Ruben Cobos, E. R. Romero, Debbie Martin, Joseph H. Torres (Josh Torres), David Thornberg, Joyce Montoya, Sammy Quintana, Theresa Valdez, Eugene Romero, Tomas Fernandez, recorders, 1968, 1969, 1974
Item — Box: 2, CD: 179C
Scope and Contents
Romero, 1969: Fulgencia Duran, b. 1911, El Rancho, NM. El munequito (poor recording, cuento, story about a small boy doll, brujeria, witchcraft).
Romero, 1969: Melesio Vigil, b. 1907, Santa Fe, NM. Fair to poor recording 1. El burro gordo y el flaco (cuento, story about a skinny donkey that is friends with a fat donkey); 2. Dos locos (cuento, story about two crazy men that encounter an Anglo American couple visiting New Mexico from Chicago); 3. Tres companeros (cuento, story about three friends who are always together, two went to college and the third only finished high school, they discuss jumping out of the window of a building, each says a prayer before, the smart ones jump, el tontito takes the stairs, education does not teach good sense, logic).
Romero, 1969: Unknown, male voice, but probably Vigil. 1. El espejo (cuento, story about a family of shepherders, they look in the mirror, the mother makes fun of herself); 2. El gallo (a man that never laughs has four children, he finally laughs at a rooster).
Romero, 1969: Perfecta Rascon, b. 1901, Albuquerque, NM. Las doce verdades del mundo (The twelve truths of the world prayer, recited, she tells them: 1. One God in Jerusalem, 2. Two tablets of Moses, 3. Three persons of Trinity, 4. Four evangelists, 5. Five wounds of Jesus, 6. Six candle sticks, 7. Seven enjoyments, 8. Eight choirs of heaven, 9. Nine months of Virgin Mary bearing Jesus, 10. Ten commandments, 11. 11,000 virgins, and 12. Twelve apostles).
Quintana, C. J. Quintana, b. 1893, Taos, NM. 1. Brujeria (cuento, story about witchs, speaker's uncle told him the story of when on his ranch, he tends to his horses at night, and sees a light in front him, he is scared, turns around, there is another light on his other side. He walks two miles, with the two lights following him on each side, when he reaches his house, there is an explosion of the lights and they disappear, he goes to sleep and then hears a noise, he finds a Box of rocks that shake a table, he throws the Box outside. In the morning, its not there. His uncle is burned because of these events, thought to have been caused by witches); 2. Bruja de Lymon (cuento, story, Lymon Placita was a place where witches gathered, one witch has a daughter that has both a husband and a boyfriend. When the boyfriend visits and the husband arrives, the witch mother turns the boyfriend into a calabaza, squash. On a separate occasion, the witch mother turns the boyfriend into a stalk of corn, maiz, in her garden, to keep her daughter's secret safe, adultery, witchcraft, women, brujeria). 3. Dona Juana Maria (Two men on horseback look for cows in a field and find a coyote, and follow it, they both run, the coyote hides in bush, but they find it, and its actually the witch Dona Juana Maria, panting from running); 4. Historia personal (55 years ago, speaker tended sheep and left to attend a party at school until late at night, he rode off on horseback, and saw a little fire and it began to fly, he followed it, and it fell, he went to get a friend, and they went to where it fell, again, it began to fly until they lost it, possible witch, brujeria).
Quintana, 1969: B. D. Fernandez, b. 1918, Ranchos, Taos, NM, La Cordillera (cuento, death story, at a velorio, funeral wake, youths see lights in the cordilleras, mountains and fields, and they follow the lights that fly and enter a house through its chiminey, the boys enter the house and see the lights jump on the tables and chairs making noise, they are scared and run back to the funeral to tell their parents, parents tell the owners of the house and they go investigate. The house is a mess, funiture everywhere. Maybe the lights were witches); 2. Brujos (cuento, story about speaker's mother and her cousins, they were in the city center in Taos, found a sack full of alberjones or dried peas, needles, and straw, they ate the alberjones and took sack home and they get very sick, the aunt asks them what happened and she knows its witches. They lock all the doors, put shirts on backwards and draw circles and crosses on the floor around their house, there is noise outside that finally stops); 3. (Cuento, a woman in town known for being a witch takes a pot of chile to another woman who accepts but later throws it into the fire. When asked how it was, the woman tells the witch it was delicious, but the witch knows she is lying, is enfuriated because she couldn't put a spell on her, food, cooking); 4. Brujeria en la cordillera (cuento, story about a woman in the mountains, that goes crazy and gets sick every full moon, cries, runs, throws crucifixes, until, one night of a full moon she is taken to another house and is fine. They bring a curandero who is unable to help her, she is healed when she moves).
Quintana: Margarita Fernandez, 1919, Taos, NM. Brujeria, (story of witchcraft, that occurred within the past five years. A young girl is very sick, never talks, just sleeps and never leaves her house, they bring un arbolario, herbalist from Colorado, who says she has a spell that was given through a soda or hamburger, he charges 300 pesos for his cure and puts her in a room for 8 days without allowing her to talk to anyone, and she comes out safe and healthy but never again eats what others offer her, curandero, witch).
Quintana, 1969: Probably B. D. Fernandez, male voice. Brujas (cuento, story about a witch that becomes an owl, tecolote, buho. A man tries to scare the owl, but cannot, he knows its a witch, he puts a cross on a bullet and shoots her, she disappears, the next day they find a woman who was shot).
Romero, 1969: Melesio Vigil, b. 1907, Santa Fe, NM. Fair to poor recording 1. El burro gordo y el flaco (cuento, story about a skinny donkey that is friends with a fat donkey); 2. Dos locos (cuento, story about two crazy men that encounter an Anglo American couple visiting New Mexico from Chicago); 3. Tres companeros (cuento, story about three friends who are always together, two went to college and the third only finished high school, they discuss jumping out of the window of a building, each says a prayer before, the smart ones jump, el tontito takes the stairs, education does not teach good sense, logic).
Romero, 1969: Unknown, male voice, but probably Vigil. 1. El espejo (cuento, story about a family of shepherders, they look in the mirror, the mother makes fun of herself); 2. El gallo (a man that never laughs has four children, he finally laughs at a rooster).
Romero, 1969: Perfecta Rascon, b. 1901, Albuquerque, NM. Las doce verdades del mundo (The twelve truths of the world prayer, recited, she tells them: 1. One God in Jerusalem, 2. Two tablets of Moses, 3. Three persons of Trinity, 4. Four evangelists, 5. Five wounds of Jesus, 6. Six candle sticks, 7. Seven enjoyments, 8. Eight choirs of heaven, 9. Nine months of Virgin Mary bearing Jesus, 10. Ten commandments, 11. 11,000 virgins, and 12. Twelve apostles).
Quintana, C. J. Quintana, b. 1893, Taos, NM. 1. Brujeria (cuento, story about witchs, speaker's uncle told him the story of when on his ranch, he tends to his horses at night, and sees a light in front him, he is scared, turns around, there is another light on his other side. He walks two miles, with the two lights following him on each side, when he reaches his house, there is an explosion of the lights and they disappear, he goes to sleep and then hears a noise, he finds a Box of rocks that shake a table, he throws the Box outside. In the morning, its not there. His uncle is burned because of these events, thought to have been caused by witches); 2. Bruja de Lymon (cuento, story, Lymon Placita was a place where witches gathered, one witch has a daughter that has both a husband and a boyfriend. When the boyfriend visits and the husband arrives, the witch mother turns the boyfriend into a calabaza, squash. On a separate occasion, the witch mother turns the boyfriend into a stalk of corn, maiz, in her garden, to keep her daughter's secret safe, adultery, witchcraft, women, brujeria). 3. Dona Juana Maria (Two men on horseback look for cows in a field and find a coyote, and follow it, they both run, the coyote hides in bush, but they find it, and its actually the witch Dona Juana Maria, panting from running); 4. Historia personal (55 years ago, speaker tended sheep and left to attend a party at school until late at night, he rode off on horseback, and saw a little fire and it began to fly, he followed it, and it fell, he went to get a friend, and they went to where it fell, again, it began to fly until they lost it, possible witch, brujeria).
Quintana, 1969: B. D. Fernandez, b. 1918, Ranchos, Taos, NM, La Cordillera (cuento, death story, at a velorio, funeral wake, youths see lights in the cordilleras, mountains and fields, and they follow the lights that fly and enter a house through its chiminey, the boys enter the house and see the lights jump on the tables and chairs making noise, they are scared and run back to the funeral to tell their parents, parents tell the owners of the house and they go investigate. The house is a mess, funiture everywhere. Maybe the lights were witches); 2. Brujos (cuento, story about speaker's mother and her cousins, they were in the city center in Taos, found a sack full of alberjones or dried peas, needles, and straw, they ate the alberjones and took sack home and they get very sick, the aunt asks them what happened and she knows its witches. They lock all the doors, put shirts on backwards and draw circles and crosses on the floor around their house, there is noise outside that finally stops); 3. (Cuento, a woman in town known for being a witch takes a pot of chile to another woman who accepts but later throws it into the fire. When asked how it was, the woman tells the witch it was delicious, but the witch knows she is lying, is enfuriated because she couldn't put a spell on her, food, cooking); 4. Brujeria en la cordillera (cuento, story about a woman in the mountains, that goes crazy and gets sick every full moon, cries, runs, throws crucifixes, until, one night of a full moon she is taken to another house and is fine. They bring a curandero who is unable to help her, she is healed when she moves).
Quintana: Margarita Fernandez, 1919, Taos, NM. Brujeria, (story of witchcraft, that occurred within the past five years. A young girl is very sick, never talks, just sleeps and never leaves her house, they bring un arbolario, herbalist from Colorado, who says she has a spell that was given through a soda or hamburger, he charges 300 pesos for his cure and puts her in a room for 8 days without allowing her to talk to anyone, and she comes out safe and healthy but never again eats what others offer her, curandero, witch).
Quintana, 1969: Probably B. D. Fernandez, male voice. Brujas (cuento, story about a witch that becomes an owl, tecolote, buho. A man tries to scare the owl, but cannot, he knows its a witch, he puts a cross on a bullet and shoots her, she disappears, the next day they find a woman who was shot).
Dates
- 1968, 1969, 1974
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