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