Interview with Mrs. Ernest Leger II

Accession No.: 
ON1-002

00:00:15 - Story about her grandma and her two sisters taking a train from Crowley to Texas; She had to watch the clock so they wouldn't miss the train; She was 16; Her grandfather was sick; He died in his seventies;
00:04:35 - Her grandfather was a soldier in the Civil War; They would ride horses to Texas and bring cows back to feed other soldiers; Her grandparents were buried in Church Point; One grandma was 100 when she died and the other was in her 80s; Her mother was 71 and father was 84 when they died;
00:08:30 - Her grandma had 3 children and broke her leg; Raised 10 children with a bad leg; They called her Maman Croche; She would get the paper from Canada and pick out her kids names from there;
00:11:45 - Her husband, Ernest, passed away in 1993; She says to live long you need to work hard, make a lot of vegetables, and eat a lot of vegetables;
00:15:00 - A lady died across the street from them right after they moved; Stories;
00:19:15 - People thought is was wrong for her to work in the field;
00:21:00 - They talk about sending and receiving cards;
00:23:20 - Madame(?); She was a Blanchard; Story about her and her husband; She donated land to the church; They would go to church in Church Point;
00:29:25 - Henry Walker; L'anse Chaoui;
00:30:30 - It would take 4 hours to go from their house to visit; A lot of their family lost their land during the depression;
00:33:55 - They got electricity in 1948; Myrtle was in college and would complain that she couldn't see when she came home, but she didn't understand until they got electricity too;
00:35:03 - Grocery store; They didn't sell milk;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Onebane, Donna
Subject: 
Louisiana; Cajuns; Oral history; Farming; Cooking; Customs;
Creator: 
Donna McGee Onebane
Recording date: 
Friday, June 10, 2005
Coverage Spatial: 
Richey, LA
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All rights reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
00:37:55
Cataloged Date: 
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Digitized Date: 
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Original Format: 
Audio--Minidisc
Digital Format: 
Audio
Bit Depth: 
24 bit
Sampling Rate: 
96 kHz
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Drawer 25 Row 1