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