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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
© University Archives, Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth 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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