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Identifier
RT398_F666m_1970_01
Publication Date
1-1-1970
Description
Interview with Celina Manning of Damar, KS.
00:00:00 - Introduction is from a different interview not included on this tape. Recording is garbled by background conversation.
00:00:11 - Father encountering a wolf on the way home from Stockton, KS
00:01:28 - Ghost story, "My old man." Recording is garbled by background conversation.
00:04:26 - Family background and first French settlers in the area
00:08:17 - New Years tradition of sacrificing an elk for past sins
00:09:02 - Square dancing and wedding customs
00:10:13 - Family details
00:10:44 - Availability of medical care
00:14:03 - Cooking and recipes
00:22:24 - Games played
00:24:45 - Dancing and playing the fiddle
00:25:47 - French folk song
00:28:58 - French wedding song
00:34:36 - Song, "Look Down on the Long Green Valley", vocal
00:37:58 - Song, "As I walked One Evening"
00:43:50 - Seeing a mysterious light as an omen of her son's death
00:49:14 - Grandmother sees a ghost
00:50:15 - Story of a woman buried alive
00:52:33 - Story and song about a dog
00:56:16 - Story about a bear
01:00:05 - Story about a bull
Physical Description
reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation
Subject
Folk lore, Folk tales, Frontier & pioneer life, Homesteading, Folk songs, Folk music
Rights
© Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by FHSU Digital Collections
Collection
Repository
Recommended Citation
Roth, Marciau, "Interview with Celina Manning" (1970). Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection. 129.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/129
Language
eng, fre
Comments
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