Folklore.
Found in 161 Collections and/or Records:
Ratonpeli y las hormigita. (The rat and the little ant). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
A tale of sympathy for a drowned rat.
Ricardo's deer. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940
Ricardo wrestles with an enchanted deer.
San Pedro pierde las llaves del cielo. (St. Peter loses the keys of heaven). Bright Lynn. collector., 1936-1940
Lucifer steals the keys to Heaven and an angel helps recover them.
Santiago. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940
Story of a man who marries the king's daughter. From: JOURNAL OF AMERICAN FOLKLORE, v.33 #127, J-M, 1929.
Satan and the girl. Annete H. Thorp, collector., 1936-1940
A tale warning young girls of what will happen if they talk to or go out with boys.
Soluciana. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
A young couple, held captive by the devil, attempts to escape by performing three tasks. In Spanish & English.
Spanish folk customs. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
Four short stories of New Mexico customs.
St. Michael stops at Socorro - folk tale. Ina Sizer Cassidy, collector., 1936-1940
A folk story in which a group of friars are taking a statute of St. Michael to Socorro, N.M.
Stories of buried treasure, old timers stories and pioneers' stories compiled by the Federal Writers' Project., 1936-1940
Booklet of stories by various authors. Includes folklore, customs and tales of buried treasure.
Story. Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940
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.
Superstitions of a mountain town. Mrs. Eleanor DeLong, collector., 1936-1940
Superstitions from Seboyete, N.M.
Sylvestre. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
An orphan becomes pope.
Tan valiente eres que me quebraste mi patita. (So powerful thou art thou hast broken my leg). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
A red and learns a lesson in powerr.
The Chimney. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
A poor man and his wife find a pot of gold coins.
The church of the golden bell. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
A legend of buried treasure.
The cid. Thelma Jayne Dohrer, collector., 1936-1940
Brief story of Spanish hero, El Cid (The Conqueror).
The curse. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
Tale of a bad son cursed to roam the earth by his father. (Aug. 4, 1936)
The dragon's tongue. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940
Folktale.
The enchanted princesses. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
Three sons of an old couple go out to seek their fortunes.
The four friends. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940
Four farm animals outwit King Wolf.
The ghost of Priors Canyon. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940
A short story of a ghost that lived in a prospector's cabin in Priors Canyon.
The good child and the bad. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940
Folk tale.
The haunted house. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
A tale about an Indian trader who was murdered and his house was haunted by his murderer searching for hidden gold.
The horse trader. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940
Tale of a Picuris Indian horse trader who traded his mother for a horse. (July 25, 1936)
The Hunchback & the witches. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940
Tale of how two hunchbacks try to correct their deformity.