Contents
Prologue: Dichos, Performance, and Place
ENRIQUE R. LAMADRID
Introduction: Language at the Heart of Place
Esequiel and Magdalena in La Cuchilla
DICHOS ABOUT MORTALITY
Tomasita’s Chile Colorado from the Plaza de Abajo
DICHOS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND ENMITY
Lorencito in the Plaza del Cerro
DICHOS ABOUT FATE AND HARDSHIP
Benerito on La Otra Banda
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Grabielita in Ranchitos
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Esequiel in Los Ojuelos
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Juan Trujillo and the Capilla de San Antonio del Potrero
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Alonzo’s Horses in Los Ojuelos
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Santos Ortiz’s House
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Aaron Martínez in Los Ranchos
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
El Oratorio de San Buenaventura
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
A Pachanga in Rincón de los Trujillos
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Adiós Andariego
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Esequiel Takes a Spin
DICHOS ABOUT CHARACTER
Salomón
DICHOS ABOUT HEALTH
Don Patricio Cruz’s House on the Hill
DICHOS ABOUT TRUTH
Narciso Trujillo in Los Pachecos
DICHOS ABOUT LOOKS AND APPEARANCE
The Capilla de Santa Rita in Chimayó Abajo
CONSEJOS (COUNSEL OR ADVICE)
Tom Montoya and the Maytag Roller
DICHOS ABOUT WORK AND MONEY
Wolfie and Another Corona
DICHOS ABOUT LOVE AND FAMILY
Grabielita on La Pascua
DICHOS ABOUT CHILDREN AND CHILD REARING
At the Campo Santo on Memorial Day
DICHOS ABOUT FAITH
Tomasita’s Green Chile
DICHOS ABOUT FOOD
Postscript