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Anonymous, recorder, n.d.

 Item — Box: 6, CD: 528

Scope and Contents

Anonymous man. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 55:55. 1. Cuento de la bruja (fair recording, anonymous woman gives introduction, man tells story about a witch, bruja, a man with three children, seeking posada, rest, recording quality deteriorates at about five minutes in, by eight minutes, speaker is not intelligible); 2. Silence (poor recording).

Anonymous woman. Begins at 55:58 and ends at 63:57. Home remedies (poor recording, woman heard speaking faintly in the background, not intelligible, recording improves at about 58 minutes, echo, remedios, health, salud, medicine, llerba buena, aceite de sorio, imortal for lungs, llerba de golondrina for fever, llerba del manzo, canela, pimienta, for cramps, stomach pain, aceite de oso, curanderismo, kidneys, mole); 2. Traditional foods, cooking (good recording, holidays, comidas tradicionales, cuaresma, pascua, panocha, some food traditions are ending, wheat flour, red or green chiles, dried squash, alberjon, chicaros maduros).

Dates

  • n.d.

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

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
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