Tales, riddles, anecdotes, rhythmic shouts, lyric songs, proverbs, memories, lyric songs. Gathered in Cahul district, Vadul lui Vodă, Soroca, Leova districts. The creations are recorded from informants not in the original context of performance. Custodial history: The archival material was gathered in 1952 by Corbu V., Botezatu P., Mari Maria. It was taken into custody by the Institute of Language and Literature of the Moldovan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences / MSSR Academy of Sciences and had the same custodial history as the entire collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 11 notebooks. Owner(s) of original material: Institute of Language and Literature, nowadays Institute of Romanian Philology "Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu". Author(s) of original material: Informants from Cahul district, Vadul lui Vodă, Soroca, Leova districts. Scribe of original material: Corbu V., Botezatu P., Mari Maria. Additional language information: Romanian, Russian (title only).
