Interview of Ann Blumberg (née Capone)
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- Name: Ann Blumberg Capone
- Place and date of birth: Mount Vernon, New York, September 24, 1921
- Generation: 1st
- Family origin:
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- Grandparents:
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- Rosa Tremonti, from Afragola (Naples, Italy)
- Domenico Capone, from Afragola (Naples, Italy)
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- Grandparents:
- Spoken languages:
- English (native language)
- Some knowledge of Neapolitan dialects
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the interview:
Paesano (countryman)
Destino (destiny)
Cartelle (word indicating a mix of different powders used to produce “fake wine”)
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Sega, sega (original nursery rhyme) |
Ann’s version |
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Sega, sega mastu Ciccio, na panèlla e na sacìccia; ‘a panèlla ce ‘a mangiàmmo e ‘a sacìccia ce ‘a stipàmmo; ce ‘a stipàmmo pe' Natale, quanno vènene 'e zampugnàre. E zampugnàre nun vènene cchiù a saciccia t'à mangi tu. |
Sega, sega mastu Ciccio, |
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TOPIC OF DISCUSSION |
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00:01 - 00:45 |
AC’s date and place of birth and list of schools attended. |
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00:46 - 01:23 |
AC’s job at Columbia University. |
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01:24 - 02:00 |
AC’s father name and place of birth. Age when he came to America. |
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02:01 - 03:03 |
America as a “land of opportunity”. AC’s father decision to move to America. |
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03:04 - 03:20 |
Paesanos in America. |
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03:21 - 03:44 |
Location of AC’s father in America |
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03:45 - 04:20 |
How AC’s parents got married. |
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04:21 - 04:37 |
Age of AC’s parents when they got married. |
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04:38 - 04:53 |
Reason of the marriage. |
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04:54 - 05:40 |
AC’s father wine production. The importance of a wine cellar to store bottles. |
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05:41 - 06:52 |
AC’s memories and anecdote about her father’s wine. |
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06:53 - 06:56 |
AC’s health conditions. |
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06:57 - 07:21 |
AC’s father visiting Ann in Florida. Impressions and reason to refuse to move there. |
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07:22 - 07:31 |
Reason why AC moved to Florida. |
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07:32 - 08:07 |
Story and year of moving to Florida. |
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08:08 - 10:43 |
AC’s story of her job in Florida and how she knew her future husband. |
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10:44 - 11:10 |
Il Destino, the Fate. |
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11:11 - 12:43 |
The story of her parents; her mother was an orphan. |
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12:44 - 13.56 |
Anecdote about AC’s mother going to the convent. |
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13:57 - 15:05 |
AC’s mother had a good education and learned how to embroider. |
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15:06 - 15:28 |
Italian as the only language spoken within her family. |
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15:29 - 16:02 |
“Sega sega”, an Italian lullaby. |
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16:03 - 17:03 |
AC’s visit to the convent. Meeting Suor Virginia. |