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FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
NAME OF WOFKER__alaw_44,4,.41
DATE SUBJECT
T El Felkithre
1. Name and address of informant haoh*1 (J.E• rood 14 Platte, '40).
Jan. 17
2. Date and time of interview
3. Place of interview
1"or residonoo
ADDRESS 4A, w Front PLOW,* obe,
400 :Ake E 9
4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with
informant
5. Name and aderess of person, if any, accompanying you
6. Description of room, house, surroundings, etc.
1:URtg'. B
Personal ittstory of Informant
01: 40RX R Ruby i. iilson A .ITI,OS R Front St. N. 'lett°, Nebr.
DATE Jan. 21 ST:i3JitC"f Folklore
LJ A1. AD.,R7SS f•J' 1'70 7 ANT Frs. Aaohel
400 131k. 9 St.
Yood 7. Platte, Nebr.
1. Ancestry
2. :lace and date of birth :11inois, wasn't cure about date
3. k am i y C living ohildron
lace and date of birth All in T,lobrs
v. iklucation, wth d .tee kluost one
6. Occupations and accomplishuents, with dates house wifo, uother,
field hand, washer woman, 2nd hand store clerk.
7. 32ecial skills and interests Knits soars, crochets rag rugs
S. Ca-Aanity -Lard roligious activities ot active now
9. liescription of 1nforant Large otherl, audio bosocted, attractive
white hair twitV:ling brawn eyes
10. Other points rained In interview
FORM C
Text of Interviet. (Unedited)
ITALIE OF WORKER.
haby t• Assn
41 4 trout
ADDRESS. 710.' wolibgrow Swittre•
SUBJECT DATE 7433404*
NAM:AUD ADDFESS 07 71770:11L.".IT., maw-cr.may was; vu; Ver.
V nether died when 1 was 4 years old. L3J brother broudht
in a oervred wagon to Nehru ke to r4 deters who lived out holes
was 0 or 10 years old then. I was born in I114,, but had lived at
that time in ono.f Children back in Iowa used to hunt prairie
ohieken eggs. votoh the hawks, we could stratitAks tell by the
way they'd hang in the air and wheel circle over a lace that there
was a prairie °Mekong nest there in the deep cram. Their eggs were
good, they were brown spotted. A hawks eg$ are white. esovletiules
found the. too, but lusty eerent good, ne ueed to eat prairie ehiekens
and jack rabbits and wild ducks gee...
A.13 I ovow up hare in ilebri. we used to have good times, used
to dance a lot, ueidrilles, ithoddigh, Aakto. The domes now aren't
anythinc, uAses Its on old ti_Je square dance or souw
used to have corn bread and gravy a lot of the ti. to oat
and clod for it. Our 0/13:dren grew up healthy. LoaetiAste we had
to fifl Hermon° 6 grease for colds with a fIannel. That Val good
rionedy. 13•3•Czaii for stet:lash ache we gave a dro!) or two of whiskey
in water or a little
It used to be in Frontier County that 2 or 3 families would rot
together for a Sunday dizrzer.
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