The following is transcribed from text exchanges between my informant, A, and myself, M. Main piece: A: On passover, there’s this tradition that Persian Jews have, and somehow only us. There’s this song called Dayenu that you sing as part of the Passover seder, which is like what we call the food and tradition we… Continue Reading »
Main Piece Informant: My grandma tells me this story about a lady who lived three towns over when she was living in Mexico. There was a time when bulls got out and were running through the streets because they escaped, and this woman was in the streets and caught off guard and a bull was… Continue Reading »
“My mom says that they bless the grapes every harvest. They have a rabbi and a priest come out and bless the grapes.” Background Information and Context: “[They do it] to prevent curses (her voice raises like a question). I don’t know. They just do it, I guess.” The informant is from Lompoc, CA, which… Continue Reading »
Context: One of my roommates, when he heard me explaining to a friend about how stressful it was to try and find folklore from different sources, offered some of the stories he knew from his childhood. Background: This is the story of an accident that happened to my roommate’s mother when she was young. Dialogue: Um…… Continue Reading »
Note: The form of this submission includes the dialogue between the informant and I before the cutoff (as you’ll see if you scroll down), as well as my own thoughts and other notes on the piece after the cutoff. The italics within the dialogue between the informant and I (before the cutoff) is where and what… Continue Reading »