I never eat when I fist get up!
I have always been that way,
My Mom and my Memere (CanadianFfrench slang for grandma, mee-maw etc.)used to have FITS about it.
Not all the Acadians made it to Louisiana-some settled in
Maine.New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
In later years, the Quebecois also came to work in the
factories and shoe mills. Also Bates Mill Bedspreads were
very famous, and lots of people wanted them.
My ancestors were only able to go to church in the basements of the catholic church. When the number of folks got to be too large, they contributed to have their own churches built
and so Saint Peter and Pauls Bascillica was built.
You can read more here, if you wish:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul_(Lewiston,_Maine)
WE have both Acadian and Quebecois in my family.
We did not have a lot of money, but my Memeres on both sides of the families were so neat and clean, in their homes you could “eat off the floor.”
My Dad’s mother was like President Trump-a germophobe!
Our home was a little more relaxed, thank God!
Ms.
That’s beautiful! At first I didn’t know why you were having services in the basement, but the article said a French speaking priest was needed and the mass was held in the basement.
“By 1905, even after the split, the church had gained almost 10,000 parishioners. The old church had to be torn down, and the basement of the new church was finished in 1906.”
I can’t even imagine, although the church does look huge but 10,000 people! I thought that many only congregated at a trump rally
I recently spent a morning in Shediac, NB Canada. Acadian culture is alive and well there!
“Memere”
that’s a beautiful name!
so much classier than meemaw
Well, I just watched a good video on the Acadians in Louisianna by this guy that Spunky got me hooked on. He’s so interesting, and visits with different groups of people all over the world and tells their story. It’s so good. Lol we were just talking about the couple and their little floatin’ home, eating a swamp rat!
