Georgia Ayala, Parnall William, recorders, 1971
Item — Box: 2, CD: 191
Scope and Contents
Ayala, 1971: Ignacio Pacheco, b. 1890, Sapello, NM. 1. Datos personales (was born in Sapello, place formerly called Las Dispensas, New Mexico, was farmer all his life); 2. Folk etimology (Ignacio believes name for Sapello, New Mexico, came from two men who had a cat named Joe, when they scared it away they said Zape, Joe; another previous name was La Junta, located 15 miles north of Las Vegas); 3. El almitano (relato, tells about hermit in the mountains, ermito, Hermit's Peak, Las Vegas, performed several miracles, had extra sensory perception, could guess what people were thinking about); 4. Dichos (riddles, one about la boca, making mistakes); 5. El espanol en el charco (folk tale, God turns a Spanish man into a frog for not saying, I will go to town, God willing); 6. Dichos (folk sayings, seven dichos, refranes, proverbs, sample, the Spanish equivalents to you are born to be what you are, leopard cannot change its spots, etc.); 7. Versos (folk poetry, poem about a pearl and a diamond, piece of coal) ; 8. Dicho (proverb, about dishonesty, not make you rich); 9. Cuento de brujas (witch tale, a man, marries three times, divorces, second wife is a witch who makes the third wife sick, arbolario, curandera, cures her, and then he and third wife live happily ever after, marriage, women).
Mrs. Freddie Shay, b. 1921, Blanco, NM, San Juan County, near Navajo reservation. 1. Relato (a captive Indian woman kidnaps a little girl, the informant, informant's father follows and overtakes the Indian woman, when asked she cannot answer why she did this, father then takes the girl back home, Native American, Navajo, captivity tale, relato); 2. Los Indios (relato, informant's family meet an Indian woman on horse back who has been stealing their garden vegetables, the Indian woman's horse then throws and injures her, she accuses the family of hurting her, Indian group comes to their home to check, father of family convinces Indians that she was lying, Navajo, Native American, women); 3. Los indios y la manteca (relato, one day while an old woman is home alone on her farm cooking lard, Indians come to steal food, she throwns hot oil on two of them, they and rest then leave her alone).
Mrs. Filomena Padilla, b. 1891, Belen, NM. 1. Victoriano Alarid (witch tale, Mr. Alarid goes to home of his daughter in law who is putting away her trousseau or dowry gift hope chest, she gives him an apple, he get sick, even grows feathers on his head, later cured, women); 2. El cautivo (captivity tale, this is a story about her father in law Padilla who was kidnapped by the Native American Indians, lived two years with them, forced to eat horse meat and whatever Indians gave him, a young Indian women saves his life and helps him escape, captive, women).
Mrs. Rafaelita Romero, b. 1914, Belen, NM. 1. Don Cacahuate (he sees two lights at night, thinks they are motorcycles but it is a car, which runs over him); 2. Don Cacahuate y Dona Cebolla (he is hungry, she gives him a cold tortilla, he warms it under his arm pit before eating it); 3. La becerra (tall tale, a heifer is lost inside a large pumpkin and gives birth to other calves inside it, discovered at harvest time); 4. Entriega de bautismo (good to fair, recited, customs, vereos for baptism); 5. Santa Genoveva (legend, royals accuse Genoveva, the queen, of adultery, her husband the king throws her into a dungeon, she escapes, has a child, later king learns the truth and gets the child back, she goes to a convent, women).
William, 1971: Carlos Arturo Gamez, b. 1901, Mexico. 1. El zar de Rusia (folk tale, man and wife give the lost Russia czar shelter in their home when he lost in woods, he calls for them, rewards them for their generosity); 2. Don Braulio (anecdote, town salutes a man very successful and well liked in town, Don Braulio, when asked at banquet why he is cying, he said for joy); 3. La Venus de Milo (anecdote, even though a lawyer, before moving into an apartment, carefully wraps all his possession, including statue of Venus, it is broken by one of the mover workmen, who hides it, man says will repair it).
Mrs. Freddie Shay, b. 1921, Blanco, NM, San Juan County, near Navajo reservation. 1. Relato (a captive Indian woman kidnaps a little girl, the informant, informant's father follows and overtakes the Indian woman, when asked she cannot answer why she did this, father then takes the girl back home, Native American, Navajo, captivity tale, relato); 2. Los Indios (relato, informant's family meet an Indian woman on horse back who has been stealing their garden vegetables, the Indian woman's horse then throws and injures her, she accuses the family of hurting her, Indian group comes to their home to check, father of family convinces Indians that she was lying, Navajo, Native American, women); 3. Los indios y la manteca (relato, one day while an old woman is home alone on her farm cooking lard, Indians come to steal food, she throwns hot oil on two of them, they and rest then leave her alone).
Mrs. Filomena Padilla, b. 1891, Belen, NM. 1. Victoriano Alarid (witch tale, Mr. Alarid goes to home of his daughter in law who is putting away her trousseau or dowry gift hope chest, she gives him an apple, he get sick, even grows feathers on his head, later cured, women); 2. El cautivo (captivity tale, this is a story about her father in law Padilla who was kidnapped by the Native American Indians, lived two years with them, forced to eat horse meat and whatever Indians gave him, a young Indian women saves his life and helps him escape, captive, women).
Mrs. Rafaelita Romero, b. 1914, Belen, NM. 1. Don Cacahuate (he sees two lights at night, thinks they are motorcycles but it is a car, which runs over him); 2. Don Cacahuate y Dona Cebolla (he is hungry, she gives him a cold tortilla, he warms it under his arm pit before eating it); 3. La becerra (tall tale, a heifer is lost inside a large pumpkin and gives birth to other calves inside it, discovered at harvest time); 4. Entriega de bautismo (good to fair, recited, customs, vereos for baptism); 5. Santa Genoveva (legend, royals accuse Genoveva, the queen, of adultery, her husband the king throws her into a dungeon, she escapes, has a child, later king learns the truth and gets the child back, she goes to a convent, women).
William, 1971: Carlos Arturo Gamez, b. 1901, Mexico. 1. El zar de Rusia (folk tale, man and wife give the lost Russia czar shelter in their home when he lost in woods, he calls for them, rewards them for their generosity); 2. Don Braulio (anecdote, town salutes a man very successful and well liked in town, Don Braulio, when asked at banquet why he is cying, he said for joy); 3. La Venus de Milo (anecdote, even though a lawyer, before moving into an apartment, carefully wraps all his possession, including statue of Venus, it is broken by one of the mover workmen, who hides it, man says will repair it).
Dates
- 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