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Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

Quiteria outwits the witch nurse. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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

Ratonpeli y las hormigita. (The rat and the little ant). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 22
Scope and Contents A tale of sympathy for a drowned rat.
Dates: 1936-1940

Ricardo's deer. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 37
Scope and Contents Ricardo wrestles with an enchanted deer.
Dates: 1936-1940

San Pedro pierde las llaves del cielo. (St. Peter loses the keys of heaven). Bright Lynn. collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 23
Scope and Contents Lucifer steals the keys to Heaven and an angel helps recover them.
Dates: 1936-1940

Santiago. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-12 37
Scope and Contents Story of a man who marries the king's daughter. From: JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, v.33 #127, J-M, 1929.
Dates: 1936-1940

Satan and the girl. Annete H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-53 4
Scope and Contents A tale warning young girls of what will happen if they talk to or go out with boys.
Dates: 1936-1940

Soluciana. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 35
Scope and Contents A young couple, held captive by the devil, attempts to escape by performing three tasks. In Spanish & English.
Dates: 1936-1940

Spanish folk customs. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-2 35
Scope and Contents Four short stories of New Mexico customs.
Dates: 1936-1940

St. Michael stops at Socorro - folk tale. Ina Sizer Cassidy, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-28 1
Scope and Contents A folk story in which a group of friars are taking a statute of St. Michael to Socorro, N.M.
Dates: 1936-1940

Stories of buried treasure, old timers stories and pioneers' stories compiled by the Federal Writers' Project., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 1
Scope and Contents Booklet of stories by various authors. Includes folklore, customs and tales of buried treasure.
Dates: 1936-1940

Story. Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-29 8
Scope and Contents Folk tale in which a princess tells her father that she will only man who can tell better lies than she does. In spanish and english.
Dates: 1936-1940

Superstitions of a mountain town. Mrs. Eleanor DeLong, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-25 3
Scope and Contents Superstitions from Seboyete, N.M.
Dates: 1936-1940

Sylvestre. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 45
Scope and Contents An orphan becomes pope.
Dates: 1936-1940

The Chimney. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-18 6
Scope and Contents A poor man and his wife find a pot of gold coins.
Dates: 1936-1940

The church of the golden bell. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-50 21
Scope and Contents A legend of buried treasure.
Dates: 1936-1940

The cid. Thelma Jayne Dohrer, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-21 12
Scope and Contents Brief story of Spanish hero, El Cid (The Conqueror).
Dates: 1936-1940

The curse. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 15
Scope and Contents Tale of a bad son cursed to roam the earth by his father. (Aug. 4, 1936)
Dates: 1936-1940

The dragon's tongue. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-12 38
Scope and Contents Folktale.
Dates: 1936-1940

The enchanted princesses. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 1
Scope and Contents Three sons of an old couple go out to seek their fortunes.
Dates: 1936-1940

The four friends. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 21
Scope and Contents Four farm animals outwit King Wolf.
Dates: 1936-1940

The ghost of Priors Canyon. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-25 1
Scope and Contents A short story of a ghost that lived in a prospector's cabin in Priors Canyon.
Dates: 1936-1940

The good child and the bad. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-6 10
Scope and Contents Folk tale.
Dates: 1936-1940

The haunted house. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-50 23
Scope and Contents A tale about an Indian trader who was murdered and his house was haunted by his murderer searching for hidden gold.
Dates: 1936-1940

The horse trader. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-56 6
Scope and Contents Tale of a Picuris Indian horse trader who traded his mother for a horse. (July 25, 1936)
Dates: 1936-1940