Betty Salazar, Robert J. Gonzalez, Theresa Valdez, recorders, 1969, 1970, 1971
Item — Box: 2, CD: 139
Scope and Contents
Salazar, 1971: Senora Gutierrez, Bronte, Texas. 1. Cuento sobrenatural (two men like to gamble at a bar, one night the hood of their car opens as they passed cemetery, they think they see a shadow, notice a grave that is empty and refilled, this cures them from staying at bars, supernatural story, ghost story. burial); 2. Cuento del diablo (priest asks people to close a dance hall, they do not, devil appears at dance and scares everyone into closing the dance hall for good, supernatural story).
Juan Guarra, b. 1907, Mora, NM. 1. Versos (recites popular quatrains, folk poetry, one about love and river flowing in the cartucho); 2. El tartamudo y el perico (a man who stutters goes to Mexico to buy a parrot, each parrot he prices costs more than the one before, the last one costs $100, asks why, parrot says because I can talk better than you, anecdote); 3. La mujer, su esposo y el rey (the king asks a woman to sleep with him, her husband tells her to go ahead, but to ask the king for $200 and tells her to leave king's clothes outside the door, the man puts on the king's clothes and sleeps with the queen, he later tells the king that he has earned $200 plus a night with the queen, folk tale, women, adultery).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La abuelita que aullaba (anecdote, a boy tells his friend that he can get his grandmother to howl like a wolf, how long since granfather gave you a kiss); 2. Refranes (three folk sayings, one is tell me with whom you run aroiund and I will tell you who you are); 3. El viejito que engano a sus hijos (folk tale, an old man tells his sons that the Box he is carrying is filled with a fortune in gold, his sons and their wives all vie for the privilege of taking care of the old man, when the old man dies his sons open the Box and find nothing but rocks inside).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. Cuento sobrenatural (a woman returns home, neighbor tells her that a man has been taking care of the house while she was away, it turns out that the stranger is her husband who has been dead for 10 years, supernatural story).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. Cuento de la muerte y su carretilla (when Death comes she comes in her cart, she kills you, places you in her cart and takes you away, supernatural story, women with death cart is called by locals - La comadre Sebastina, muerte, cont. in No. 3); 2. Costumbres de Mexico (customs talks about the old days of 1910, no radios, television, movies, Mrs. Castillo says she heard Death come to her house three nights in succession, later her father was killed by a mule after he tried to mount her for the third time, muerte); 3. Cuento de la muerte, Sebastina (cont. from No. 2).
Donoe Cordova, b. 1906, Cuba, NM. 1. Refranes (recites thirty three folk sayings, one about women, mujeres); 2. El perico (a priest sends his servant for a parrot so he can listen to him talk, the parrot refuses to talk, the priest hits it and says, say uncle, servant takes parrot to the chicken coop and he kills all of the chickens they not say uncle, folk tale); 3. Dos cazadores (wto men go hunting and take with them a man with no hunting experience, how he got two squirrels and they nothing, anecdote); 4. La rancherita y la de la ciudad (a girl from the country makes friends with a city girl, one night they go to a dance and the city girl tells her friend how to act - to do as she does, country girl does the same as her, but doesn't understand English, mis use of words,language, anecdote, humor, women); 5. El cura, la monja y el camello (a priest and a nun are stranded out in the desert, their camel has died, the priest asks the nun for a last wish before they both die, see each other in the nude, anecdote, religion, church, women); 6. El gallito que comia popcorn (on the way to a movie one man buys a bantam rooster and hides it in his pants leaving his fly open, the bantam rooster peeks out of the open fly and pecks at some popcorn, a woman sitting in the seat next to the man with the rooster faints when she sees the rooster's head, what her husband says, anecdote).
Juan Guarra, b. 1907, Mora, NM. 1. El santo de palo (a santero loads a statue of a saint on a mule to deliver it to a customer, legs of santo too long, prick mule as he moves alone, bucks, throws rider, destroys santo, anecdote); 2. La que fue a confesarse (a woman goes to confession, that over and over that she has erred to an exasperated priest, his reply and hers, anecdote, women, church, religion); 3. Pedro de Ordimalas (Pedro de Urdemales, folk tale, Pedro and priest on horse going to nearby town to celebrate Mass, Pedro eats all the lunch, in later meal, Pedro gets the food and the priest only soup, also see CD 110, religion, church); 4. El adivino (a man passes himself off as a soothsayer, king tells him he must locate the queen's diamond choker necklace which has been stolen, his success, folk tale); 5. Sabino, el doctor y los suenos (Sabino, a country sheriff, and Dr. Steel, the town physician, tell each other about and interpret their dreams, suenos, Sabino is owned by the Democrats and doctor is sending too many patients to heaven too soon, anecdote, politics, medicine).
Gonzalez, 1970: Rafaelita C. Gonzalez, El Prado, NM. Sopitas de miel (a New Mexican variant of the Cinderella story, she gets a star on her forehead for good behavior, her step sister gets a horn on her forehead, folk tale).
Valdez, 1969: Rafael Gallegos, b. 1937, Rutherton, NM. Fair to good recording. 1. Alabado (recites an alabado, Holy Week, Semana Santa, passion of Christ, in the Garden and on the Cross, religious hymn); 2. Alabado para semana de dolores (sings alabado on the crucifixion of Christ, religious hymn); 3. Alabado para encontrar el estandarte (recites alabado used by the penitentes when going to meet the Standard at Easter, religious hymn); 4. Alabado para el dia de la Santa Cruz (alabado used on May 3 for the feast of the Holy Cross, religious hymn, cut off).
Juan Guarra, b. 1907, Mora, NM. 1. Versos (recites popular quatrains, folk poetry, one about love and river flowing in the cartucho); 2. El tartamudo y el perico (a man who stutters goes to Mexico to buy a parrot, each parrot he prices costs more than the one before, the last one costs $100, asks why, parrot says because I can talk better than you, anecdote); 3. La mujer, su esposo y el rey (the king asks a woman to sleep with him, her husband tells her to go ahead, but to ask the king for $200 and tells her to leave king's clothes outside the door, the man puts on the king's clothes and sleeps with the queen, he later tells the king that he has earned $200 plus a night with the queen, folk tale, women, adultery).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La abuelita que aullaba (anecdote, a boy tells his friend that he can get his grandmother to howl like a wolf, how long since granfather gave you a kiss); 2. Refranes (three folk sayings, one is tell me with whom you run aroiund and I will tell you who you are); 3. El viejito que engano a sus hijos (folk tale, an old man tells his sons that the Box he is carrying is filled with a fortune in gold, his sons and their wives all vie for the privilege of taking care of the old man, when the old man dies his sons open the Box and find nothing but rocks inside).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. Cuento sobrenatural (a woman returns home, neighbor tells her that a man has been taking care of the house while she was away, it turns out that the stranger is her husband who has been dead for 10 years, supernatural story).
Alice Castillo, b. 1903, Albuquerque, NM. Cuento de la muerte y su carretilla (when Death comes she comes in her cart, she kills you, places you in her cart and takes you away, supernatural story, women with death cart is called by locals - La comadre Sebastina, muerte, cont. in No. 3); 2. Costumbres de Mexico (customs talks about the old days of 1910, no radios, television, movies, Mrs. Castillo says she heard Death come to her house three nights in succession, later her father was killed by a mule after he tried to mount her for the third time, muerte); 3. Cuento de la muerte, Sebastina (cont. from No. 2).
Donoe Cordova, b. 1906, Cuba, NM. 1. Refranes (recites thirty three folk sayings, one about women, mujeres); 2. El perico (a priest sends his servant for a parrot so he can listen to him talk, the parrot refuses to talk, the priest hits it and says, say uncle, servant takes parrot to the chicken coop and he kills all of the chickens they not say uncle, folk tale); 3. Dos cazadores (wto men go hunting and take with them a man with no hunting experience, how he got two squirrels and they nothing, anecdote); 4. La rancherita y la de la ciudad (a girl from the country makes friends with a city girl, one night they go to a dance and the city girl tells her friend how to act - to do as she does, country girl does the same as her, but doesn't understand English, mis use of words,language, anecdote, humor, women); 5. El cura, la monja y el camello (a priest and a nun are stranded out in the desert, their camel has died, the priest asks the nun for a last wish before they both die, see each other in the nude, anecdote, religion, church, women); 6. El gallito que comia popcorn (on the way to a movie one man buys a bantam rooster and hides it in his pants leaving his fly open, the bantam rooster peeks out of the open fly and pecks at some popcorn, a woman sitting in the seat next to the man with the rooster faints when she sees the rooster's head, what her husband says, anecdote).
Juan Guarra, b. 1907, Mora, NM. 1. El santo de palo (a santero loads a statue of a saint on a mule to deliver it to a customer, legs of santo too long, prick mule as he moves alone, bucks, throws rider, destroys santo, anecdote); 2. La que fue a confesarse (a woman goes to confession, that over and over that she has erred to an exasperated priest, his reply and hers, anecdote, women, church, religion); 3. Pedro de Ordimalas (Pedro de Urdemales, folk tale, Pedro and priest on horse going to nearby town to celebrate Mass, Pedro eats all the lunch, in later meal, Pedro gets the food and the priest only soup, also see CD 110, religion, church); 4. El adivino (a man passes himself off as a soothsayer, king tells him he must locate the queen's diamond choker necklace which has been stolen, his success, folk tale); 5. Sabino, el doctor y los suenos (Sabino, a country sheriff, and Dr. Steel, the town physician, tell each other about and interpret their dreams, suenos, Sabino is owned by the Democrats and doctor is sending too many patients to heaven too soon, anecdote, politics, medicine).
Gonzalez, 1970: Rafaelita C. Gonzalez, El Prado, NM. Sopitas de miel (a New Mexican variant of the Cinderella story, she gets a star on her forehead for good behavior, her step sister gets a horn on her forehead, folk tale).
Valdez, 1969: Rafael Gallegos, b. 1937, Rutherton, NM. Fair to good recording. 1. Alabado (recites an alabado, Holy Week, Semana Santa, passion of Christ, in the Garden and on the Cross, religious hymn); 2. Alabado para semana de dolores (sings alabado on the crucifixion of Christ, religious hymn); 3. Alabado para encontrar el estandarte (recites alabado used by the penitentes when going to meet the Standard at Easter, religious hymn); 4. Alabado para el dia de la Santa Cruz (alabado used on May 3 for the feast of the Holy Cross, religious hymn, cut off).
Dates
- 1969, 1970, 1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu