Cooking meatballs;
Working in the rice fields - threshing the rice and working in sawmill;
Being in the woods at night and dreams;
Learning the hard way to survive off the land;
Re-introduction of deer into Louisiana;
Indians preparing and eating skunk.
Women's Mardi Gras getting established;
The women running with the men;
Structure and rules;
Community reaction to women's group;
Pranks;
Making suits - needle point masks;
Making the Gumbo the new way and the old way;
How they made their costumes.
Life centering around the seasons;
Preserving/curing meat;
Community boucherie;
Women's perspective on preserving food;
Cleaning the casing for sausage;
Seasons for boucherie;
Canning food;
Ways of cooking eggs;
Process of making sausage;
Storing milk and making milk products;
Gathering to butcher and sharing among the community;
Making hog head cheese and boudin;
Using all parts of the pig and cow;
Process of butchering a hog;
The changes that occurred with the introduction of electricity;
Recounts of Mardi Gras in the 1930's and 1940's;
Saturday night dances;
Mardi Gras at the dance hall;
Other community gatherings centering around the Catholic Church (church bazar);
Rufus Deshotels;
Being treated for a snake bite;
Natural Treatments;
Tricks Mr. Deshotlels would do as a Mardi Gras;
Mardi Gras on horse back;
Catching the chicken and stealing for fun, when to break the rules;
More information about womens Mardi Gras and Tante Emmadean;
Syrup pies. (Pie day in Catahoula);
Preparing for LeJeune Cove Mardi Gras;
The structure of the Mardi Gras run;
What Mardi Gras performed at the houses;
Characters they used - Johnny Grosse Tete, the woman giving birth, and old man and old lady;
Descriptions of the costume and how they were made;
Mardi Gras truck;
Captains whip;
Tricks Mardi Gras would perform;
What the Mardi Gras did at the dance;
Women cooking the gumbo for the dance in the evening;
Group that ran in the 1930s;
Agriculture for a living;
House dances;
Their experiences with the LeJeune Cove Mardi Gras;
Celebrating Christmas;
Reading in French, couple who raised many children and taught them to read;
Talking about Iry LeJeune.
Children running Mardi Gras;
Progression of running Mardi Gras on foot to using trucks;
Giving the Mardi Gras provision and candy for teenage girls;
Logistics of music for the Mardi Gras;
Role of captains;
Discussion of the words, meaning and usage of the Mardi Gras song;
How the group was organized and choosing a captains;
Running Mardi Gras in Jeff Davis parish;
The dance after the Mardi Gras run;
Stories about Mardi Gras being mischievous;
Descriptions of Mardi Gras mask material and costume;
Obtaining the costume;
Life around the time of Mardi Gras;
Growing cotton;
Traveling peddlers.
Working on farm rather than going to school;
The history of Mardi Gras in the area;
Mardi Gas coming to her house when she was young;
Emmadean's continued desire to run Mardi Gras;
The women begging to run Mardi Gras;
The women's role in Mardi Gras preparation before running; making mask, suits and preparing the gumbo;
Experiences as a traiteur and handing down the gift to others;
Mardi Gras entering a dance to the Hee Haw Breakdown. (New Orleans)
Singing the Tee Mamou Mardi Gras Song.
