Folk-lore from the Dominican republic / by Manuel J. Andrade.

THE CHIEF INFORMANTS
The following are the informants who have contributed folktales. Some of them have given riddles and other information, as
mentioned in each case. I have made no distinction between the ages
that I have estimated approximately, and those which have been
given by the informants themselves, as the probability of inaccuracy
is about the same in both cases. Details about the life of the informants had to be obtained in an indirect manner, as direct
questioning aroused suspicion in many instances. One young man
in San Pedro de Macoris refused to give his name after dictating
a story, fearing that he had violated some law by relating events
"that have never happened". The informants have been grouped
according to localities. As specified in the introductory notes to
the tales, the majority of the informants did not reside in the towns
and villages mentioned, but in the surrounding rural districts.
Monte Cristi
1. Francisco Acebedo. Age 36. A worker on the road that was being
constructed between Monte Cristi and Dajabon.
2. Gerardo Adams. Age 16. His father was born on the Island of
Saint Thomas. His mother was born, and lived all her life near
Monte Cristi. The boy was very unenlightened, and knew no
English.
3. Graciela Alvarez. Age 40. Illiterate. Very sociable. Born in the
town, but had lived on the farm for 20 years.
4. Alberto Basilio. Age 22. A rather refined young man. He said
he could read and write.
5. Miguel Angel Cambero. Age 27. Illiterate and rather backward.
Had recently come from the country. Was a laborer in the
reparation of a house near the Oasis boarding house. He could
speak some Creol.
6. Alcadio Cabreja. Age 15. Illiterate son of a peasant who made
charcoal. The boy made frequent trips to town to sell the coal.
7. Felipe Castillo. Age 16. A rather inmature lad. He dictated one
story.
8. Miguel Angel Camelo. Age 19. Clerk in a grocery store. Could
read, but wrote labouriously. He dictated one story.
9. Luis Cordera Monteon. Age 17. Illiterate, but a good informant.
Worked in his mother's farm.
10. Carlos Cordero, Age 16. A farmer boy. Illiterate. Very verbose in
conversation, and knew many riddles.
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