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Identifier
RT398_F666m_1971_06
Publication Date
11-5-1971
Description
Interview with Martha and David Wedel.
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:10 - History of Mennonites moving to Russia from Germany. This portion of the interview is difficult to understand.
00:01:32 - Mennonites move to Kansas
00:02:50 - The "Immigrant House"
00:04:30 - Problems faced by the Mennonite immigrants
00:06:19 - German school
00:07:41 - Children's rhymes
00:15:45 - Games
00:16:39 - Social life for young people
00:18:23 - Courtship and marriage
00:23:02 - Weddings
00:31:09 - Weather prediction and superstitions
00:33:28 - Names and nicknames
00:36:23 - Crowd games
00:37:55 - Song, "Skip to my Lou", vocal
00:39:09 - Song, "There is Somebody Waiting", vocal
00:39:40 - Song, "Suzie Brownie", vocal
00:41:01 - Song, "Go In and Out the Windows"
00:41:40 - Butchering day
00:44:51 - Education
00:46:19 - Church customs
00:50:09 - Sunday services
00:52:02 - Hymns sung in German and then in English
00:55:28 - Information regarding the interview
Physical Description
reel-to-reel audio and accompanying documentation
Subject
Folk lore, Folk tales, Mennonites, Volga Germans, Immigration, Bethel College
Rights
© Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by FHSU Digital Collections
Collection
Repository
Recommended Citation
Arthur, Judith, "Interview with Martha and David Wedel" (1971). Samuel J. Sackett Folklore Collection. 141.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/141
Language
eng, ger
Comments
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