Interviews with Lee Bachman, Richard Schmidt, Susan Gourley, Gerald Schmeidler, Maryanna Swarnson, and Roy White, 1975-04-13

RT 398 F666m 1975 no. 18 - 1 Audio Cassette Tape

10 index cards - Bachman, Lee; Folklore of the Middle West, 1975, No. 18.; Folklore - Kansas; Gourley, Barbara; Gourley, Susan; Schmeidler, Gerald; Schmidt, Richard; Swarnson, Maryanna; White, Hazel; White, Roy;

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Interviews with Lee Bachman, Richard Schmidt, Susan Gourley, Gerald Schmeidler, Maryanna Swarnson, Hazel White and Roy White

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Introduction, Lee Bachman of Lindsborg, KS

00:00:31 - Celebrating Christmas

00:02:10 - Introduction, Richard Schmidt of Lincoln, KS

00:02:34 - Celebrating Christmas, Pentecost, and Easter

00:03:33 - Last day of school

00:04:19 - Mennonite weddings and shivarees

00:05:57 - Fumigating for sickness with sulphur

00:06:15 - Introduction, Susan Gourley

00:06:41 - Amish butchering customs

00:07:15 - Celebrating the 4th of July

00:07:35 - Shivaree

00:07:59 - Barn parties

00:08:28 - Home rememdies

00:08:57 - Introduction, Gerald Schmeidler of Catherine, KS

00:09:25 - Volga-German Christmas and New Years customs

00:11:03 - Wedding customs

00:13:54 - Introduction, Maryanna Sorenson of Lincoln, KS

00:14:33 - Celebrating Christmas and Lent in Denmark

00:18:05 - Literary societies in Denmark

00:18:44 - Home rememdies

00:20:11 - Weddings

00:20:42 - Birthdays

00:21:01 - Introduction, Hazel White of Westfall, KS

00:21:30 - Christmas customs

00:22:03 - Community dances and social clubs

00:23:26 - Last day of school

00:24:25 - Decoration Day

00:25:50 - Hog butchering

00:28:21 - Introduction, Roy White of Lincoln, KS

00:28:53 - Christmas customs

00:29:33 - Last day of school

00:30:47 - The drowning of Mousie Stoner

00:31:38 - Armistice Day celebration in 1918

00:32:13 - Entertainment: County Fair, Chautauqua, and circuses

00:35:35 - Prevention of colds, goose grease, and skunk graese

00:36:38 - WWI veterans

00:38:10 - Roller mill on the Saline River in Lincoln, KS

00:40:08 - Introduction, unknown woman

00:40:39 - Song, "The Watermelon Song", vocal

00:41:09 - Song, "The Skunk Song", vocal

00:42:00 - Song, "I Wish I Were", vocal