DARE Interview: Montague/North Leverett, Massachusetts; Primary Informant MA005

Informant Data:

MA005: White; female; age: 83 (old); education: college; community type: rural

MA005C: White; male; age: 82 (old); community type: rural

Media Files:

Full Interview 1 (Tape 0818-S1).

Content:

00:20 Children’s rhymes

02:40 DARE Questionnaire I (Vegetables and Fruits)

09:35 Baked beans; life in the past—Sabbath customs

11:30 DARE Questionnaire I (Vegetables and Fruits)

27:25 Fruit preserves: quince, citron

29:50 DARE Questionnaire L (Farming)

32:35 Tape end

Full Interview 2 (Tape 0818-S2).

00:15 DARE Questionnaire L (Farming)—includes detailed responses on farming methods

Full Interview 3 (Tape 0819-S1). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

01:10 Conversation about Fieldworker's work

02:50 Maple syrup making [MA005C with comments from MA005]

(03:20) Sap collection

(20:45) Boiling of sap for syrup

33:25 Tape end

Full Interview 4 (Tape 0819-S2). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

00:15 Maple syrup and maple sugar making [MA005C with comments from MA005]

(00:15 Syrup weight

(01:10) Making maple sugar from syrup

(06:40) Equipment

(13:10) Economics of syrup making, yields

19:50 Maple syrup making and use by Indians in past

21:55 Maple syrup as a flavoring, maple candy molds, types of maple sugar

27:30 Maple syrup quality, modern equipment

33:40 Tape end

Full Interview 5 (Tape 0820-S1). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

00:30 Maple syrup making and selling [MA005C with comments from MA005]

(00:30) Collecting sap

(01:40) Making syrup

(02:20) Marketing and selling

06:35 Portable sawmills

08:15 Local people

12:30 Logging—timberland, cutting lumber

15:35 Tape end

Full Interview 6 (Tape 0821-S1). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

01:05 Logging and portable sawmill operation [MA005C with comments from MA005]

(01:05) Portable sawmill, tree cutting, lumber terms

(14:35) Sawing lumber

(25:15) Logging operations, sawmill crew

32:05 Tape end

Full Interview 7 (Tape 0822-S1). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

00:15 [Fieldworker misspeaks about recordings. This interview continues from 0821-S1]

01:00 Logging and portable sawmill operation [MA005C with comments by MA005]

(01:10) Logging life; sawmills

(08:30) Lumber contracts

(11:50) Types of wood, types of lumber

(19:50) Railroad ties, telephone poles

(23:50) Logging sites

(30:10) Lumber sizes

34:05 Tape end

Full Interview 8 (Tape 0822-S2). [Additional speakers: MA005C]

00:10 Logging and cordwood

06:00 Charcoal making

(06:00) Kilns and firing kilns for charcoal making

(17:00) History of charcoal kilns locally

(19:20) Making charcoal in pits

22:00 Logging—log drives

26:20 Tape end