Mestas de Mondragón, Fidelina (Cañada del Ratón, NM), part 2

Authors

• 1140 3. 023.2

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

8-27-1998

Comments

[In video collection- more complete version] Continued: Her family used to buy wood for the fireplace to warm the house. Her siblings and relatives. She learned to read in Spanish with her grandmother. She went to school in El Vadito when she was thirteen because her grandparents needed her to help with the ranch work. Neighbors and friends who she grew up with. Cuentos about the Apaches that her grandmother used to tell her when she was a little girl. Cuento de la Mina de Juan Mondragón. Memories of her gathering moras [mulberries] and catching trout in the area. The garambullo loco [a poisonous wild berry] that she knew was not edible. The foods that her grandmother used to fix: morcillas, queso de cabeza, sesina. Medicinal herbs: Osha, poleo, altamiza, oregano, hierbabuena. The hunting season in the area and the gathering of the special bushes to make brooms. People from neighboring villages used to come to la Cañada to trade and sell 'miel virgen o miel mexicana' [wild honey] and other products. She remembers how they used to grow and harvest potatoes with rustic tools and animals as they didn't have a tractor or any mechanical equipment. Her grandfather used to fertilize the fields with sheep manure. More on her mother and family relations. The tradition of taking the figure of San Antonio in procession around the village led by her grandmother. More details on the story of her grandparents and great grandparents.

Recommended Citation

Anselmo Arellano collection (MSS 1140), Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, University Libraries, University of New Mexico