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Comment on Are All Cajuns From Nova Scotia? by michael hebert

michael hebert — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:53:59 +0000

what kind of indian are the frinch mixed with

Comment on Cajun Groundhog Day by Donna

Donna — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:43:24 +0000

Did he see his shadow?

Comment on The Rougarou is Watching You! by MIchael

MIchael — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:54:47 +0000

That’s right, Barry. The correct spelling is “loup-garou” which translates into werewolf, of course.

Comment on The Rougarou is Watching You! by Adam

Adam — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:24:56 +0000

My family on the Isle used to say the Rugaru would come get me if I hunted too much.”If you take more than your share,the swamp will send the Rugaru after you” I always saw it as a protector of the land instead of some wild beast.

Comment on Learning Cajun French – A few great resources by admin

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:56:18 +0000

Justin,

Thank you very much for sharing these links with us. The sock puppet is fantastic. :^) Take care.

Comment on Learning Cajun French – A few great resources by Justin

Justin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:26:30 +0000

A few other great resources are:

http://terrebonneparishfrench.wordpress.com/
http://louisianafrench.blogspot.com/
and then
http://TVTL.tv/

Now you can watch several of the TVTL episodes of Le Chausson Show! on youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/jeanlecouillon

Comment on Learning Cajun French – A few great resources by Speaking Cajun French - Family Name References | Cajun French

Speaking Cajun French - Family Name References | Cajun French — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:31:39 +0000

[...] language, people are excited to learn how to read and write it as well. There are several great resources for learning Cajun French, but this post is the beginning of a series that will focus on simple words and phrases that are [...]

Comment on The Rougarou is Watching You! by Patricia Milford

Patricia Milford — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:41:56 +0000

Oh how I celebrated when I read this! Although I grew up in Crowley, I had not heard the word rougarou until I lived in New Iberia for a short time. I’ve been livng in Texas now for 11 years, and I have asked so many people about the ty ty that the girls in New Iberia often referred to – no one could tell me his name, although I was CERTAIN that I had not made this up! FINALLY you have solved my mystery – thank you so much for keeping our culture alive!

Comment on Are All Cajuns From Nova Scotia? by Denise

Denise — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:49:49 +0000

Cajuns are the French settlers to Nova Scotia, which in the late 1500’s was Acadie. In the mid to late 1700’s the king of England sent his troops to take over the land the Catholic French (with help from the local Indians) made prosperous. He wanted the “Acadians” to swear allegiance to the british crown and to forget their Catholic religion, the Acadians refused, hense “le grande derangement” (the Expulsion) of the Acadians. They were sent on ships to the new england colonies (some were refused and had to find other places ), some were sent as prisoners back to France where they were not received well and not allowed to own land. Then the King of Spain which was at the time in control of the Louisiana territory, offered land grants to the Acadians to settle the area (hense the Land Grants to the original Acadian settlers in south louisiana everywhere). The majority of Acadian refugees settled in South Louisiana, some in Mobile, Alabama, some scattered throughout the new england colonies, some to parts Haiti and other island countries along the atlantic. The Acadian people mostly kept to themselves in the areas of South Louisiana and up till the early 1900s, still spoke their old world french, which today is called Cajun French. The english shortened the Acadians to Cajun, hense the term Cajun.
This is what I remember from all I’ve learned on the history of the Acadian people. I’m proud to be a desendant of Daniel LeBlanc (who all the LeBlanc Cajuns are decended from) and Guillaume Blanchard (who all Blanchard Cajuns are decended from). My cousin in Pierre Part, Minor Blanchard has a CD out that is in french and the songs are absolutely beautiful. All are about the cajuns, our history and who we are, one on “le grande derangement” for the old times and a more recent one ” memories of the bayou”. I only understand a little Cajun French because my grandmother Blanchard told my Grandpa not to teach us it. They were punished in school for speaking french and could only speak english in school. I wish I would have learned it, it’s a huge part of our heritage we are loosing.

Comment on The Rougarou is Watching You! by Denise

Denise — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:27:39 +0000

OH, I loved my grandpa’s stories of the rougarou. When at his camp in Dulac, at night he’d shine his flashlight on the woods behind the camp and when it reflected on the rabbit’s eyes, he’d tell us “see, the Rougarou is out there, if you’re not good he’ll come get you , he knows when u bad”. Grandpa’s been dead for 21 years this month and I remember this like it was yesterday. Thanks for this wonderful site to keep Cajun alive.