Interview with Celina Manning, 1970-01-01

File — Box: MS 017-09, Folder: MS 017-09-15

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1970 no. 01

Staff Only

RT 398 F666m 1970 no. 01 - 7 Inch Reel Tape and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1970, No. 1.; Folklore - Kansas; Manning, Celina; Roth, Marcian;

Typed and handwritten notes.

Interview with Celina Manning of Damar, KS

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction is from a different interview not included on this tape. Recording is garbled by background conversation.

00:00:11 - Father encountering a wolf on the way home from Stockton, KS

00:01:28 - Ghost story, ""My old man."" Recording is garbled by background conversation.

00:04:26 - Family background and first French settlers in the area

00:08:17 - New Years tradition of sacrificing an elk for past sins

00:09:02 - Square dancing and wedding customs

00:10:13 - Family details

00:10:44 - Availability of medical care

00:14:03 - Cooking and recipes

00:22:24 - Games played

00:24:45 - Dancing and playing the fiddle

00:25:47 - French folk song

00:28:58 - French wedding song

00:34:36 - Song, "Look Down on the Long Green Valley", vocal

00:37:58 - Song, "As I walked One Evening"

00:43:50 - Seeing a mysterious light as an omen of her son's death

00:49:14 - Grandmother sees a ghost

00:50:15 - Story of a woman buried alive

00:52:33 - Story and song about a dog

00:56:16 - Story about a bear

01:00:05 - Story about a bull