Interview with Mrs. Odey (Virgie Guidry) Leleux

Accession No.: 
ST1-170

01:00 - Family information - Lived with foster parents;
01:40 - Great Depression - remembers hearing old people complaining, Foster Family grew their own food and they had a car;
02:25 - Would fish for crawfish, hunt for ducks and geese. They had a community garden - certain number of rows per family in the area;
03:35 - Attended Lyons Point Elementary - There was one room per each grade, went up to grade 7; Says she never missed school, was valedictorian;
05:15 - Describing her family's house. Wood frame, no plumbing or electricity, used a wood stove for heat;
06:50 - Story about how her grandfather couldn't pay property taxes. Her foster father sold his last cow to help him pay the taxes so he wouldn't lose his land;
07:40 - No refrigeration - they'd eat whatever was in the garden. Would kill a calf every few weeks and everyone in community would get a few pounds to make tasso. Also raised pigs;
09:00 - Haircuts were 10 cents at the barber, so women in the neighborhood started cutting peoples hair so they wouldn't have to pay;
9:55 - Mentions Lionel Leleux was a barber in Lyon's Point;
10:15 - Describing her clothes - made out of feed sacks;
11:40 - Didn't get to play much when she was younger, she had to do chores around the house;
13:00 - Describing a typical day during the Great Depression;
14:00 - Would cook and submerge sausage in lard to preserve it;

Media Type: 
Audio
Collection: 
Students
Creator: 
Hilda "Mindy" Dugan
Informants: 
Mrs. Odey (Virgie Guidry) Leleux
Publisher: 
Center for Louisiana Studies
Rights Usage: 
All Rights Reserved
Language: 
English
Meta Information
Duration: 
15:09
Storage Location: 
Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore - Born Digital