Becky Lewis interview with John Potts, Vivian Lewis, and Alice B. Morton

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If you believe you are the copyright holder of any of the content published in this collection and do not want it publicly available, please contact the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4040 or reference@atlantahistorycenter.com. This recording begins with Vivian Lewis describing a Norwegian legend about children who care for a tree and thereby earn gifts from elfs, as well as a Norwegian game where families compete to build a fire with the highest smoke stack to earn the title King of the Mountain. Then at 3:34, John Potts recalls two supposedly true legends: one about the ghosts of beheaded prisoners and the other about a boy who becomes a hero after killing Russian soldiers during the Winter War. At 11:00, Lewis remembers studying at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, and specifically discusses the schools namesake, Saint Olaf; Founders Day; and a folk dance. Then, she sings a section of a song about a woman who climbs a mountain to churn butter. At 16:11, Lewis and Potts discuss lingonberries and lefse, a dish traditionally eaten at Christmas, and share stories about the Yule nisse, a Christmas elf, and the importance of Christmas Eve in Scandinavian culture. Next, at 21:15, Potts shares the legend of how Norway banished snakes from their country. At 23:27, Alice Norton tells part of a legend in which a fox marries a witch. Then at 25:55, Potts describes Easter and Long Friday traditions such as burning large hay piles, putting sleds on roofs, and stuffing sacks of hay down chimneys. To conclude the record, he recalls the mythical origin of Trollhttan, a city named after the winding, snake-like formation of fog over Lake Vanern. John Hilding Potts (approximately 1918-2004) was born in Waukegan, Illinois, to John Potts and Aina A. West. His family moved to Colorado where he lived until he was 14. Afterwards, he and his father moved to Finland, where he stayed until he was 20. He married and had two daughters, two step-daughters, and one step-son. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve and worked for Deltas quality control division for thirty-one years before retiring in 1983. Vivian Lewis was raised in Porter, Minnesota. She graduated from St. Olaf College with a degree in Home Economics and taught until her marriage to Paul Lewis. They later moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and had three sons. Alice Sofia Berg Morton (1909-2003) was born in Porter, Minnesota, to Christian A. and Emma Paulson Berg. In 1931, she graduated from St. Olaf College and subsequently taught English. She married John D. Morton (?-2000), and they had three daughters. She was a charter member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Athens, Georgia, where she served in several positions. for J"olklol'e JO] Prof. John flurrison 'J1ah Lt.J of' Con tun l,:::; Jnl'ormunts und their addresRes ft'olklorn 1Prarn::.cri.p L 1ur 1l'1et~ Kirw oJ' Uv: noun Lim1 .flcb:--:adt~d 7/ond I,-_, n11 t, tons Olli t-: nnd Uv; i1H L Lc-r 'lhe Yoloni '.lf:in 'lhc: ;:)nake Ohant 'lhe flabbl t and tile l'ox J1:tH.> lBr fl'oolc: r_y t~vi] t)pl ri "I-, 'Jt>wr: '/ :)~l'"(BB rs.. f1e?!] s lir .. l\)i:Lt1 Hru. lct"":wis u ru,, l,n'/:i H J-,lrs., Norton f'.ir~ i)ott.;) Lfr ~ Po L tn ~fy Collec Li.nr: H'Kpe:rience f'or l'olkLH]crn. f, t lea::;t J J{r;ew whnee t co11Jd !'hid 2. r1 (:1 r,-;c:1_hw of fo.l.k trndi.t,ion. i,.1ntorr:1lly [ thoucJ1t :-rnch ad ,c:,p rHHpt-:ct for folk c11Jtnr-e t'Joulrl o:o hanrl-i.n--hHnd \'ri.lh a i,::i_J;J tel1 i_rH~ pr-ar:tir::o of t,hAL folk \\hen T mot m.v husl1ctnrl'n rnrn1.ly, I reali7,nd ri.:,:}'1L ;-iwiiy how prond ldn wotht'.r was of her Nor1~10fzi.~rn buc:k:ro1.md. ;;ti.i::.: made ler~,H, <J potc1 Lo hread, on HW ~iocond i:.llt to he:r hon1_) ... /\t ChriHtmnu,hc ,;;oHld rnli;bJ the \!or'.'.'t)p)~-1n cur;Lum::,. :;l1i::: pr;:icLi.cnd ;1::; a a-Lrl in i;;'irn1eLHYLLlt /.-1.Lhow;h r krn-J w she wns kno11l0,rl,~e ab 1;; in Norwevi an he ri tap;o, l li<1d novu ,, f\ U(.: :.d.-LonzHl bQr on Nora 111,ytJrn.l(v,;y 01 L').,-~nndry .. I' n.11Lo1::nLJcl,y- ni-;;nrnK:d ;-;Le n11J:-1-L lie-we 1e;.rnrn-::d imme storier:> f.'rm:1 l!Of' NO'f"i".'C;p;i.Hn pn1e-11Ls and ;r.:.mdpurrn1t:_-;~ PowHvnr-, oven o::;tiwnted -Lhe sto:c;y-tflllin,~ Lr'ncH Li.on in her famLly .. f'.r:.dced to contribute to m.y Nor::t-;f;Lnn 1'nlktn1o peo.j,act, Mrn~ r,u,;rir; told me .'Jh<-3 kne\'1 vi;ry fff'.N Htori.n:.1, hnL vKmld auk n f'rLn1d of' hec1 ::1 Y:ho al::;o 1ad ;_i ~>cnnd"i nrrvi.an huckvronml Lo help. r he1 d my br(->t~th,, (John :iott:-; livrrn H fr~~:-! f;Lrn(::l::1 down .rrrrn: '{r;;. L':!:fl.s Bnd hn :_;;;J.d he "Wtd_d h:; h:1ppy t,o r,o-''.:'. and talk with rr,e a L the l1.:: 1NL:; ho11m on the rd ,ild, of' f'.11ay 15. I. rnislnlmnly lwoaLh(;d H ,i1}~h oJ' relief~ l vmuJ.dn 1 tho Rli1~ to n:o throu1,;t1 wi th th'"; projoct~ [ wtcrn L ahead and recorded whatc-:vnl' \:r:;:. l.io-:n.n and \1r. l}oLLt; could b:"l:.l. rne conc:ernlnr Mor:mg"i.nn :.1.nd/or .'.i(!tlt1dinnvj;1n f'o'll< eultnre, lcnvi..n;; nll door~, opon .. F'rom tlwt l!l0t0t:inf); T recorded a rn:txturo of' fol.k cw;Lorn;-,, l1t-1linf';3 :.tnd t~.';~un,h,;. /i.l, Lh:i.n poi.nt. 1 v:ar; ufrnid r d:idn' L h,:vu ew.rn h w:.d,sria1 t.:) moot Lhe minimum rnnnht!'P of f'olkl;.di:iti :l'<'l(JUJred,. !toU.'/VGt'J ;1:i~;. l,u:'J.i.n ructuvcd :.in 11noxpected vtnit from mmthor No1t1.<-1>:iun !'r1.'.n1d and cal}cd 111(-; over Lo fi-Go i_f t could f'1'3L ;1no/Lh:i1w frmu hor. !lnforLn1datty \'nJ. 1J101Lon conld nnl..v Jnrncmbet' one Late. r .--,:ot, a r.al_l from Pro Pottn and he h.1.d, i_n Lho mcuntirne, re1rr.:nnlYJr~Hl a coupln of more ntori_cJ:> .. 1 '\3 met once a~:ain at \'rs. l.aNi_n 1 to record theso,, r 1rn still not u!re i_f r havH 1~ottte;n thn rcciuired number o.r tGlur;, 01 i.(' Lhoy meet tho r'i'!()Ui.10111entn, but r know U1at J do have a v,ide v;:1ri.nl,y. 1ho thin1'. Uwt hu,; hcewildnl"ecl not only rnysnlf hula my inf'ormants, rn that the .v hnv(:! not re! ta ined ve .r_y rn~my fo.L k tales from the i.r he ri L:Jyo ,) f1Jl oJ' my Lnf'or1n:.u1t:; were visibly rroud of their hnc\\ :1ornKl and nl L wi::;;\ii_~d Lhey kne11 rnor0 of Urn Norv,er'.i;:,n folktal,au, 'Jho only rnauon wu c:ould f':ind for their luck of a folktale trncHtion in th,it nr, ch'Ll.rlien, tl1 13y '.'l';re L:-iu0hl. to he~ r(ocd /1.rnc-}ricnns and Lh~-iirnaren-\.. s and f~randpnr<Jnb; did not t>Lrc~.'.lS the "old country 1:r.i..vs .. 11' 'lhe on"'l._y tim(J Nor,,:ortian eustorn wcJ{-; str1ctly t'0Llcn1ed :,,1.:1.s Ht r:hri:..;l:.rnc1.s,. ;~i_ncn ;ill_ of r1Iy i_nf.'oririanL 1f,; oaront0 or at 1(-)a:;t (trandpat'enLr; hctd C01!18 f'rom -Lhc~ 01ri eout1y, ont=) wou"\d bol"invo thu_y "rould nracl,ico :-iot11e oJ' the old foJ.k Lraditto11n, includinf( tc1lo-tr:J1linpt, a11pnrently thin ,vcu:, noL Uic cnr.u,, lnfo:crnnn Lu nnriod, he ,st,\.l1 hns a 1'1.il1 he,1rl of hair lh:.L '//Ht.) onec a ;Jct-Jnd-inavlan blond~ [Jc~ rHl.H botn in .:,inuho;~cm, lrl . or1 lliwiI llJ; 1918., bu-L hin farrd.lv soon mO\hJd to Colorado :.ind he; l i v0;d Lt1e tc 1mti l !ln ::<.t~J J Ji. 1:111.10 l.n Lh,:; wflnt, h1ti ?rwther rHed ,;,,_rnl hls faLhGr docid2d to Lake hi:, son bacl< Lo hi~; birLhp.Lacf:: or Finland after hi..~'J ,,i_fe 1s deHU1,, t-1r., ('ol,1,;:, l.o:-d, '.llt:i i'nt}H.;r in F'lnlnnd und -wHs r:d.n:-;d on his uncL..-;'s in Porter,. min a!tnnd-:-"d :;c1inl Olof Colle_no an:l v:rudn;:;ted .:.d_t,h H dr:Pree i.11 l1ome li:conond_r,s., ;;he i11ed: find rnr1rricd P<iu] J,n\'Hf> tn \,,1 j nne:;;:otH and they moved :-1onth to hiu hon1n of J\tl;1nLa, 1Jhey ~1:vu Lh,r.:::e nonr;. :,'.;,. Lewjn is rcLi . rei.n1~ thLn yoar Dn Pr.lncl.pa.l of '.\1esLwood Hifh (ichool ti.['tor )'.; .1oar;-; tn thr.: Oo:)r-~-i n ~Jchool f;,y-strnn~ M-n;. r.e,ai;; t,auahL hlr;h school hrnoe '.'conornicr, ! efor-..: : nhc1 -.,.,,;_w mTrTic:d, hoV-,\--'!VC:r aft::r fw1 marri<J'-(C: 1 till!:; devot:;U her Lime Lo hn1 htn:;bvnd and F;ons .. ,'Jbc i H Ll(: Live 1.n Lbu T.u the ran Chun~h oJ' thu nood :;hep<nd t,n Co11c~o P<-1 r,k. 1John i10Lts 3990 S. Conley Dr, Collc-Jr,:n :-~ark, na. J1llcti B. t,torton ?11 1; f:li !'toll llr, f the~ tit{, nn . Vtvian Lnwis l,LIJ Oe,kliill llr. Collegn -i'nrk, 1;a. rrnrrnc rip L M)';-;.L'.J 1ViH-... ov,ho h.9H stnd'i,:-,d NoJ<wev,-ian and sho 1 s lived wt th l\1orNf.'!p:lnrn--;., f;hn wc10 n clar;mnato of 1n_y father 1s in Minnesotu nnd :-:;he lived in a Nor:,ffi,~d an commmi ty and H sevoralyenr::1 nr;o she made rt Lrip bank to ~:orway wlth hei husband and a sherulated to me somo lor;en<lar-y eondttions under 1.'.hich die Lrnvelod .a nho i.-1a::; in th in ca-r wi Lh th i B fcw,i ly Dnd nhc: v-1a;; ridinp; from 1'rondh,jem to Ouo]o and o rinHr 1,-t.llieharrm-:! r, ahe ::;;;:l d the children Hl l jun L ~ihoutod wi U1 f(I ae and 1.hny wunied to ntop and look at a cef"taln trt-Je. ~)ho r;:-::dd she l cHntt l'Hn1ornbnr the nt:llHO of Lhat trne} hut shfl snid cveryone0 thou_:-:;ht th;::i,l thnt \'J::J::; th:-: 1nosL iinporUnit Lrec. At that Lime it, 1'1"f! Lbe f1Jll. of thri ycear, enrly i'aU, maybe J a V-: sumrnor., Du t uny-wa,v-, riho r,-rLd that that tree ;;n,c:;. very orld i.,Y t.hnpud" TL <li.dn I t s:ecnn Lo have -Lo have ti~iy leuve!J on it nnd Hla-~ n-un' t rcmcnnbe:u if' i.t 1,va;3 dead 01 v1lH.d~~ 'lho ci1ildren aJJ gath;r~~d riround L(ic Li\!n and th(-;y '/!Hntk::d to love tho Lr:;eo 1\Hd the nto1'.'{ ','l(~nL trwt ttrnt Ll'EC '.','(1f:, Bn we1J Joved becc-nwe tho }ittl.n t~Lvon nJl 1veni, Lhe1't-! ;;ind thoy 1::on]d it-:avc vood-Lt::-1 DL Lhnt trc(i and Lhc:y would lrnhe r~oodhi;-; for .! .. (HJd l:i LL le hoy}; :ind -;i rlr; hut C:- 1ey iou1d alno ln:tve bad tid_iyrs for had hoyfl anrl >;irlo., :;o i">'h~n1 thn t:blld- cn went nround Lhr1L Lreo, lhey 1nntnd Lo l.ovt,; i.t no LhcJ el vos :1ould lenvo ?'OOd thln.()'R 1'01 Lhoi(l .. ;)he~ ;11m1 to~d Uris utory .. 0he .::::;ni_d n, L),'i_}-; \"11\t_; a wJ.d"~mnrnw::'.?rr; dDy~ 'lhey ",'ere: in i\lor1nay most or tho .~m"nie1 ond H sl--m t>atd i..hi!_; wan mi ,June 2}1th and r-d L Lh:; !)Lon.Lo In thts cot1nrmrd tyJ r,_,i;1i.J i.cs \'!ith clYi Jdrflll, in Lhe late :1ftnrnoon of' thciL dny, I.hey all cl irnl'G'l 1.1n iYi-,Jl 0n thi:; 111nnnt-im1Q rn-!e :-;ai_d, novl Lho p1onnt:ian -.. m:;;;nt t rc:a1l.v n wonnLi.un bnt it, v;1;; hi,,,hef thm.;! any h-i 11 1:1u hctve arorn1d h--nch f',nd she :;rd ci -thEy tri_::d to f"<'d', an hi 1\h as they could b-:d'or-r: dn,-:,k :ir;d L:!(~P V!.7Y 1vn11l_d :;!.:-:rl. n !'lr,n,.. r!h:--;y .1n11ld lrttve .'1 plcrd.c Junch :1th thPfll <irnl U1c;_y 1d :;t:.irL Lhln t'i,z: tind U1;-.:::y 1 d- knop -it ro in;: Dnd Lhcn ihc;:y Id nu L a :HH'!f~'; on i L :-;o Lhn L i. L '.von l.d !lH! kc nmo!,<:. ,fin(f a['tor -Lh<;y _m11lrl e:lt, Lhe1r i)jcntc:, they 1fl '.1avH a crJrit--::nl -t,o-Hnd n thoy 1d nut a Hlll!lf?'B on i_t hy cover-1nf! i_t vi th f-{reen 1eBv-'n~ ilnd thr:! lBf_fcn1d b.ehind i-L .id that tlw rn1non or t,he fctini.Jy 4ho co11ld u::1k,_:; a fire thut con]d mako the hl "ll _):> t r.;rnokfl v,1a:-1 ldni~ of the rnounti.lln., (\rnl t--;a,~h yc:Hr t-hey :1ould ;YO b;tcl< -Lo Uie sarno plano and play !c)rv~ of Urn mmmtian .. 1'\ml H they-the per1:.wn who won would keep U1{,t UtJ:: f'or tho (Jnlire y,:;ap, unt-i1 th.me 2lit,h of' tflo rn:xL,ye.J.r. 'l1ic v1hoJ.e f'mnil,y bnlU, one f'i-,(),i /ind it 'N.Jt:; qui.tH nn or-do al to find tJ-in fH'Dpu1 (JJVcr:, lx!c,::nu;e i. L would have~ to bz:; bui 1 t on the rd.de of' Uw r:1ountinih and they td try l.o nut :i L at Lhc rieht plncfl 1::h':J\; l/1ey 1d r<uL U-_10 rir:~hl:, druft0 to main-{ the rnnol<;e go the tli_,~h:::t;t ond ;Jl.L Put:. UriG Wet!' on ,huv:i ?i1Lh; nix-Hd~i] da,v that they :ould do Lhat,. ,John flo :you ha,10 BOlWJ i-d.ories thnt you r:::'!!it--)mh,:ir'/ rw-:rc ? L'ol ktale s f_'rn ,John nott[-; and T live her-..':! J.n Goll:::)ue Park and a heirw i.ntsrvie1Ne:d here vri Lh H wi.th one of my J'riends too, th:1t u, r p:UE1ss we ull come from a you knov the: Scandinavian connLricso /Incl a v,c 1ve I'ounrl. 011 t man,y i.,hinp;s thDt take p].ace ov~;r there that j~; perhap;-; cliff'r:renL than 11h2.t 11FJ have here in the, \lniterl Stat,rn, /1nrl I rlirl hav" the oppurtnnity to vo there in my younr~er dayfl and to live c1a for six yca:r:'ao /\nrl durinp; th:Ls time J had Dn oppurtiirri_ ty Lo nee rn;_;ny or the customs that were taki.n;.,; rluce and also many ol' tho old(H' lew~ndcJ that aa ,rere handed do:m .f'rom one generation l:o nnxto And one of thuse that r c!<m l''t:)rne1nber, of courf__;e the olden' p2ople Lhc1e::: an <-Jlwayf_; clai.med this wnt_; a true [:;!-,oryo But aa lookin:_,~ hack on the thini.,:t_; that acctuall_y hc.1ppt1nnd vnd hov: Lhoy had h<Jpfv_;nod, \'.'(-:; 1 re sure i L 1/Jas ;j\u; L a le_o;end. ~,nd aa what, hDd ace Lually happrn1ud now [)[:; i. t-, ;iau told by them, and v.o er5peci.aL1y by t-hc o;'Lde.1 p::::oplc--; 11as [-.hat, goln~,; from one eity to tho nex L and the:::~ name of one Lown w:-h; r1'inhy, nhich ,-1<.u, iJ ramB.l] LoYm there, thn;y prol'-ably didn I t tlavf; ovur 1'.)00 er so population o h_nd t-.he nox L Lot'm w<:1.8 W)llth of' the rY. '.-'HlB Kris-Linasta.d villich ,:wtJ a ci Ly Lha.t, prob::ibly had a ropula-U_on of ;-uJ 10-1_5,00(l. And Ha it ~,au a,J,,.,,ays H rnarkoLnJ:nce foe p~?onlc _you l<now to lrri nf~ their 1.1:1 rt.!s. Co1n'sf: they '.\!011'1.d bri.ni,: aa r;yP- ocmd aa b:;_rley :11Hl suc:h Lhinp;n ;-Js thnL. And -i_-L 11!J.f> that {-'!Vety ti_rno -Lhat aa thoy left this littlo town of F'inhy Lo rro Lo Kri~Jl"Lnc:ir;t,nd, \ltoy 1d about half' ,,my be L1.men tho ro, thero was an old er Y.hn t you rnir,Jd, call a rmw.J l l-ri."l l, that v1hot ''"' 11011ld call o snw.ll hill, LhaL was located th,,r~ that ,.,nu ac1 had been ti!Ji..at that dtninr,; one ol' thf-! wnrr; H8 vn1,v hr1.ck, probably au far back nsthe 'HJ--yADi' w:,l'o 'That aa thE-H'F! v.BrB :-mrnc nri0on91'f~ l!1c-n:e 6 f-.r1d Ha Cor some r.'.:Jason were Hll beheadudo Put the[:;e ::1cnc-1 pri sonc-~l'f3 and thHynw._y havf~ ;just been tnkcn yo11 kno1,1_1 ch11:Lnr( lhe aa tirr1c aa that tbey wo10 bn~,Llc;it1r~ i.n that 11.Lticul.nr con,munity. ~,nd da i L coulrl 1ve b;1en a rnjx Ll)t~e of aa rn<1ny Lyp::.::s of _fY-:!oplc q /',nrl of' co11r~1e aa n.f.'Ler t'1r~y fta(1 hr:.iho<lclccl the~;e i)C!rt;ons t.h:1n they hHrl left Uir::-d_r bodiHn thero and of r,our:;e nobody b1ow[; what ever 'aappened a.fh:::r U1;1_y or what har1rnir3cl -Lo t,hqlr bodiuso Rnt the aa pcnn1~ i.n t.hnt -Lrav~dlod thlr; road c-HJ.rl_y in U1t.! rnorninv~ nnd of c:ourr--;0 la-Le evenino;n, al,myfJ nn1v r;omH!hi_JH~ t-J1c1n and of' collrm-1 f_;orneLhinf~ thnt we Hdp;ht call a p;oa~:rLo And aa. iL even p;oi, [;o that evun the hon-::;e Lhe.l:, were rrnllirig f,heir war:onn, th:-~ir two wh 0~c:led car-ts, ,,-..rould b1:;eo~)c ul(~!rL iJhen Lhny came clof-;c Lo Lhis Ii Lllo l<noll and Llrny ,,mild c;ta'l'L rrnmi_ng /Ind an the, clos,er they p;ot to it Lhcy ,rould run at; fao Lan Lh~3,Y could I ti.J. L Lhey p;ot pa~; t-, there. And ca Lhcm they 'NOll]d ,,;o Lo thb lnrg,,r city Lhen oi' J(ric;l,i.1w,.:tad, and of courso com.inf( hornfl jn Lhe E-JVr!hinp; was prett,y much a ctw_Lorn over there Lhat the head oJ' thu fnmLly would that, alvmys 1 vcn(-, _you l<rlO\V t,o tJ1e city, that llE! 11ould brin;~ back rnnybc--;? sornflthirw sp~c.ia] ond aa lw 1mtdd always brinp; hi..rn:_>(--;][' r;oH:,::1thin1,: spocia.l nnd tlJ"i.13 yr;.1:3 1imu.1Uy ii_ hotLlu o.f' some r;ort. And aa since Lhen~ ,w,1t:; uchoo1, ho ,,ould probal,l_y take a nj 1, or two yon kncny on Lbe ~vny rIornc~ ~ And cw. probabLy by t,hn thne that ho aa rrot, c:lonc-1 to thi~, Hren thon na U-d:,; \WJ.s aorki.n' on h.in, prffLty good so he befUHl Lo [1ee alot of' -U1i nu:!-l tha L aa vn.0 Lokin 1 plDC( o And of co1nsu they would al.-.r;;yH raco Lhe horneu U1co11r~h thernohcr\th.er Lhe-c :,a[i otm of thE--nn or wheB-Lher [Jwre 1Ui--i ).1 or )o f,nd aa 1\ 1fH:H1 -U-wy _f'-i_raU.y (~ot home of eonrse thny r--:oL Lo1~eLhornnd thcJy ,ju!~:t t<.1.!kocl al"Jo11t everyL}1i11f~ Lh:-1 t they r;aw th1 ro Hl'lfl r p;uer_;:; each onn of' 1e1n arlded nomnth inr,: tn j to plJ f~H J J'olk Lale,, And :-Jn all of the ch i.lrlr'dil awl everyone elstt you kno1'{ 1J h:ct,ys fei,,ned 1~0:l 11t b,y i.i H:H'<:: at n Lf'"h t. Novl nnothnr- story that ,:1-1~:; told too over there: v:an. Lhe :1c:i., and T would con1:d.dnr 1.t u lcf~end too, bec,uiue r1ha t h0d taken pl;;_ce, if' you remombos' bi,,ick in ftn] and hnek in l9~na prier to 11/<n,-ld :;,g i-, ,y011 know wu:::_; occupi.;-;d by Lho nur.nd.1.rn-; and rweLunlly n:-1.rt of n.ussin,, nut when f(J1ld :'!nr f bor\Pn, H-il nnd Ulny h:::vnn to fi:1h L t:J) so. And ,::1 J' i n:.i11.v l.he:y d i_d a,::i. b~::wL the Hur;:::d.nnn nnd Lhey beca,11e UJHk~r Llwir own rule. 1\nd Hily \'lffY dur1 n:i: Lh i.s p;.;riod of 1,11110 th-1v r-:c:('C tJwlntnu :::,orne oL' t.11,; i c 0,::11 p~:;,)t}_lr-.i, th::: f':;r1w-nn nnd r;om!i oi' Lh:.'; boy::; tbwL -...,r;;;:; 1tvin-~ yon kno1r J11 Lhf; eiticr~ .. /1nd iJm:y would Lul<n thef;f-J out tho re tri the land 0rd rnaroh lhmn up .:ind (k11m :Jnd aa trwin 1 em, c-iven thou;(h they rlidnrt huve 1~1mn. or nnythi.nv. And tlc-n1 thit1 na one pj Lic11J.nr l1ttl1-=; city na thr-;y !lad taknn rn-cvoral. oJ' thE:! ho;ys f_'ro;n there or1d thBte vnis one vnunv f'ollo1N th;_iLw<Ju Lhc-J.r D_(~e, lrnL !n.r snn10 n~n:.mn, Uicv dnl,:-:3cndned !)Hit hu 1-:a:; nnl'iL un Lo ~;e!'"'c in llc rirmy or whtJt i)ic:;y thour!1t. aa ~\10ulcl be ."'.'.l nnrtt. HncD.U'.JC h(-: tJas ralr'.1.y eoL too '"itJ"l l li k,.-_-~d i.n lhn cm:\1t11Jni_t,_y nr~l ho 'J,,:1 prot1abtv 1lo.i..n 1 thLn---s _you 1<1 10-;-: onpi;_d (;,:: or what, evef'ybody (-d.ne wati doi.ni~. ;)o Lhoy thotwhL Lhut he r:ou1d h<:; n hindorDnce to tJHJ~~. Hut a~~ :.1n thn L-imt; Y!(nit on thon nll thci o U-1er bo.vs had((ono l,o wHn nrnl he remain01d at ho11~e l,y h.irn;~e:l f" And aa of courne Lhi_:; 11:ould tdwayH cl1\'elJ on his niind, 1 th:it l too could be a p;ood no.Idler~ And nn r could kill ynu k1 1c,.'f Urn enorny JuHl, as 'NulJ an n.11;,Jbod,y (~lne .. Alld :-:a tt. J1wt ho.:,ponod one dav thnt, cm w<...1:> ,,~-1 nUwdi.nr; hr:nLdc this rivnr :n,d. the:1e ~-iere c;om;~ horrn:incn r-tdi.nf~ up '<'lhich rmru kn:;ncl~n, Hum:;_i_;Jn kouacl<:3; ;.:nd they r,'l::ro rid tn1~ and they were roi ng to have to come acrosu U1n bf':i.df/t that wan ne2r i_'Jhnre ho lived{> ::,Jo he :t',>:J.n and hn p;ot hts P:tiri and hn rn.n and he ;;tood on onu ;:;i.dn of the h1idge wai t.inp; i'or 'rnn .. /\H he tJtood L,h,cr-E: he wan. wond: riri,o: you know ;juut how many he eould u1 irninatc Dnd <..r: tw trouvht. of count]ng the; buttons on his coat.. 1\nd hCJ hnd 1,'.J bnt,-Lons. find he ;;aid l'm ,~o~_nf~ to get ono i'or ever-,y hu-Lton l h:rve on my co-riL, whtc:h h8 did(; And :.1a all Lhe other boyn Lhat c~vuo homo frui-:1 the-; i'!UB- o[' cou1se o.a he c-:nirled up h:.d.tw a hi.fl' hero for 1r:;i<1,. r Pm re1ni nded of Ba ::;i;<ny r un::!dto h8nr .vl1:rn I YFl.H n vi rl. '1lH:n l.i::d~ Ti'onnder 1;J !lt1y Har rs::ic:i(-~ved son1{-; li_l:;:r.:l.i,ure f'rorn ;;.:;int Olor (!o.llc:irct>-. , 11h~h 1. Jd-vcd in Minn:-i--;otn., And ;:.u ;Jrdnt Ol.of NDB na-111ed <Jfinr i\lrw Olaf 1Nho rnled Norwav nt ona tlrno, !.fe Nnn the nationHl rw.int of Norvmy 0 And aa h<: is nuotod rnati.V t:inK;s, he: 1s v,-;ry :.opnlnr in \10.1tr-::1~:iun badi tion,. !snd he i.s Lhe oppisi tc or t'rH-; Lro U r:1 ,.,;.,. i ont sto-ri.e:3 you hear ohm1t. Hut t n lh LtJ co1r-e nponrlenee T had J'roin Snlirnt Olo f, on LhM 1 it tln eo rd T had \'!.ith n ni.c:Lnre of Ollie y{lth hit; ax~ .~ntl ;;wint O]o.f' Collcir,:u i.r1 NorthJ'leld \iinnanuta ts hutlt on a hil"l t.0!) and 1)J8r'(! in ivootkd <..nr:an ero1!nd tho eolle":e Bnd on 1.h,-) 8o_Ut4r~c eamr.ms nnd tha L in rno;-;1, urmsu,-::1, b(~cti.ww Lha L part of' r.r1 rmeso t::i in vt"; Y;/ L'lo t. B'll L hc-;n::m::e t.he,y want.~d to b\Jild n col.lec~e eallc:d ;-:ai.nt Otoi'. r:ol]ei~o i.n much tho st1n1e <.1.tmo:1nfwro Lhnt NorwD,y had, they chonn a 'NOodc;d, i--illly iHen .Ln tr1Ht Hf:t:Uon. '"!hat'n why -i.t 'i.s ao very hnautif'HJ, bccn11:_,r=~ i_L 1s go cliff'nrnnt,. Now on this :li .. tlle piece of li.t:Jrul,tn'e, it :--wy:J! ~4cot Ollie, v.1-1en he and hin J'rieudu i'oundf;d ;;ai_n-L Olor Colle:~a,1n 1n7J1, they uucnl i.nit-I,,.tnnUon, :innovaUon, .somo mont:i,y and a c;hHrp :n::,, .tmd u]l tho tJ.111e .'I 'Nrt8 ut '.;n1.nt 0101', the sharp nx HO. held b:y Lrndi U orwl aa 01] i o on the u<-imprn3 aa the ::;-Lod 0;1 HlJ r~~vo Lvc::d arourd o:u ie nnd the Gharp ax 9 nut ;inyw,,y L'lo sto:ry ,,:rn-H) !:,o :w.y- OJ.l Lo 0ti l.l rnnrns ~11,a1ta-Lo Hei1rl1tu. lie r:;Li.1J co11!C-lM np wi.Lh lrnH[finaL'i.ve innov:i-U.ons,. 1wrte 11 f'olkLa Lras Tn L'ac L around 1''011nde1r,,; !Jay, Novembsr 6th, yon henr hi_rn sha_qY':!ninr' li-i s nx cH1d -iJ' you lit-d.cn lwrrl 1::n1011,,:h, you can alr,o hear hi_,n mnttori nr{~sornr-~ rnonc\,(~ .. Now thin is .)1wt n litt]c v-tmi.ek lo r~Gt nll of tho un that ,,re assoclalnd 1.1-ri.th [3a-Lnt Olol' to ;--;nnd money. 11nt aa_, T reinrJmbur thr-1 ~;torios cenli:!rinf( a,ound Ollie and his ax, 1 think orn or the first 01:Jie sl.ori.es thcrt l nhould tell you is aa my introdncLi.on to J)aint OJ.of College aa J wns liomn ::>ick and nu r: di.cln 1 t know my room-mate" nut <.1u nhn waf:: v~1ry 'nice. P1lt our !'loan of_' 1. 1 -. 1orncn l(hved folk dancing_, no onA oC tho first cveni1w:n that VH--:! were in Northfiuld, she (~atberod all or llti J're::>hman tor<eLhnr in U-rn old /iym nnd ~1ho played the Norwet-~ian fold dancns and wo learned them 0 i")1tc! kc-!pt un huGy learninr,~ those ['ol.k danceu,, find this one r parU.culnrly Y'n!IKi1nbnr be;cc.J.um-1 it hHB a lep;end tha L ;~ocs 11.i.-Lh j_ L-you' 1,e f:KHrn thn pla trn,-; L have here ~:;howin{:'; this ler>;E-HHl. find this :Lu the \'13Y it ;{onn: (0hc now r;:in_r~r; a Ji ttle bit oi' 1-lh; 1.'o.l.d de.inc,,; :=,ong) /ind UiaL ii> a [\lor\',rn{~i<n1 fo'lk d:Jnco and t.hi.t:; :i..0 what :it, say::;- a.1 lhe 1,\1omnn bas throe d1LLdren 2n1d f:h3 "i..s aa p:oinr~ up i.nto l.he moun Li.c;n:J Lo cluirn but li~1. J\nd doe~; ::frifl have lwr f~O,TLs up in -Lho mounLian? [n that whc1L sho 1s fl:oi.nR Lo ch11rn the tmtL,::n from the fJ:oat rni.l.k'? ,John Po-L-Ls: Coats nnd na cHttle too. 'l'rley had cntt]o too& Vnah .. nnt ;-1ny\1ay f.lhe has a : JLLle hut or cnhin up i_n thf-! mounti<--1ns nnd :-;hf~ takns 11 ~r ehurn '1 1iLh hen and shu an ffOC!fl up there Lo tho ~-,1;:i_ rnc.n1rd:,i:-1.rn;. r,](Yi11 slte ha:J n hw,b:1nrl naniud O!.lil-:, bnt 011-Ln iu 1:J'l,y nnd he has itonE-i up tnto Ute mount-inns bofol'E-~ lmr-bef'or{: :.>he-: crnncu-bc-:d.'ore nhn rnnker; H1c t.eipo h11d hD!B ra.L]en aslr-~cp 11p th::re, he 1H junL t:.1kin' it c;<eJf:>.Y nnd in thn cooJ sh:ulo and nn;joylnr1 :U.f.'e. Put any1:wy nh0 f':oo::; up vii.th l-H-n na children and and 1.\ii Lh h~;r churrdnP: 1.nnro nrn.l chtn'n ::n1d Ha uhe chnrns buttr.n 11p there Dnd tlw non-, :wys tlwt :-;lie ma\wH thr~rn into li.t-tln rntl;LntJ and na .1.'i\),:-:t.-thaL 1n f'i_v(-J oJ' 1em, nhu rnnk(!t.> f-Lvn hutter p;iLLios and ;_1,1 she's h2pny, t~hn :;inos aJ.l. IJ1e ti1ne thaL r,hn 1~; ch11r'rJ_i_n,, buLiI::ro !1 nd ;a ()llir~ nitn thur(; r.>lcupil1r,:. /Ind 2a Lho chctta ifi Lh:::; ,vom:-1n _;a and oh Uiu ntovcn j G the w1 stick that r:;hr, uucit> for uhurrrLnr~ the h11tter. But 1.1. .. --i n;nw -LhnL ovr=:?J' nncl -over G!(Hj_n and :1n Wt) krnnv that sLor_y from h:n~inninf~ to 12nd--Lhnt wa:..:; the .L'i.rut folk t; Lorn tha L 1 rernrnnb1c-n. Yon nskod rnc if they :mrn ()"! !_in ::.tori.8n--they arc::_, hut thuy 1 re no-L .fpom ,,,,in! Olof, brr!. anyone Urat aU.ondod cinin L OJof t;oLto,,e was c!tJJed an 01.l'io -we ,-.urd all 01.Lion and t:hat lr, a typieal No:rr,ef,;lrtn n;-Jme. Mrr;. Lcwi.s and J.~r. PoL-Ls l)-111~ nov1 of tho Norv,egi.un linj;-i.nberries and J.ufflo_, which is R hrx1ad rnacli.. .from poeat,oco. 'Jhin cli::iUlrn~:;ion Jc~ads them in tu remernhc-Jr-Ln;;; smnu Chr.i.:.::;trn;-t8 Lrcicli tionR. AnoLh:-;r O.llie stol'y that wo nnocl at horno was Urn aa the utory abont GhrL:::!nws and the yulorri.::rnn i..s the Chr-istrnat1 spirit-he in ao tho tradiUonal cl r thn t han a red cnp and everyono on Ch r i.fJ tmao r~vu wouJd be ea t,i.ng h i.0 aa mc-;al--Chr:is-Lrnas rncaJ and an whiJf) ho i'JDn nati.n1; \-"he y111c~ni.~.i~>n would unnak 'in and put tho r;i fLtj undo r the Lree. No orn-i 1'.'0Uld {-n/er ::>E-ie Lhe yu]cn1inr;e do i_t beeaw,e tho Chri.ubnan v10uld bo in a d:i.f'J.'nrc-!nL 1oorno /Ind a pl:-1 to or porr.i.dvc--porTiclgE-! 11.r;cd to be~ nwde ond t.hc1 L uned to ho rut unckn the tr~~<l f'or Lho yul.oni rrne so thn.t lw ':1ouldn 1 L r~e'L hu-rv;:ry o /\.nd th:i.,-- porrldp;n wrn-; aJwa:y:, vonu vJic!ll Llw f'nrni.ly \'101.1ld rn'Lurn from Lhc::~ rncinl Lo fi nd U1n prni;r:r1-Lt; un<lnr l.ho tr(~e. pH.!ffl 5 fol f tnlc,c; ,/o!Jn !10-t.ts: t,nd ;_;2 tu J,;o nlotH{ rri t-h th1n too you kno1.v U1at :.tH OiH-1 \'Jay LhLt t t-h::i L the:y did in order thtJ r, t.he,'/ would !1 :1 L thn prcsc.:ntH at-J nnrler the ch,_, i ntmaa tre a and 03 of c01use to :surriri;;e you ], ilO'<'l U1e chi_ l<lrEJ n. /1 nll ua c1::,!)'._~c ial,y to a& v::::t the-ml -Lo AH he wa Lchfu] and tr,v to s,.:.:fl if they could you lo1ov,r catnh the niaoe. ti.ml nu wh2t bapp::_1r13d then while U1u,y wcire oat'irw UiuJr suppc,?r-their evening moal for Chr:intmas i_,;,1e~ '!hat e1 their Chrintma:;'_k t10e or <01n's0: would he an i.n 011:-; cornor of the house) Ll18ro $ f\.nd BJ !Jd.H rrh;;.(1 would op:-Hl reBJ quh1 tly i'roin the: outr.dde. J\nd uu whtd,eve t' present; iJw L he h<A1 then he 'Nould nling it under the Ch:r:i.ntmas tn--::e and. ot' cOt.H'Ee then ht:: W\)U]d dlsBdpur, 1\nd aa co1n'tm all lhe d1lld1".-;H th(1y would hear all the rati,'l i.111; and Um. noiHe in thnre and t.hey- 1d cou1se wauld come) i.i1 junri-inp, nnd.\ and oa thc~re w<.1.n cothing thnr,:.; ,and they'd look unde:c the t.ren ntid there ivan HOrnf:thi.np;. 1'.nd thf~y 1d ].ook out:;ide Bnc1Lr,y Lo scfl -if -Lhny co111(1 det-: the tTinrm Hnywhffre-:3 an<l thB,Y never could spot flr,l. P.nd aa h(n'e Jic 1d l:J1roY1 the aa g:i rts nnde.r thfl tree, , ~-~I'S Lewin: I F!:uuus ;vou remF:mbcr- tl1e Ch rintriws Eve .'.1D.D n_h.;lys \!i::-n.v GH(: red, .f'..a culnbralin~ the hi rth of Ch1l:d:a !ind na ChtiHbnan nay, that!:_, Decrnnh~!r' ~5th, 1,1wn a]::10 very, vti1,v uncrud .. r1hnt ,1n.::,; H rami],v dvv/", And :w no one '::nnt vi::d ting on nacomber ?~th., You rlidn 1 L p-o vi.nit anyone-; else in nnyon(-i olnn 1H hmwc-jnnt you1 .fmo-J.ly l,opi:d,her6 And B:H. wB 'NEH'e atr:.ay.::; told ".10 would rr,xcr..-r hornn i.f' WC:: :_'HJ.nt vi.~-ri ti.n;!_ on Chrintman Day. {John oLL;n '{ou knovr one thirn1 ,. Vivi_an, that YKJ.H 1on1 :-iLrHnr,:c to 1ne yon know to me wlwn -l w6llt over Lo na the old nonntr:y ov:r ther't\ in ii'in]nnd e0pucinlJy .. find no courtm r ronnd out later too v-ou know- that, in aa rno,:;t ol' the ;Jeandinavian comitPieu -bocauHe con1-L-ng from !'he west, ouL i.n r:olorndo0 fi.D rvc lla.d aa OU!' r;hnre of ;;tK1ke::::i uf all ki 1:cl-rnt Ll0i;nakcu; and nu, and i L GC-:c:m0d thnt you coulcht' t '';O an.v plac3 and you 1d s::e a snHkt=-!. bnd na you know yon were al'NHYH kinda cnutorn;; ,ua1ktnp; na thr~1v-;h h:l;1.h ,1,rn0,'JEH3 or out. on HtH pn1Ttns. /ia eonring ov-;r LhrHc-;, <~OlH'se I aa would be v1ri.lkirw yon kno'lf tJ1.roup;h the woodu <,~lm). J"lui, one day itoccurcd to me na that T hnd nBver seen a BnHke ovflr thEYro. And m,1 f nriked na somo of a 'l'r1end then I.hat nro ther;:.3 any-'Nhere o:r>o the fHt{lkes , do you luw0 nny'f ,",ml they f.Wi.d no Hfl don 1 L havH any t;nak<:-, ovrn: horu. V-ivinn did ;you o,1e.r iH1:'J r how the:y ever got rid of the nn2.k<:?sovt:n thert;~,.how ilrlfl came ahorrL'l :,1rs. Lev-ri.f:l: :-'inll rny Frandpar,:3nt:;, some of them cnrne from rrrondh:jem. And nn you knov.r t,her,0: are alot of 0tor.i.e[> aa Lold an about tho :;v.t~dcs and the Norwer~ffiann and tho ~'.inninh pBople .. '.',!e11 thln t;t.oPy nhunt the snal,~~s, i r f reme;mb:n '.it t'LghL a::i Lhey Hskud ao J111rm to come over Lo help r~et, -rtd of -1.hu .snakc;s and thiu ta wha:t.:. he dJd, be H;1 fuund a J.l'ir trou that, w,_\a vo1\y Lall.. And aa, and he rk::eidBd lo if bo c-1. hnh.;d :i.n Lbe 11' J r-f_i 1:: L he bnd to r,-.~ !, dead branches and all nnc.1 ho formed n (:"i rclo of Lher:;\1 rlc.:ad lwanchou nronnd lb.in I1'1 r tree., Hn li L firfl Lo lhom and .vhj 1(; an he~ :;tw _,);oinr\ to chnnL and, :ind oo.l"I liiu ,._mnk.::t; Lo }dm. Of courso hH had to p:et np 1-n lh(; rnr tn;11c)-way HP 'dt;h c-nd UH:m UH-; fj_1c around hlm in lhu elrc'!n~ fn1d, va ::;oho chanl<Jd and na Lhc srwkc;; :-tll carro to him but of c:011cno in~1Lnad ut' reachi.np: the Finn , they reoch::'!d Uie flio and they ;:1H'A ;::ill lnnr,od and na l und,1r-r;tand Lhnt J;;,1ihy Norvl';;y hai; no :::;nitl<f:;n. par~r~ 6 rolfta1o;; (\',rn~ !\iorLon ntarln '!rlLh ider:LU'.inf~ hnrBcdf' and e~tnlalr1n Lhat nhc l'tt'll toll t.hJ bcr;in1np: of her talo in No:rw0,;Jan ond Lh.n t-:;ll the .,,holo at,or:v in l\nrdtsh.) Pen, t.~orton: O.K. tbHn ttdr, 'i.n th": story i.n 11:tr~l:lsh. 'f1e aa rahllli, w,G aa ru:-ndnrr, throur:h thc1 field and 1jumpinr, up and r:a just, :in f~rdal dol1,_~ht, nndaa seumed very, v-cn,v happy nnd the c1 fox earnn sn:Jald.ng aloug and the rabbl t said, 11 0:n f{OOd day, r:ood da,y T I m so ,, lad today bo t:a.twr:! l Jns L got rnarrL~d. 11 1!nd the fox ;:;atrl, 1_10n that1 1:, fi.ne .. 11 And tho rabblt said, 110h, Lhat1u noL uo Line becnunu she 1n an old wj_tch, lhis woman thuL r married~ 11 110h that';; too b<nl,u said Lhe fox. 110n it WHdnt t toobnd,H nu.id tfw :rabbit, 11f;ho hnd H honnocll' 110h thal, 1 t>, U1at1 s finu, 11 rmid thu fox, 110b it wa::-,n 1 t 00 t'ino di tho:r, Uw house hnrned 11p. 11 110h t'iat 1JaR renll,1 Loo bad> 11 r>Hid the J'ox~ 110h it w;u:mtL Y\Ht.11y a]:l thH'L bad, ua\H:i8 it bupn ,r'} up my wi.ft-.: too1 (l:i-c~ Potts now rolvt:-;s an J!:nst0r custom ho practicr.~d di.iln livinv; in Fl.nland .;1.lon1'. with n 10::r:end Hbou-t tt name of a plac,-? .) i}ohn Pottr:; AJ'tor livil1f{ OV('J' there in tho oJd eountry for nowe tlmt~ U1fln., :\nd of' co1n":'J:' corni.ng fr01:1 the Unl Led t:tatcw over Lht:ne-cn11r;u f'ovnd n,,t:in;y of lhr: c1wt.om:1 that 'Hi?Y'U entirely di_f'fc_:rent thnn what ,,;n hnv:~ here .. And an one th1n1,: Uia L aa rcaJ.ly surprim:Hl we oJ' c.ou.rsfl w<-11:> th;J t Lho llrne of 1i'.untor. Boca1we here i_n thin country .you know wo an con0 l_dn:c 1.01y~ 11'ri day UH ,:1n dn-y 01', oh, 'NOrHh:i.P; Dnd Ha we i:;ort or do Uilntts r;lO\'f and t-')cJGy nnd ua .-\'f? r !'<-~ yon knor1, i:iOJ'l:l or lHf;n an havo f.t;rna l, rt-;n1ect eour:;n J'CH' onr ~-:nvioc too. !lowf;v11:r-, CL'J. Rf.'(AC;r arriv:i.Pg U1(-:ro in the t>prinr1:, ;1hich wa:, afirir 1;:nntt r, !:hen of r:ourBe the next ,sprinr1 Uwn, n:a~1t:::r f-i.ria1)y ~nwo aronnd. And aa sorL;1 ,11ond,1-ucl Nhat all the excitmenL y;,13 with the aa 1ddr, espncdn.lly'& P0C{"JU:-'H1 they 'A'l!f'8 you kno1H p1nnni.rw mnny I.hi rv~n nnd aa T \'JAH 1,1ond:.:::ri np: .-:hat wHs tllkirw plant! 1cHHi>(~ a]ot of 1ev1 WJ!"O lJ1i:r1kh1 1 nhoot <in dffinrr -Lhirws Lh<+L yon :::ouldn 1 t nor-rnnlly do. 1\rid ::,a r f~uer.rn :vou oould ulmosL enrisidr:r whnt U1e cbllrlcon do here on JlaJlo-:\'eon hnd a,) court:11; l Lriod: Lo vou knoi.v U1ink DbouL Hn1lot:::en ;.-;1,ri how r,iou1d this -Lie Jn 'Nith :,:ar;ter. tint. ;:1_n:y;';cly fi'.ast-:-1r Linu.'1 l.y caw-:.; about, Dnd aa and Lonv Vriduy :,a:" theie. ;Jo thaL r:}vnuinf( Urnn :d 1J1 all tho nn kidt~ that T pl ayod 1:ri..Lh, :o :n~nt out and <v' . .just GLart:Jd ralavanLirw around. /d, f.'i rr:;t, na 1,'AJ didnt L do too rtnich boenu:J( tho ,,-:anthu1 at that L"\1(2 oJ' th:-; yen! is cold., :ttts nn t;orncd.fmon ;mo:1, on the r,:roinHl, l\nd aa, aa afb.:r i.t ;ot d:tYk, rrohnbly <.1l)ouL 9-tO 0 1clock ;{{, rl"iv;ht, W<! n,9. bui:~vn to do Lhiripf:i -Lhnt t,oemed real odd to 1110 .. U\ jn t.:)c: bn.rn whcrc the,y kept thci1 hay, ne uged to run in Lhe:iu mid or c:ou1:3e tHku as Pmch hay out as we cou]d, put it-inn bl:; pile and sHt it .u fi.ro. Of cour:;e :you ,~ould look OV-\-:!J_' thu oO!T1111unity, !'.:)Hpoclu] Jy 1f ,vou ~-,~~rd on :::. high p1acu BOl!lt!'Nhure, You con]d scrn U:eso bJnifrn all throur~hnut thn 1and the:11 .. ~1 .. /uid Lhc~n art.er we d.ld 'Lliis, then you'd go and Jr ua you could firlf n n]rd,r~h or rmmoLh.tng like t,h:i.s, tJwL v.a you would :wLunll,y tnl<0 i.t and c,irT,Y ii, and a pnl; i L 1m on ;1 roof .. J\nd Da :dncu the_y nn too >','Grr: t;L:i.ll burning ua uuhit~ firnplvccs to eool< h,y. 't.'o 1.rmuld climb up on ::-tl_nLLcn, up on a roof -cind we 'A'on1d cnr.ry 0ncks '/1.i.t.h ma;1ba hay .1n i.l, and :w v1ould nLurf Lhc:;o down u cl!r:::,1mney. And na vou kr10\'J v1ha'L wouJU hnppeH i.n.'ddc Lh::1 liowm. /ird ,:_in Uic;,H nr;; Lhtnvn '/g~fd netua.ll,y do dll n.ir;hl. 1onr: bnCo.rr' yrw cDmc~ 11011:c lx; :?, .. ') o 1clock in l,ho wortdn,~. And aa Lo mo thi.a \':an real ntrmw.c, h11L l 1:rn?s::; l,ho r.:~a.:mn they di<l U1in i.H 1,1oh<.1hly llf";<!llll:.:ie you kr1ow Jc)tJl!R ,,t Lh;>t, tinlf! y1)U knf.)':,, hnd hr-?on na tnJ a Led bnd .and f ;~i,we;:; ()1i t) tn na '.Nha L th(ey d i.d Ll :i: n 1ij ,1 Lo aa '.'JC 1 l nrn11:; o!' tho frnntrnLton!J tJwt Lhn P"i;op]n llrl!':ltt have bn"ilL np, thrd, Bn Hi\r-; Lh::on thn,y '.\'c-!Y':; tnkon out and do1-nr LhfHm th:hwn b pagn 7 t'o l.k LH]oH Ono o th1~ r ;:d:,ory Loo 1-.hH t 1 ,emnrnbe r you kno,1 from nve l' the; ru \'WB onn thn t h::,d 'Le do ,;,l.tht,hh> ci.Ly Uwt '.-'1ns in :;~:,rfidcm~ f-,nd na Lhn nD:ne of' Lhn city J l.!'mlf 1N1Jn ;in irrollha 1-.t:m~ 1\nd or cour:m i L Lranr:lntr.~:_; Lh.i0 i_r:to i'.rip:U_nh it i'!OU1rJ he DH} mo1c-: lr:~:-;n 8vi1 aplrt'L. t,nd tho hatLan po.rL of Lhis ,1outd munn an cap OT hat. So av ns the HLor,v .n:oos U18n <lhout this Ha city hcr'o 'Lh:_it wan neLuH1ly- n;iw:.::rl tho f-:vil Bpirit tn that many yea1:t:; tlf1:f) Du Bn ships br);an to ;~o frorn ont~ nrc:a Lo anothor~ 't"hnre w:ti n la:rtc ltdtc ln :-i:nden t}1at wuu north of notenbnrf<, wh.ich l;; a take nam:-)d Vurrn0rn. And aa Ll1oy hullL nom(:J locks in a ri.ver nnmod nntn that wont rrorn aa notonlHn-p: on UJ1 to th:ln lnl,;n ~ And na ?O Lrw frnra th:--1 aa I O\','t~r pnrt of Cntonhurr1; then, up to thi H V;ke ts prohabJy Bcveral tumdred r1'::;eth.lyh. ,1Jo thnt na they h.ri.d to aa pnt in n1oL of 1or.ks in order to p;8t, the aa ho:d,S to r~o up thero<> And of nourf'.l3 hnUdi1w: the:_;e lockn thon f.'o_r the bonls, they- a)uo n:;_ hctrl .it fLxod so they '.'t3re able to aa-so that aa they aa l't-1bercatc1d ::::everDl \'J<".1.tJ::n:'\"'f1r.~elH.,_ course so:no of' Lh12ne ','!8r'U v:_rLical a:-; n.a walerwheelr.> t~H1 t-, Y;(-; bnvo :=-Jaen, yon know here,, lsut a;-~ain they had some othc.r vrahi;:rwheelu LhaL Lhev ~wd Hn. laid dcrwn horzonal t.o the str'\:1<:.1m.. And aa where thoytd t(nrn-:rr{,lor Ha th:d Lo t,hom: Nh(-rnln tlH-Hl tht-:;v 'N(H'G able to nn l'otne up Yri th the c-decLr1cLy. And much of thi.s c)Joct.1icty i.1as HfKJd ln g-iving th0 f;]ectrieal power Lo c:i.a Coponhagcn ,,h:i.c}1 ir-i crLtll hein1~ done today. 1\nd an in Tro]lhatV.:tn UHJrJ the: rnanon lbc.1 t the name of this c:i. Ly h,-H.!Cllfle th iD wan Lhn L an whon ,your de.-,; p~1int :::md tcmp.reture of cour-su becomef; clo::,;er you kuow d1n"'jnf.; Um evenilll'; ioany timou you c::m look do;m on Lhis r:i.vor us you. w-nre np on the hi.,i:h I er t-:devaLiorwJ nnd you could 'ND.Leh the .f.'Of( fo.r1n. /\11d an the f()_,{ them v,ou'ld lx:i!!,i.n to cr<'Jep llp Vd~i river :)1.1SL lii<e \'ro1.drl,, And you cnri1d s0e-t1nd aa fi nal1,Y would closo t t in complete L;y, V-.'ht-ff'(; yon conldn 1 L f:K!8 nr1,\rthi n.1: a L ;ill. But c.1a ns t t. 111011P.don up into the hi 1h lendn, th<~ load.in~ ed1to of th<l:r.: ro1{; wonld be j1rnL like B 0nakfls l1n2d. /..ml it \'mold nrohnbly only Dl !.'irut he only \Js D'-'011t 2'> l'ent thick-if !hut, thick, O[' course lnt,er on, it wnn1d h:--~ :13 :'H . .::vnca1 hundred /'eet yon kno1:1 thjck. P11t nny,,.1ay thiH t0 1.',.'htH'D 2:1 thiH littlo tole eity ;:,:ot Ll:J<~ nnn-10 oJ' 'Jlrol1hnLtan. Pictures John Potts and Vivi.an Lewis Alice Morton 1h0 Lewis Home A PDF transcript exists for this recording. Please contact an archivist for access. Professor John Burrison founded the Atlanta Folklore Archive Project in 1967 at Georgia State University. He trained undergraduates and graduate students enrolled in his folklore curriculum to conduct oral history interviews. Students interviewed men, women, and children of various demographics in Georgia and across the southeast on crafts, storytelling, music, religion, rural life, and traditions. 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