| Title: |
Dick Potter and Spot Baird
|
| Document type: |
Oral history
|
| Accessibility: |
Free Only
|
| Repository: |
University of Texas, San Antonio. Institute of Texan Cultures
|
| Collection: |
Institute of Texan Cultures Oral History Collection
|
| Description: |
Dick Potter and Spot Baird, self-proclaimed possumology experts, share their possum spoof, which they performed from one of the most popular booths at the Texas Folklife Festival. They demonstrated ancient Cherokee Indian rituals, baffling magic tricks, and the famously inaccurate East Texas Polaroid camera. They divulge possum oil’s mysterious potency, making it equally useful as a hand lotion, dye, or earache cure. Also experienced cooks, they extol the virtues of a wooden frying pan and offer a recipe for possum on the half shell. Ending on a serious note, they share their knowledge of possums in general and the history of Upshur County.
|
| Original Language: |
English
|
| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
|
| Speaker: |
Potter, Dick
|
| Speaker gender: |
Male
|
| Speaker race: |
White
|
| Document location: |
San Antonio, TX
|
| Document date: |
07-Aug-1982
|
| Interviewer: |
MacMillian, Esther
|
| Locations discussed: |
North America; San Antonio, TX; Texas; United States
|
| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Community; Culture; Local history; North America; Oral history; San Antonio, TX; Texas; Texas--History; United States
|
| ASP release: |
2005-06
|
| Document code: |
OHI0029052-32090
|
