894: Right after lunch Interviewer: Uh-huh 894: Got some business in Encinal where it comes out here {X} Interviewer: You say in football you run toward the 894: Goal Interviewer: And if you tell a child now that stove is very hot so 894: Be careful not touch it Interviewer: Mm-kay and if you had some groceries and didn't have your car you'd say you picked it up and 894: Carried it home Interviewer: Anything else you'd say besides carry 894: No Interviewer: You ever say toted it or packed it or lugged it 894: I'd say packed could say packed it home Interviewer: Does that give you the idea that it's something very heavy 894: No no not packed Interviewer: And say if a child left her pencil on the desk and came back and didn't find it there she'd say it say I bet somebody 894: Has stolen my pencil Interviewer: Mm-kay anything else you'd say besides stolen 894: Borrowed my pencil Interviewer: Uh-huh and say a child learns something new like maybe learned to whistle you wanted to know where he learned it you'd say who 894: Who taught you to whistle Interviewer: Mm-kay and something that a child plays with you'd call a 894: Toy Interviewer: Any other name for that 894: Playthings Interviewer: Mm-hmm do you ever call it a play-pretty 894: Play-pretty yes I guess so Mm-hmm Interviewer: Does that mean the same as toy 894: Yes I would think so not necessarily of course it would could Have a broader scope than a toy a toy maybe is uh Interviewer: Mm-hmm 894: Mechanical or something like that or an automobile or something Interviewer: But the play-pretty is something that 894: Play-pretty well could be {NS} Like a Maybe a Rag Well then I don't know Interviewer: Something homemade or something 894: Mm-hmm something a little Interviewer: Um Aux: Rag doll 894: {X} Interviewer: You say um say if you've lived in in Texas all your life say and I asked you how long you'd lived here you'd say I've 894: I have lived in Texas all of my life Interviewer: Or I've what lived here I've I've al- 894: Always lived in Interviewer: Uh-huh 894: In Texas Interviewer: Or he moved here in nineteen sixty and lived here ever 894: Ever after Aux: {X} Interviewer: Or ever he's lived here ever what he got married ever 894: Ever Ever after he got married he lived here Interviewer: {NS} Or ever si- 894: Forever Interviewer: Uh-huh and say you give someone a bracelet and you want to see how it looks on her you'd say why don't you 894: Try It on Interviewer: Or go ahead and what 894: Snap it on try it on Interviewer: Uh-huh or the opposite of take it off is 894: Put it on Interviewer: And you say you can't get in through there because the highway department's got their machines in and the road's all talking about tearing it up you'd say the road's all 894: Is all under construction is Interviewer: Or it's all tor- 894: Torn up Interviewer: And Aux: Blocked Interviewer: You say that wasn't an accident he did that 894: He did that intentionally Interviewer: Or he did that 894: On purpose Interviewer: And you say I got thrown once and I've been scared of horses ever 894: Since Interviewer: And you'd say she what him with the big knife she 894: Stabbed him with the big knife Interviewer: Mm-kay and say if you wanted to lift something heavy like a piece of machinery up on a roof you could use pulley blocks and a rope to what it up to 894: Hoist Interviewer: Mm-kay and now if you start counting to fifteen 894: Me start counting to #1 Fifteen # Interviewer: #2 Mm-hmm # 894: One two three four five six #1 Seven # Interviewer: #2 Slower # 894: {NW} Oh {NW} One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Interviewer: And the number after nineteen 894: Twenty Interviewer: And after twenty-six 894: Twenty-seven Interviewer: And twenty-nine 894: Thirty Interviewer: Thirty-nine 894: Forty Interviewer: Sixty-nine 894: Seventy Interviewer: Ninety-nine 894: A hundred Interviewer: And nine hundred ninety-nine 894: A thousand Interviewer: And ten times one hundred thousand is one 894: Million Interviewer: And say if there's some people in line the person at the head of the line is the what person the 894: First person in line Interviewer: Mm-kay and behind him is the 894: The second person that's Interviewer: Kay keep going 894: Oh and the third person in line And the fourth b- person in line The fifth person in line The sixth person in line {NS} Seventh person in line Eighth person in line Ninth person in line Tenth person in line Interviewer: Mm-kay and you sometimes you feel you get your good luck just a little at a time but your bad luck comes all 894: All in a bunch all together Interviewer: Or all at 894: One time Interviewer: Uh-huh you could say it comes all at 894: The same time Interviewer: Uh-huh it um you say last year I got twenty bushels to the acre this year I got forty so this year's crop was exactly 894: Doubled what Interviewer: Uh-huh 894: #1 Last # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 894: Year's Interviewer: Exactly what as good exactly 894: Exac- exactly twice as good Interviewer: Uh-huh and would you name the months of the year {NW} 894: January February March April May June July August September October November December Interviewer: And the days of the week 894: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Interviewer: Mm-kay what about sabbath what does that mean 894: Sunday Interviewer: Mm-hmm you call Sunday the 894: Day of the Lord I guess Interviewer: And if you meet someone during the early part of the day what do you say as a greeting 894: Good morning Interviewer: Mm-kay how long does morning last 894: Until twelve o clock Interviewer: And then you have 894: The afternoon Interviewer: Uh-huh how long does that last 894: That lasts uh twelve hours No uh Twelve to about six I guess or seven Interviewer: And then you have 894: Uh {NS} Afternoon And good afternoon and then {NS} Good evening Interviewer: Uh-huh 894: Good evening Interviewer: When is evening 894: {NW} Evening is after Uh seven o clock ordinarily after Interviewer: Mm-hmm 894: Dinner time I guess or supper time Interviewer: How long does it last 894: Uh it lasts until Uh good dark and then it starts #1 Night # Interviewer: #2 Mm-hmm # {NS} If you were leaving someone's house after dark you'd tell them 894: Good night Interviewer: Uh-huh what um if you were leaving someone's house at about eleven o clock in the morning would say anything as you were leaving 894: I would say goodbye I suppose Interviewer: Do you ever say good day 894: No I don't believe I've never used that expression Interviewer: Mm-hmm and you say if you had to get up and start work before um the sun was shining you'd say we started work before 894: Daylight Interviewer: Or before sun 894: Before sun up Interviewer: And we worked until 894: Sun down Interviewer: And you say this morning I saw the sun 894: Rise Interviewer: And at six o clock this morning the sun 894: Was shining Interviewer: Or the sun did what it 894: Rose Interviewer: And I was late this morning when I got outside the sun had already 894: Already r- Risen Interviewer: And you say um today is is Tuesday so Monday was 894: Was day before yesterday Interviewer: Uh-huh and Wednesday is 894: Is uh Today is Tuesday Wednesday would be {NW} Tomorrow Interviewer: Mm-hmm and if someone came here on a Sunday not last Sunday but a week earlier than that you'd say he came here 894: Week before last Interviewer: Mm-kay or on a Sunday he came here 894: Sunday before last Interviewer: Uh-huh what if he was gonna leave not next Sunday but a week beyond that you'd say that was 894: Sunday week Interviewer: Mm-kay and if someone stayed from the first to the fifteenth you'd say he stayed about 894: About fifteen days Interviewer: Mm-kay and if you wanted to know the time you'd ask somebody 894: What is {NS} What is the time Interviewer: Or 894: #1 What is the # Interviewer: #2 {X} # 894: What is the correct time or Interviewer: Uh-huh and you might look at your 894: Watch Interviewer: And if it was {D: in between} seven o clock and eight o clock you'd say that it was 894: Seven thirty or Interviewer: Or or another way of saying it 894: Past seven Interviewer: Huh 894: Past seven it's Past seven o clock Interviewer: Uh-huh it's half 894: Half past seven Interviewer: And there's fifteen minutes later than that you'd say it was 894: Seven forty five Interviewer: Or a quarter 894: Till Eight Interviewer: Mm-hmm and if you had been doing something for a long time you'd say I've been doing that for quite a {NS} 894: Quite a while Interviewer: And you say nineteen seventy three was last year nineteen seventy four is 894: This year Interviewer: And the child just had his third birthday you'd say that he's 894: Three years old Interviewer: And if something happened on this day last year you'd say it happened exactly 894: One year ago Interviewer: And talking about the weather you'd look up at the sky and say I don't like the looks of those black 894: Clouds Interviewer: And on a day when the sun is shining and there aren't any clouds you'd say that's a 894: Beautiful day Interviewer: Mm-kay 894: Clear day Interviewer: What about when it's real dark and cloudy you'd say it's uh 894: Stormy Or Stormy or Blusterous is Interviewer: Mm-kay what do you call fast moving clouds 894: Oh I don't know storm clouds I suppose Interviewer: Mm-hmm do you ever hear scuds 894: Mm-mm Interviewer: And if the clouds were getting thicker and thicker you think it's gonna rain or something in a little while you'd say the weather was 894: Real bad I guess real good maybe we should say Interviewer: Do you ever say it's um changing or gathering or breaking or turning 894: Breaking is when after if it's rain and it's breaking up why you'd it's uh getting over the #1 Something like that # Interviewer: #2 Uh-huh # 894: {X} Interviewer: So you'd say it looks like it's finally going to 894: Going to break up or it's fin- Clear Interviewer: And a whole lot of rain that just suddenly comes down you'd call that a 894: Cloudburst Interviewer: Mm-kay any other names for that 894: Well they sometimes they use gully washer Interviewer: Mm-hmm 894: And things like that Interviewer: What about if there's thunder and lightning in it you'd say it's 894: It's a storm #1 And it's # Interviewer: #2 Mm-hmm # And if it's raining but not heavy enough to be called a cloudburst you'd say it was 894: A heavy rain Interviewer: Uh-huh or this morning we just had a little 894: Shower #1 Sprinkle # Interviewer: #2 Uh-huh # What's the difference 894: Well a shower is heavier than a sprinkle a sprinkle is just to Settle the dust #1 You might say # Interviewer: #2 Uh-huh # What about if it's just a slow rain but lasts for a long time do you ever call that a drizz- 894: Drizzle #1 Yes # Interviewer: #2 Uh-huh # 894: Uh-huh Interviewer: What is a drizzle 894: A drizzle is when the water comes out comes down very slowly and uh Not very heavy Interviewer: #1 Mm-hmm # 894: #2 And # Interviewer: What if it's so fine you can hardly see it 894: It's a mist Interviewer: And if you get up in the morning and can't see across the road you'd call that a 894: Fog Interviewer: And a day like that you'd call a 894: Foggy day Interviewer: Uh-huh um how long I'm really I'm not clear about how how long you were outside of um Encinal 894: Mm-hmm Interviewer: You were in Oklahoma for two years 894: Uh-huh Oklahoma for two years Aux: {X} 894: What Aux: Four years 894: Four years Aux: Yeah 894: Were we up there that long Aux: We owned our land that long Interviewer: Did you live up there for #1 Four years # Aux: #2 We lived up there # Two years uh-huh 894: Three years and then we were Ten years when I uh {NW} Left here and Aux: {X} 894: Oh yeah that's right Away from Encinal Mm-hmm Interviewer: Uh-huh wait you lived in alla- Aux: Amarillo 894: #1 Amarillo # Interviewer: #2 Amarillo # For how many years 894: About ten eleven years ten about no about In Amarillo about Eight years Interviewer: Uh-huh 894: In Fort Worth two years Interviewer: Uh-huh and in Oklahoma about three years 894: Three years Interviewer: Have you and then for all the rest of the time you were living in Encinal 894: Yes {NS} Aux: Well we went away didn't you go to Smiley 894: No honey that's Aux: Oh that's a summertime {X} Interviewer: #1 Where's Smiley # 894: #2 Mm-hmm # Smiley it's over here close to Gonzales and Gonzales county the cradle of Texas history {NW} Aux: I mean your sister was a teacher over there 894: #1 And uh # Interviewer: #2 Uh-huh # {NS}