sunday. Interviewer: And um 456: Well not for everybody. {NS} Interviewer: #1 What # 456: #2 Well # Saturday is the Sabbath for s- for some people. Interviewer: Mm-hmm. Say if if you meet someone during the early part of the day what do you say as a greeting? 456: Good morning. Interviewer: Okay and how long does morning last? 456: Until noon. Interviewer: And then you Ask 456: Say afternoon. Interviewer: Okay um and say if you were leaving somebody at about eleven oh clock in the day would you say anything? 456: Well I'd say goodbye. Interviewer: Mm-kay. What about good day? Do you ever say that? 456: No. Well I've heard people say that but I don't Haven't heard it a whole lot. Just say goodbye instead of good day. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And the part of the day after supper 456: Would be evening. Interviewer: Mm-kay. What time would you say that begin and end? 456: Well I don't know I would think maybe about six oh clock. Interviewer: Mm-kay. 456: Depend on Interviewer: #1 Just when # 456: #2 the # area #1 when # Interviewer: #2 just # 456: getting night. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And if you were leaving somebody's house after dark you'd tell 'em 456: Oh well good night. Interviewer: And um you'd say we had to get up and start work before 456: Day. Interviewer: Or before sun- 456: Before sun up Interviewer: And we worked until 456: Sundown. Interviewer: And you say this morning I saw the sun 456: Rise. Interviewer: And this morning the sun what at #1 six # 456: #2 Rose # Interviewer: Huh? 456: Rose. Interviewer: And you say the sun is already 456: Risen. Interviewer: And um you say to today is Saturday so um Friday was 456: Friday was what? Interviewer: Well Saturday's today so 456: Today is Saturday, yesterday was Friday Interviewer: And um Sunday is {NS} 456: Tomorrow. Interviewer: And um say if someone came here on a Sunday not last Sunday but the Sunday before last you'd say you came here 456: Well Sunday before last. Interviewer: Okay what if um someone was going to leave on a Sunday ni- a week beyond next Sunday? 456: Well we'd say Sunday week. Interviewer: Okay. And um if someone stayed from the first until the fifteenth you'd say you stayed about 456: About two weeks. Interviewer: Okay. Any other expressions for that? 456: {NS} A fortnight. Interviewer: Mm-kay. Do people say that or is that #1 Just # 456: #2 Well # Some people do. I don't. I just say two weeks. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um if you wanted to know the time you'd ask somebody 456: What time is it? Interviewer: And you might look at your 456: Watch. Interviewer: And if it was midway between seven oh clock and eight oh clock you might say that it was 456: seven-thirty Interviewer: Or another way of saying that? 456: Um Interviewer: Half 456: Half half um hour Interviewer: Or half what 456: Half past Interviewer: Mm-kay. And if it was fifteen minutes later than that it would be 456: Um than seven-thirty? Be quarter of eight. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um if you have been doing something for a long time you might say I've been doing that for quite a 456: Well for quite a while, for ages. Interviewer: Mm-kay and um you say nineteen seventy-two was last year, nineteen seventy-three is 456: This year. Interviewer: And if a child has just had his third birthday you'd say he's 456: Three years old. Interviewer: And if something happened on this day last year, you'd say it happened exactly 456: Same day. Interviewer: Or how long ago? 456: A year ago. Interviewer: And um say you look up at the sky and you say I don't like the looks of those black 456: Clouds. Interviewer: And um on a day when the there aren't any clouds around you'd say that was a what kind of day? 456: A clear day. Interviewer: Mm-kay. What about a day when it's um the sun isn't shining and it's it's all cloudy and so forth 456: #1 Well # Interviewer: #2 you'd say it was # 456: you could say it was a cloudy day or a dreary day. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um and say if the clouds were getting thicker and thicker you'd figure it it might rain or something in a little while then you'd say it looks like the weather is 456: Clearing up. Oh {X} It's uh getting rough. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um You say um all night long the wind 456: Howled. Interviewer: Or the wind 456: Blew. Interviewer: And you'd say the wind has what harder than that before? 456: Has blown, I suppose. #1 I don't know # Interviewer: #2 Okay # And you say it started raining and the wind began to 456: To The wind began to blow. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And the wind's from this direction you say it's 456: It's from the west. Interviewer: And a wind halfway between south and west you'd call a 456: I don't know. Between south and west? Interviewer: Uh-huh. 456: Well would you say southwest? Interviewer: Okay. And between south and east? 456: Southeast. Interviewer: And east and north? 456: Uh northeast. Interviewer: And west and north? 456: Northwest. Interviewer: And um say if the wind had been gentle and was gradually getting stronger, you'd say that it was 456: Getting rougher. Interviewer: Mm-kay. Any other expressions? 456: Well, you'd say harder. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And if it was the wind was getting weaker and weaker you'd say it was 456: Dying down. Interviewer: And um you might say it's like in the morning in the fall you might say it's not really cold outside but its 456: Chilly. Interviewer: And um a whole lot of rain that just suddenly comes down 456: I'd say it's just pouring Interviewer: Okay or you'd call it 456: coming down in torrents. Interviewer: Okay and what would you call that kind of rain? 456: Well, I'd call it a hard rain. Interviewer: Any other expressions? 456: Well, I don't know. Interviewer: Cloudburst or downpour or gully washer. 456: Cloudburst, downpour, either one Interviewer: Mm-kay. What if there's thunder and lightning? 456: Well, we'd call it an electrical storm. Interviewer: Mm-kay And what if it's um if it's not a real heavy rain? 456: A light rain. Interviewer: Any other expressions for that? 456: Well uh a light shower Interviewer: Mm-kay. What if it's um if it's even finer than that? 456: Well, it could be a {NS} a drizzle #1 Or # Interviewer: #2 Mm-kay. # 456: What's another word for that? Or misty Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um say if you get up in the morning and you can't see across the road you'd say you had a 456: Fog. Interviewer: Huh? 456: Fog. Interviewer: And a day like that you'd call a 456: Foggy day. Interviewer: And um if no rain comes for weeks and weeks you'd say you were having 456: Having a drought. Interviewer: And um {NS} Say if um if it was cold enough to to kill the tomatoes and flowers you'd say last night we had a 456: We had a freeze. Interviewer: Okay. What if there's it's just sort of a white coating on the ground, not snow 456: Oh well frost. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um you say it was so cold last night that the lake 456: Froze over. Interviewer: Okay what if it's if it's not frozen solid but if it just a little ice around the edge maybe. Would you have an expression for that? 456: Well, no, it would be partly frozen. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And you say um it was so cold last night that the pipes 456: Burst. Interviewer: Okay but because the water 456: Froze. Interviewer: Okay and you say um I tried to do something about it but before I could do anything had already 456: Burst. Interviewer: Or because the water had 456: Had frozen. Interviewer: And you say um if it gets any colder the pipes will 456: Will burst. Interviewer: Or the water will 456: freeze. Interviewer: And um the best room in the house is called the 456: Uh the best room? Interviewer: Yeah the room where you entertain company. 456: Well, we call it living room. Used to say parlor. Interviewer: Mm-kay. 456: And if they had two they'd probably say the parlor and the back parlor. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um 456: I suppose that was like the living room and den today. Interviewer: Talking about how tall rooms are you'd say this room's about 456: So many feet high. Interviewer: Mm-kay. And um you might say well I don't smoke cigarettes I don't smoke but he 456: Does. Interviewer: And um say if uh you might say well you can give him his choice but he'll tell you that he what which one you give him that he's that he just what care which one you give him? 456: But it doesn't matter. Interviewer: Okay. Would you say he he don't care or he doesn't care? 456: He doesn't care. Interviewer: Mm-kay. Well I think that's it. 456: Well Interviewer: Oh there was there was one thing I wanted to ask you um you said you did some substitute teaching 456: Oh just a very little when I was just right out of high school myself Interviewer: Just right here in 456: In Saint Joe uh-huh. I've done a lot of teaching but it's been in the church study courses in {X} and uh Interviewer: #1 in music # 456: #2 But I never # In music. But I I never was really taught school. Just a little substitute teacher.