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Scope and Contents Miranda: Max Miranda, b. 1901, Veguita, NM. 1. Las gangosas (anecdote, two bandits break into a home and mistakenly kill two sisters who have speech defects, women); 2. Dos compadres hambrientos (anecdote, two men working at ranch, while eating meal, one asked how his father died - reply suddenly); 3. Comin, Coman (folk tale, a man is willing to work for his food and shelter. A rancher takes him up on his offer but is sorry he does when the man asks for his first meal of six cows)....