Superstitions.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Albuquerque and vicinity. E.L. Drake, collector., 1936-1940
Spanish social & religious customs, legends and tales of witchcraft.
Albuquerque and vicinity. E.L. Drake, collector., 1936-1940
Brief description of a variety of social customs and superstitions practiced in Albuquerque and surrounding areas.
El Coco. (The Bogey man). Claribel Fischer Walker, collector., 1936-1940
Description of the Spanish bogey man, "El Coco".
Folk beliefs. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
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.
Folk tales. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940
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."
Las Brujas. (The witches). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
A description of witchcraft in a New Mexico village.
Un Angelito. Lorin Brown, collector., 1936-1940
Story depicting the belief that children wait only to be baptized before departing to heaven.