Andres Viera, Jr., Frances Padilla, Wacondo Clayworth, Kay Bratton, Gary Garcia, recorders, 1970
Item — Box: 2, CD: 145
Scope and Contents
Viera, Jr., 1970: Mrs. Raquel Viera, b. 1928, Albuquerque, NM. Las tortolas (God gives a party for all the birds of the forest, the turtle dove decides to wash her feet before going to the party, is delayed, and arrives late, the Creator scolds the turtle dove who leaves the party crying, and yet today coos very sadly, explanatory tale).
Viera, Jr. 1970: Andres Viera, b. 1920, Albuquerque, NM. La puerta blanca (Mr. Viera hears a story of a ghost in a cemetery and decides to investigate, he goes to the cemetery and discovers that the rays of the full moon fall on a white door, creating the illusion of a ghost appearing in the white door, ghost story).
Padilla, 1970: Rev. Padilla, b. 1915, Dixon, NM. 1. San Acacio (one day, a woman gives a priest a tree that her husband was going to use to build a stable for his donkey, the priest carves an image of San Acacio and discards the rest of the lumber, husband gets rest of lumber and builds a stable, jokes that San Acacio is his stable brother, folk tale, anecdote); 2. El Purgatorio (for some four years a young man has been paying for mass for his deceased father, this year the priest says that the boy's father is almost out of Purgatory, he is only knee deep, the young man refuses to pay any more masses, folk tale, religion, church); 3. El compadre sordo (two friends, one of whom is deaf, go to a restaurant, the waiter asks them what they will have, deaf man mistakenly repeats what other one says, anecdote); 4. El galardon (a poor couple have only one cow, one day the priest tells the man and his wife that they should give their cow to the church and that God will reward them, the man gives the cow to the priest, that night the old man's cow gets out of the priest's corral and comes home followed by all the priest's cows, folk tale, anecdote, church, religion); 5. Los compadres (a compadre, friend, has been served a very small piece of meat by his companion and is fretting, weather to serve a large or small piece of food, anecdote).
Clayworth, 1970: Anonymous, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El sembrador sordo (a deaf man is plowing and sees his friend approaching, very quickly he figures out what the friend is going to ask him and rehearses what he should answer, folk tale, anecdote, humor); 2. El sordo (variant, in this version of the story the man asks the deaf planter a different set of questions, the incongruous answers turn out as humorous as in the variant above, folk tale, anecdote); 3. Adivinanza (one riddle about hierro del herradero, blacksmith, iron); 4. Rimas infantiles (three nursery rhymes, one is sana, sana, for sick children).
Bratton, 1970: Faustina Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La pitarrilla (describes the game of pitarrilla, a sort of tic tac toe and tells how it is played, she used grains of corn, leisure, children, game); 2. El floron (describes a game similar to Spin the Bottle, the person winning the game gets a chance to direct the game, floron is a large flower pot, leisure); 3. Naranja dulce (fair recording, sings the lyrics of a school play ground game, children, Ring Around the Roses, education); 4. Dichos (folk sayings or proverbs, one is tell me who you run around with, and I will tell you who you are); 5. Oremus (custom of children asking for candy and gifts at dawn on Christmas day, Mis Cristmas, Navidad, customs); 6. El arbol de oro (children are in school and Juanito is sent to a special room to get a story book, there is a crack in the wall of the room through which Juanito sees a golden tree, adventures, folk tale).
Viera, Jr., 1970: Isabel Martinez, 1928, Albuquerque, NM. 1. Las garzas (a man does not want his son to go the way of all flesh, he sends the boy to a school for boys, after graduation on the way home father and son pass by a girls' school and the father tells the boy that the girls are herons, garzas, when asked what he would like most, son says a heron, folk tale, dating, education, women); 2. El lenador (the woodsman, a son is taking his old father out into the woods to get rid of him because the boy's wife cannot stand the old man, old man said years earlier he did same thing with his father, folk tale, see stories of La Manta).
Eppie Jaramillo, b. 1915, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El peral (relato, Vicente and George are friends and are singing under a pear tree, George enlists in the army in place of Vicente, who has to take care of his mother, when George returns he discovers Vicente has married George's girl friend, very disillusioned, George returns to army life and is killed some days later, military, probably World War I, soldier, women); 2. La hormiga y la chicharra (an ant tells a cicada she should prepare for winter, the cicada does not mind the ant's advice, winter comes and the cicada asks for help, the ant reminds her how she as advised to prepare for winter, fable).
Garcia, 1970: Lazaro Frank Griego, b. 1888, Albuquerque, NM. La bruja (Part I, story told to Lazaro by his grandmother, a couple are unable to have children, witch tells the man she will help them have children, but that they will have to give her the first born child, folk tale, cont. on CD 146).
Viera, Jr. 1970: Andres Viera, b. 1920, Albuquerque, NM. La puerta blanca (Mr. Viera hears a story of a ghost in a cemetery and decides to investigate, he goes to the cemetery and discovers that the rays of the full moon fall on a white door, creating the illusion of a ghost appearing in the white door, ghost story).
Padilla, 1970: Rev. Padilla, b. 1915, Dixon, NM. 1. San Acacio (one day, a woman gives a priest a tree that her husband was going to use to build a stable for his donkey, the priest carves an image of San Acacio and discards the rest of the lumber, husband gets rest of lumber and builds a stable, jokes that San Acacio is his stable brother, folk tale, anecdote); 2. El Purgatorio (for some four years a young man has been paying for mass for his deceased father, this year the priest says that the boy's father is almost out of Purgatory, he is only knee deep, the young man refuses to pay any more masses, folk tale, religion, church); 3. El compadre sordo (two friends, one of whom is deaf, go to a restaurant, the waiter asks them what they will have, deaf man mistakenly repeats what other one says, anecdote); 4. El galardon (a poor couple have only one cow, one day the priest tells the man and his wife that they should give their cow to the church and that God will reward them, the man gives the cow to the priest, that night the old man's cow gets out of the priest's corral and comes home followed by all the priest's cows, folk tale, anecdote, church, religion); 5. Los compadres (a compadre, friend, has been served a very small piece of meat by his companion and is fretting, weather to serve a large or small piece of food, anecdote).
Clayworth, 1970: Anonymous, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El sembrador sordo (a deaf man is plowing and sees his friend approaching, very quickly he figures out what the friend is going to ask him and rehearses what he should answer, folk tale, anecdote, humor); 2. El sordo (variant, in this version of the story the man asks the deaf planter a different set of questions, the incongruous answers turn out as humorous as in the variant above, folk tale, anecdote); 3. Adivinanza (one riddle about hierro del herradero, blacksmith, iron); 4. Rimas infantiles (three nursery rhymes, one is sana, sana, for sick children).
Bratton, 1970: Faustina Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM. 1. La pitarrilla (describes the game of pitarrilla, a sort of tic tac toe and tells how it is played, she used grains of corn, leisure, children, game); 2. El floron (describes a game similar to Spin the Bottle, the person winning the game gets a chance to direct the game, floron is a large flower pot, leisure); 3. Naranja dulce (fair recording, sings the lyrics of a school play ground game, children, Ring Around the Roses, education); 4. Dichos (folk sayings or proverbs, one is tell me who you run around with, and I will tell you who you are); 5. Oremus (custom of children asking for candy and gifts at dawn on Christmas day, Mis Cristmas, Navidad, customs); 6. El arbol de oro (children are in school and Juanito is sent to a special room to get a story book, there is a crack in the wall of the room through which Juanito sees a golden tree, adventures, folk tale).
Viera, Jr., 1970: Isabel Martinez, 1928, Albuquerque, NM. 1. Las garzas (a man does not want his son to go the way of all flesh, he sends the boy to a school for boys, after graduation on the way home father and son pass by a girls' school and the father tells the boy that the girls are herons, garzas, when asked what he would like most, son says a heron, folk tale, dating, education, women); 2. El lenador (the woodsman, a son is taking his old father out into the woods to get rid of him because the boy's wife cannot stand the old man, old man said years earlier he did same thing with his father, folk tale, see stories of La Manta).
Eppie Jaramillo, b. 1915, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El peral (relato, Vicente and George are friends and are singing under a pear tree, George enlists in the army in place of Vicente, who has to take care of his mother, when George returns he discovers Vicente has married George's girl friend, very disillusioned, George returns to army life and is killed some days later, military, probably World War I, soldier, women); 2. La hormiga y la chicharra (an ant tells a cicada she should prepare for winter, the cicada does not mind the ant's advice, winter comes and the cicada asks for help, the ant reminds her how she as advised to prepare for winter, fable).
Garcia, 1970: Lazaro Frank Griego, b. 1888, Albuquerque, NM. La bruja (Part I, story told to Lazaro by his grandmother, a couple are unable to have children, witch tells the man she will help them have children, but that they will have to give her the first born child, folk tale, cont. on CD 146).
Dates
- 1970
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
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