Rodriguez, Eufelia (Chamisal, NM)

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Publication Date

1990

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ca. 1990-2000. [Conversation starts in English but continues in Spanish]- Family genealogy, her grandmother was blind and a story about how she became blind after she plastered a hot fogón [clay stove or oven], memories of her childhood and games she used to play with her siblings: la cocinita, el ratón muerto, las escondidas, hopscotch, jumping rope. She used to live with her mother in El Chamisal. Medical care was not provided in the area, people needed to go to Albuquerque to get professional medical attention. The hospitals nearby were built later and midwives used to assist MDs. A story of her baby who was born with two teeth. She talks about her children and the medical care she received after having her babies in the local hospital. Memories of attending school and helping her mother with the house chores. Presbyterian roots, ways of doing their grocery shopping without transportation, food canning: frijol, calabacitas, alverjón. The foods served during Easter time, going to the Moradas to pray with the Penitentes. Going out to ask for sweets in the neighborhood during Christmas, Halloween at her time, the funerals were hosted at the deceased's family house as there were no 'mortuorias' [funeral homes], the casorios [weddings] were extended celebrations with feasts served by the bride and groom's families. The Maromeros or Chiripas [Jugglers-clowns] used to come to the village in summer to entertain people, but children sometimes feared them. Enjarrado- [plastering walls]. She used to plaster walls of her house and of others who hired her. Women used to do this job for 1 dollar or 5 dollars a day.

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