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Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Date: 1983-11-03
Description: One audio cassette. Side A Ms. Zipperer talks about her early childhood and things she learned; speaks of her children and two husbands; talks about getting 5 adopted children and 16 foster children for a total of 32 children; making a living to support the family by farming and public work; family property they live on; discusses various herbal remedies treating ailments such as infection, venereal disease, pneumonia, burns, colds; homemade shampoo; planting by the moon; talks about her parents' backgrounds; Indian and Spanish backgrounds in her family; family tradition of net making; husband taught her farming, she taught him net-making; talks about her grandmother's Indian herbal cures; strange cures. Side B Discusses natural cures further; discusses natural vs. non-natural childbirth; delivering 4 of her grandchildren; delivering animal babies; talks about making hoghead cheese.
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Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Date: 1983-10-12
Description: "One audio cassette. Side A Louise Sanders tells the student stories about her childhood such as going to school in a one-room schoolhouse; foods they ate; things her family did for entertainment; chores. She also tells rhymes and sings: "Folks Behold a Little Boy" and "Sunbonnet Sally"; tells tongue-twisters; Othella (student?) demonstrates a clapping game. Side B Louise Sanders sings: "I Took My Girl to a Resstaurant"; "Just Becky and Me"; "Dying Cowgirl"; yodels; tells story about her start in singing; tells a rooster joke; tells about her bottle."
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Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Date: 1983-10-21
Description: One audio cassette. Students discuss the origins of their names and why they moved to Florida.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Date: 1983-10-21
Description: One audio cassette. Students discuss the origins of their names and why they moved to Florida; some also discuss their nicknames and their origins.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Date: 1983-10-21
Description: One audio cassette. Students discuss the origins of their names and why they moved to Florida.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Date: 1983-11-17
Description: One audio cassette. Students introduce themselves and share rhymes, jump rope rhymes, rhymes for hand clapping games, and counting-out games. Rhymes listed include: "Rockin' Robin"; "Down In the Valley"; "One Bright Day in the Middle of the Night"; "Milk Shake"; "Teddy Bear"; "Itsy Bitsy Candy Lady"; "Cinderella"; "Peppermint Stick"; "One Potato, Two Potato"; "Archie, Parchie"; "Bubble Gum"; "Humpty Dumpty"; "Garbage Man"; "Get in the Car"; "My Momma, Your Momma"; "I Struck a Match".
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Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Date: 1983-10-06
Description: One audio cassette. Side A Students tell their name stories. Side B Students demonstrate hand clapping games; jump rope rhymes and other rhymes; do tricks; tell jokes and scary stories.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Date: 1983
Description: One audio cassette. Students talk about family photographs; tell stories and scary stories; jump rope games. Sound is poor.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Date: 1983-10-21
Description: One audio cassette. Students discuss the origins of their names and why they moved to Florida; some also discuss their nicknames and their origins.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)

Date: 1983
Description: One audio cassette. There are some sound problems early in tape. Students share hand clapping games, jump rope songs, and scary stories.
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Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)

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a_s1576_13_c84-060	Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer	Sound	Herbalists Fieldwork Interviews Oral histories Life histories Marriage Health Herbs Flora Diseases Childbirth Family history Natural childbirth Healers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-063	Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)	Sound	Singers Storytellers Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Children Students Demonstrations Storytelling Family history Jokes Life histories Singing Yodeling Hand-clapping games	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-069	Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Family history Storytelling Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-067	Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Demonstrations Storytelling Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-071	Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Family history Storytelling Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_15_c84-107	Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Jump rope rhymes Hand-clapping games Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-061	Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)	Sound	Storytellers Fieldwork Elementary schools Classrooms Demonstrations Storytelling Supernatural legends Jokes Hand-clapping games Jump rope rhymes Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-070	Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Family history Storytelling Supernatural legends Jump rope rhymes Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-068	Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Family history Storytelling Naming practices Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_13_c84-066	Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)	Sound	Fieldwork Schools Classrooms Demonstrations Storytelling Supernatural legends Hand-clapping games Jump rope rhymes Children Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)

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Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Interview with herbalist LaVerne Zipperer

Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Louise Sanders telling stories and singing at Madison Elementary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Eastside Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Five Points Elementary School (Angeline Miller's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Ft. White Elementary School (4th graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Hamilton County Middle School (Barbara Butler's 5th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Madison Primary School (3rd graders)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Blanche Pearson's 4th grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)

Student folklore demonstrations at Summers Elementary School (Chuck Hardy's 4th Grade class)