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To: Deaf Smith; Cowboy Bob

“Louisiana does not have counties. It has parishes.”

Great job, you two! You passed the test I slipped in! Well done.


35 posted on 11/24/2019 8:09:34 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

lol.....


62 posted on 11/25/2019 2:08:15 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Ginsberg didn't kill herself.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; Deaf Smith; Cowboy Bob

For everyone’s edification.

http://vermilion.org/did-you-know/why-louisiana-only-state-have-parishes-and-not-counties

Louisiana was officially Roman Catholic under both France and Spain’s rule. The boundaries dividing the territories generally coincided with church parishes. In 1807, the territorial legislature officially adopted the ecclesiastical term. Through each change in her history, Louisiana never deviated and the primary civil divisions have been officially known as parishes ever since.


63 posted on 11/25/2019 2:20:31 AM PST by abb
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