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CIRCUS LORE
The gJrous Parrot - Told hy Louis Skavlom to Charlee E* Brown at La&e Coahkonong, ame 6, 1957*
^ave Watt of JaneBvlUe, Wisconsin, an old oircusman and former employoe of the Bamum & Bailey shows told tho following story of a circus paz*rot:
This bird was Bamum's pct and Sat on a perch at the entrance of one of the big ticket office tents. Ho was considered a valuable bird. One day he got away from the circus, no one know Juat how* After his disappearanoe Pave and another clrcusman set out to look for him. Thoy had a horse and buggy and drove through tho town where the show had a ^stand" making inquiries for the lost pari*ot*
At the edge of the town they heard a flock of crows malcing a - lot of noise in a com field. Tying their horse to the fenoe they went in among the com to investigate the cause of the oommotion and noise. There they found Mr* Parrot wrapped around a corn stock with crows flying all about screeching and pecking at him* Above the Elftt^dddhihg '6f the brows oould be heard the parrot saying, "Eeep quiets Don't cz*owd! Ono at a tlae please*
Object Description
| Page Title | Records, 1936-1939 : folklore Wisconsin |
| Author | Federal Writers' Project |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Source Publisher | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service |
| Source Creation Date | 1984 |
| Language | English; German; Norwegian; Danish |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2011 |
| Digital Identifier | TP555000 |
| Description | These typed notes were made from interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938 by field workers of the W.P.A. federal writers’ project. Their 900 pages contain a wealth of stories, customs, jokes, music, maxims, and games shared by local residents around the state. The people interviewed ranged from Swiss settlers in New Glarus, Wis., to Ojibwe elders on the shores of Lake Superior (and many places in between). Some of their tales and customs were brought from Europe, while others record oral traditions of life in pioneer Wisconsin. These unpublished interview notes were extracted from a much larger collection consisting mostly of notes taken from publications. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Recommended Citation | Federal Writers' Project. Records 1936-1939: folklore Wisconsin (selected from Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984; 7 reels). Online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1758 |
| Document Number | TP555 |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1758 |
| Owner Collection | Microforms Room |
| Owner Object ID | Micro film P84-2051 P84-2057 7p |
| Genre | interview; |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | Depression and Unemployment; |
| Event Date | 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939 |
| Event Years | 1936-1939 |
| Art | Folklore; |
Description
| Page Title | Page 1 |
| Author | Federal Writers' Project |
| Place of Publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Source Publisher | Library of Congress Photoduplication Service |
| Source Creation Date | 1984 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2011 |
| Digital Identifier | TP555295 |
| Description | As told by Loius Skavlem to Charles E Brown at Lake Koshkonong, June 6, 1937 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Owner Collection | Microforms Room |
| Owner Object ID | Micro film P84-2051 P84-2057 7p |
| Full Text | CIRCUS LORE The gJrous Parrot - Told hy Louis Skavlom to Charlee E* Brown at La&e Coahkonong, ame 6, 1957* ^ave Watt of JaneBvlUe, Wisconsin, an old oircusman and former employoe of the Bamum & Bailey shows told tho following story of a circus paz*rot: This bird was Bamum's pct and Sat on a perch at the entrance of one of the big ticket office tents. Ho was considered a valuable bird. One day he got away from the circus, no one know Juat how* After his disappearanoe Pave and another clrcusman set out to look for him. Thoy had a horse and buggy and drove through tho town where the show had a ^stand" making inquiries for the lost pari*ot* At the edge of the town they heard a flock of crows malcing a - lot of noise in a com field. Tying their horse to the fenoe they went in among the com to investigate the cause of the oommotion and noise. There they found Mr* Parrot wrapped around a corn stock with crows flying all about screeching and pecking at him* Above the Elftt^dddhihg '6f the brows oould be heard the parrot saying, "Eeep quiets Don't cz*owd! Ono at a tlae please* |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Event Date | 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939 |
| Event Years | 1936-1939 |
| Recreation | Circus; |