Interview · North Dakota · Arlene Wadsworth · NDNAEU 2
Themes: Land & stewardship, Kinship & family, Storytelling & oral tradition, Humor & play
Learn About questions
Why did people have to haul water with a sled in the past? Where did they get it? What did they haul it in?
What are kerosene lamps?
Why were kerosene lamps needed in the past?
Learn From questions
Is there someone in my life that has told me about what life was like long ago? What do I remember about their stories?
Have I ever lived in a rustic place without running water or electricity? What was it like? Did I have a choice about living there?
Have I ever had to use flames from candles or lamps for light? What was the experience like?
Transcripts
04 Arlene Wadsworth: Grandkids
Watch this interview on YouTubeFamily well sometimes I have six great-grandchildren grandboys and two little great granddaughters well they all live in Bismarck so they come down low and didn’t I sit there and visit with them they ask grandma how it was when you’re growing up I tell them how hard we had it you know we had a hot water by sled and we had kerosene lamps and different things you know we got our transportation was by a horses drama sir would he see grandma you were almost like The Flintstones I said but our cars had motors I said we didn’t have to pedal underneath [Laughter]
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