Main Piece: Informant: There is one grandma, two mom’s and two daughters and one granddaughter. How many people are in the family? Interview: Oh, shoot, my brain is running slow. How many? Interview: Three. Because the grandmother, uh, two mothers: the grandmother and the mother (2), two daughters, the daughter and um . . the… Continue Reading »
MG: Cual is tu favorito dicho? Which is your favorite proverb? CG: “Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres. Como si te juntas con personas inteligentes seras inteligente y si te juntas con personas malosas tambien vas a ser cosas malas.” Tell me who you are with and I will tell you who… Continue Reading »
Informant: “So, the joke goes… There was this guy who was on a trip to England for fun. The guy was maybe 40 years-old and this was a huge deal for him. He had never left the United States before and only spoke English so he thought that going to London would be the best… Continue Reading »
“Lullaby, Don’t you cry, Go to sleep my little Meowser, Close your eyes, And start to yawn, Sweet dreams until the dawn Lullaby, Don’t you cry, Go to sleep my little Matt Lullaby, Don’t you cry, Go to sleep my little Meow.” This is a lullaby that my mom used to… Continue Reading »
Here my informant recounts a tradition she shared with her Mom in childhood: My mom used to… We had this old book of Bible stories, but they were kid versions, it was like, our kid Bible which our grandma bought us, and so we’d read a story from that every night and that was always… Continue Reading »