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Forms to be Filled out for Each Interview
FORM A
Circumstances of Interview
STATE New York
NAML OF WORKER Herman Partnaw
ADDRESS 557 West 144th StPeet
DATE July 6, 1939
SUBJECT Fringe Folklore NO BLUFF
1. Date and time of interview
2. Place of interview
3. Name and address of informant
July 30, 1930
Union Square Park
Anonymous
4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in
touch with informant.
5. Name and address of person, if any, acompanyin you
6. Description e r-wm, house, surroundings, etc.
FOLKLORE
NEW YORK
(Use as many additional sheets as necessary, for any of the forms,
each bearing the proper heading and the number to which the material
refers.)
FORM C
TEXT OF INTERVIEW (UNEDITED)
STATE New York
NAME OF WORKER Herman Partnau
ADDRESS 557 Nest 144th Street
DATE July 6, 1939
SUBJECT Fringe Folklore NO BLUFF
FOLKLORE
NEW YORK
My name is Leon. I like music. Some people they spend
a lotta honey to advertise. Not me. I tell you my name is Leon,
you tell somebody else, then he te.Lls somebody else, soon everybody
knows me. I'm born in '83. I'm happy like a baby. Always laughin.
No bluff. See what I'm aarryin? It's a present. Whitefish. The
restaurant ,ave me a present. I work there like an odd man. They're
good people. I like verything for nothing. No bluff. When I was a
little boy I was always laughing. There is good people and bad peo-
ple. You're a good boy, I can tell. ;That's your name? My name is
Leon. It's a nice name, I like it, it makes me feel happy. You know
what it means? Shoemaker, I think. It's funny. I like music, my
name means Shoemaker. But everybody likes me. I'm always laughing.
Everybody knows me, I advertise myself. it don't cost no money.
It's for nothing. I like everything for nothing. No bluff.