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Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

A hunting trip. Frances Totty, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-60 37
Scope and Contents Tall tales of a serpant that ate a horse pack. (March 3, 1938).
Dates: 1936-1940

An Indian elopement. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 18
Scope and Contents A young Indian couple from Taos Pueblo elope against their parents wishes.
Dates: 1936-1940

An old hermit. Rosario O. Hinojos, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-3 28
Scope and Contents Story of the Devil posing as a hermit.
Dates: 1936-1940

Aparisada. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 37
Scope and Contents A wicked king brings about his own destruction at the hand of the most hideous man in the world.
Dates: 1936-1940

Asusena. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 34
Scope and Contents A version of the "Cinderella" tale.
Dates: 1936-1940

Buenos Bunuelitos. (Good Bunuelitos). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 9
Scope and Contents A naughty boy steals fried bread.
Dates: 1936-1940

Capitan Grande, Agua. (Great Captain Water). Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 34
Scope and Contents The story of a peach seed possessed by the soul of an unbaptised Navajo.
Dates: 1936-1940

Catastrophe of Tecolote. Aurora Lucero- White, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 19
Scope and Contents A poem presented in both Spanish & English.
Dates: 1936-1940

Constancia. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-6 6
Scope and Contents A fairy tale.
Dates: 1936-1940

Cuento - Bed time story. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 39
Scope and Contents In Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

Cuentos for Junior High., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-56 19
Scope and Contents 21 stories for young people by various authors.
Dates: 1936-1940

Dame Fortune and Sir Money. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-50 19
Scope and Contents A folk tale.
Dates: 1936-1940

Del hombre que le dio gusto a todos. (Of the man who pleased everybody.) Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 3
Scope and Contents A story about how a man solves a problem and also pleased his opinionated neighbors. In Spanish & English.
Dates: 1936-1940

Doloriitas. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 29
Scope and Contents A young girl tricks the king into a happy marriage.
Dates: 1936-1940

Dona Tomasa - the witch nurse. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 29
Scope and Contents Story of a jealous witch.
Dates: 1936-1940

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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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

Don't weigh your wool before shearing. Georgia B. Redfield, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-30 1
Scope and Contents A tall tale of a shepherd who dreams of all the things he can buy with the wool he will get from his sheep. However, his dreams go up in smoke when the sheep are all killed.
Dates: 1936-1940

Early folk lore legends. Robert Young, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 1
Scope and Contents Tales of Spanish and Indian myths, witchcraft and outlaws. (May 18, 1936).
Dates: 1936-1940

Early folklore legends. Allen A. Carter, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 2
Scope and Contents Legends and myths of Indian origins, witchcraft, superstitions and outlaws. Similar to Robert Young's paper with the same title. (July 13, 1936).
Dates: 1936-1940

El adivinador. (The fortune teller). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 32
Scope and Contents Juan gains the favor of a king by a lucky prediction.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Adivino Causaul. Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-3 5
Scope and Contents A man professes to be a fortune teller.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Burrito de San Beniko. (The donkey of St. Benedict). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 31
Scope and Contents St. Benedict helps a simple man who is victimized by tricks of a wicked Jew.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Coco. (The Bogey man). Claribel Fischer Walker, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-25 5
Scope and Contents Description of the Spanish bogey man, "El Coco".
Dates: 1936-1940