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Interview with Orélie Landry

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

0:00 - Four Corners at Gloria Switch and Carencro Highway; Boucherie de cochon
-Start by putting a hog in a pen and feeding it corn 5-6 weeks to make better meat
-Clean its throat and cut it to let it bleed and make black/blood boudin. Killed on the ground
-Laid hog on hay to remove hair with scalding water
-Then cut 4 feet, take off the head and hang it on a nail and open hog and take out débris/tripes
-Make hog head cheese with the head and feet and add onions and parsley and bell peppers
-Cook it again and let it set in molds

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Interview with Félix Richard

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

0:00 - Le cheval peinturé vert

4:29 - Les deux frères qui étaient au bal (conté par Barry Ancelet)
-des plaques (records) au Nouveau Brunswick
-recording music - Félix played 12 songs with Sterling Richard (son) on guitar and Bessyl Duhon (violin) for the Smithsonian
-Kenneth spent 4 weeks in France and heard Félix's tapes
-Accordion contest in Church Point - French guy stood in front of the stage learning from everyone
-teacher who taught at USL and Alexandria was on vacation in Québec - Félix taught her and Mary accordion

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Creole narratives and folktales by Mary Fentroy

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

0:00 - "Lapin puis Tortue fait la course" (conte); Heard stories from father

3:28 - "M'après rouler dans bras Bon Dieu" / "Working in my Jesus arms" (work song - only chorus)
-Social Security troubles (not being old enough? Born in 1897); 'Old Folks Pension'; early working system
-working from sunup to sundown, not spending time in night clubs
-60 years old and ineligible for Social Security; disabled with arthritis, doing clothes

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Cajun folktales by René R. Wiltz and Bernice J. Wiltz

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 5:01pm -- Anonymous (not verified)

René R. Wiltz; Bernice J. Wiltz:

Bernice Wiltz:

0:00 - Hibou et oiseau dans un arbre (conte)

2:01 - "Je suis chrétien" (cantique). Sang for confirmation. 15 years of catechism, then confirmed
-Kissed his (priest's?) ring. Learned songs with father who died in 1963. The whole family sang

4:44 - "Le voici l'agneau si doux" (cantique); Songs from a long time ago - Bernice is 80 years old

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