Superstitions.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Albuquerque and vicinity. E.L. Drake, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-23 1
Scope and Contents
Spanish social & religious customs, legends and tales of witchcraft.
Dates:
1936-1940
Albuquerque and vicinity. E.L. Drake, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-3 27
Scope and Contents
Brief description of a variety of social customs and superstitions practiced in Albuquerque and surrounding areas.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Coco. (The Bogey man). Claribel Fischer Walker, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-25 5
Scope and Contents
Description of the Spanish bogey man, "El Coco".
Dates:
1936-1940
Folk beliefs. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 3
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
Collection consists of typed documents produced by employees of the W.P.A. and its subdivision the Federal Writer's Project in New Mexico. Most of the collection is made up of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with New Mexicans, and folklore and stories about New Mexico and Hispanic culture in particular.
Dates:
1936-1940
Folk tales. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-26 15
Scope and Contents
A brief discussion of the folk tales: "The Founding of Hano", No clamity like a bad neighbor", "Tom Thumb or Tomacito", "Buried Treasure", "Captive", and "San Cristobal's sheep."
Dates:
1936-1940
Las Brujas. (The witches). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 44
Scope and Contents
A description of witchcraft in a New Mexico village.
Dates:
1936-1940
Un Angelito. Lorin Brown, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-26 13
Scope and Contents
Story depicting the belief that children wait only to be baptized before departing to heaven.
Dates:
1936-1940