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Audio Recording Interview at home with Etta Anderson (28 July 1977), Ocilla, Georgia, parts 1 and 2, foodways, home remedies

About this Item

Title

  • Interview at home with Etta Anderson (28 July 1977), Ocilla, Georgia, parts 1 and 2, foodways, home remedies

Names

  • Robinson, Beverly J. (Collector)
  • Anderson, Etta Mae
  • Kimbrough, Lille Belle

Created / Published

  • Ocilla, Georgia, July 28, 1977

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Georgia
  • -  Field recordings
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Sound recording
  • -  United States -- Georgia -- Irwin County -- Ocilla

Genre

  • Field recordings
  • Interviews
  • Sound recording

Notes

  • -  Fieldworker Beverly Robinson's notes indicate that she recorded interviews with Etta Anderson on three dates as follows, which do not map to the numerical sequence of assigned identifiers: 28 July 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21135 (2 sides, probably first recording that date), AFS 21134 (2 sides, probably second recording that date), and AFS 21138 (1 side, probably third recording that date); 4 August 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21132 (2 sides, probably first recording that date) and AFS 21133 (1 side, probably second recording that date); 19 or 20 August 1977, call numbers AFC 1982/010: AFS 21136 (2 sides, probably first recording that date), AFS 21137 (2 sides, probably second recording that date), and AFS 21139 (1 side, probably third recording that date).
  • -  Side A: part 1 of a 5-part interview (28 July 1977) with Etta Anderson, Ocilla GA, fieldworker Beverly Robinson is joined by her friend Lillie Bell Kimbrough: Robinson introduces herself and the folklife project, asks Anderson about where to find singing, mention of (shape] note singing, fa-sol-la singing, comment about Primitive Baptists, sometimes called Hard Shell Baptists; about quilts, Anderson says, "Well, I don't quilt, but I get them together, arthritis had gotten [me], I don't know how long it was [but] I couldn't use a thimble, but when I did, the Lord blessed me to use them again and I just went to piecing them up on my hands, but here last winter it was so cold I ain't got them, I've been canning and I say when I get that through I'm going to start back on my quilts"; mentions the herb that enabled her to overcome her illness, discussion of herbs and plants, ginseng good for arthritis, "they say you can't cure it, but if the doctor say he can't cure a thing what you going there for if you can find something to give you ease, that's all he (doctor) is going to do," ginseng "is a in-the-weeds herb, I just cut up the root and put some gin on it, I don't take it regular, I don't take too much of any medicine regular, if I can get it I'd rather have the (Hiram) Walker (gin) because it's made out of something like herbs"; Anderson provides her address and talks about how long she has lived in the area, born in Irwin County, started canning when she was 13, began working with herbs by just picking it up, how she has always loved flowers and this was her early introduction to herbs, about her ability to watch and easily learn canning, quilting and crocheting, about making her own patterns for quilting; about an incident she had with a midwife, how the use of herbs to cure her came in a dream, "I had fifteen nine-month babies and three miscarriages and ain't never been in a hospital or needed no doctor, I can't do nothing else but love herbs"; about a vision she had of her husband, Mr. Anderson, who had passed away.
  • -  Side B: part 2 of a 5-part interview (28 July 1977) with Etta Anderson, Ocilla GA, fieldworker Beverly Robinson is joined by her friend Lillie Bell Kimbrough: discussion of 'thrash' (thrush, disease of infants), about taking fire out of a person (stopping

Medium

  • audiocassette

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1982/010: AFS 21135
  • MBRS shelflist: RYA 0973
  • Field project identifier: GA7-BR-C32

Source Collection

  • South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection (AFC 1982/010), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Etta Mae Anderson, and Lille Belle Kimbrough. Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 1 and 2, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21135/.

APA citation style:

Robinson, B. J., Anderson, E. M. & Kimbrough, L. B. (1977) Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 1 and 2, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21135/.

MLA citation style:

Robinson, Beverly J, Etta Mae Anderson, and Lille Belle Kimbrough. Interview at home with Etta Anderson 28 July , Ocilla, Georgia, parts 1 and 2, foodways, home remedies. Ocilla, Georgia, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1982010_afs21135/>.