Mary Elba C. De Baca- informant.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Chistes and Spanish riddles., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 14
Scope and Contents
Riddles and jokes.
Dates:
1936-1940
Chistes. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 13
Scope and Contents
Spanish jokes.
Dates:
1936-1940
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 11
Scope and Contents
A farm boy wants to spend his yet-to-be earned milk money to buy a horse.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Gangozo. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 6
Scope and Contents
The lazy eccentric son of an old woman marries a princess and finds a magic wand.
Dates:
1936-1940
El Padrino (The best man). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-52 13
Scope and Contents
Verse in Spanish and English. (Feb. 17. 1939)
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 poems. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 41
Scope and Contents
Verses for children.
Dates:
1936-1940
Folk poems. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 43
Scope and Contents
Three love verses and six nonsense Verses.
Dates:
1936-1940
Folk riddles. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-17 5
Scope and Contents
Riddles i Spanish and English.
Dates:
1936-1940
Four verses. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 42a
Scope and Contents
Nonsense verses (4 pages).
Dates:
1936-1940
God helps those who help themselves. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 43
Scope and Contents
Inspite of his profanity, the Lord helps out a peasant in trouble.
Dates:
1936-1940
La cruzesita (The little cross). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 1
Scope and Contents
A story of a Negro who promises to build a chapel for a cross if the cross will make him rich.
Dates:
1936-1940
La Nina. (The child). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 11
Scope and Contents
A bossy bride decides she no longer wants to command.
Dates:
1936-1940
La Tia Gabriela. (Aunt Gabriela). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 14
Scope and Contents
A young man returns a favor to a kind old woman who had helped him when he was a child.
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
Las Tres Negroes. (The Three Negroes). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 2
Scope and Contents
Humorous tale of three Negroes trying to learn Spanish.
Dates:
1936-1940
Song. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-20 16
Scope and Contents
Folk song.
Dates:
1936-1940
Spanish folk customs. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-2 5
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
The Little Red Ant. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 4
Scope and Contents
An ant helps a young shepherdess get rid of a wolf.
Dates:
1936-1940
The man who fooled a village. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 5
Scope and Contents
A lazy Spaniard perpetuates a hoax to make money.
Dates:
1936-1940
The man who owed everybody. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-7 3
Scope and Contents
Through trickery, the man who owed everybody became wealthy.
Dates:
1936-1940
The Rabbit and the Toad. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 5
Scope and Contents
Folk tale of a rabbit and a toad.
Dates:
1936-1940
Three bags of money. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 12
Scope and Contents
A clever women manages to keep the money she found.
Dates:
1936-1940