Main Content: M: Me, I: Informant I: When I was younger, growing up my mother would say if you heard a dog howling at night, it was the soul of someone who was about to pass away or die or crossing to the next world. So, howling dogs at night used to scare me M:… Continue Reading »
Main piece: “Más vale que la lleves y no la ocupes a que no la lleves y la necesites” Transliteration: More better that the takes and no the uses to that no the takes and the needs Full translation: It’s better to have it and not use it than having to use it and not… Continue Reading »
Main piece: (The following is transcribed from a conversation between the informant and interviewer.) Interviewer: Can you tell me some of the old stories or wives tales your mother told you? Informant: The most gross one is about her – her mother, my grandmother, your great great grandmother told my mother about this rich lady… Continue Reading »
Here is a transcription of my (CB) interview with my informant (CH). CH: “And so it is a very long old sort of dark road. And it’s kinda windy. And it is super quiet out there, it is creepy quiet. But I sorta always thought that it was peaceful, so I don’t know why they… Continue Reading »
Main Piece: Interviewer: So what proverb did you want to share with me today? Subject: A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. Interviewer: What does that mean? Subject: It means… what you have and what you can see and what you can hold is better than what you might be… Continue Reading »