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Form A
Circumstances of Interview No. 1
Vermont
C. F. Derven
youltney
August 23, 1938
Folklore
Weleh terms used in slate quarries of Poultney
1. Interview on Auguet 23, 1938 about 8 p. D.
2. Main Street, Poultney, Vermont
3. Mr. Will Owen, Bentley Avenue, Poultney, Vermont
4. none
5.
6. I met Mr. Owen coming out of the Poultney Post Office, and
during a conversation he gave me information about the subject
in which I was interested.
Form B-- Personal History of Informant
Vermont
C. F. Derven
Poultney
August 23, 1938
Subject--- Mr. Will Owen, Bentley Avenue, Poultney
1. Welsh ancestry
2. Born at Llanberis, North Wales, in 1886.
3. Be. is married, and has two children. One boy at Annapolis
and a daughter who is a secretary at Green Mountain Junior
College. His mother still lives in Wales at his old home.
4. Has lived in Massachusetts and Vermont.
5. Studied to be a male nurse in Boston. Early education in
Wales.
6. Quarryman
7. Knows a good teal about medecine, and the geollogy of slate.
Interested in athletics from the spectator view —point.
Mr. Owen is a man of medium height, lean, and strong in ap-
pearance. His face has the complexion of one that has been
exposed to all sorts of weather. A kind, humorous expression
shines from his eyes. He is very easy to talk with; and is
a likeable person. His voice is rich, though subdued; and
his speech is slow with well-chosen words. In the evening
he usually walks up street tai talk with old friends. His
manner of walking leads one to believe that he has a calm,
meditative mind which is at peace with itself and the world.
I would call him a contented man.
Form C-- Text if Interview No. L
Vermont
C. F. Derven
Poultney
August 230 1938
Subject--------- Welsh terns used by Welsh -American elate workers in
the quarries near Poultney, Vermont.
Pebal--- a joint that runs sideways
Crwb--- a head joint
Sclent-- a fissure in between two beds
Cefn--a square joint
Cefntroed-- treed means "feet") a head joint and side joint
running criescress to a regular joint.
Cefncrwb so. square head joint
Pencrwb Pen means "head") another term for head joint.
Gwneith faen-- known as "post" among quarrymen--- shear zones
which intersect cleavage planes diagonally and cause waste
of slate. It is usually left untouched, and forms a ridge
through the quarry.
Gaffar
the boss.