Folklore 2000

 Interviews and Questionnaires

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What was your childhood like?

Did you have a happy childhood?

What was your most frightening moment in your childhood?

What was your happiest moment as a child?

Did you know any one who knew old cures?

What medicine did you use?

When you were sick did any of them work on you?

What were they?

What did they cure?

Did you know any yourself?

What kind of jobs did you have to do?

How long did it take you to do your daily jobs?

What job did you hate?

What food did you eat the most?

What type of food do you have today that you didn't have back then?

Did you grow most of the food yourself?

How far did you have to travel to get water?

What subjects did you do in school ?

How did you get to school ?

How far did you travel ?

Did you go to school the whole time or did you stay at home to help out ?

What age did you start school at ?

Who was the principal in the school at that time ?

Who was your teacher at school ?

What games did you play at school ?

What was your favourite subject ?

Did you go to secondary school ?

What did you like most about school ?

Did you like school ?

What kind of headlines were on the papers?

Was there much headlines about drugs, murders and robberies

 

What old sayings did you have ?

What was your favourite one ?

What was the most popular saying ?

Where did you learn these sayings ?

Did your family use any sayings.

Did your teachers use sayings to explain things to you ?

Did you teach your children any sayings ?

Was there any sayings you didn't understand?

What were they

Do you understand them now ?

Were any of these sayings useful ?

Do you remember any old customs ?

Do you keep any of these customs now ?

Are they hard to remember ?

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