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Bits of Louisiana Folk-Lore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2021

Alcée Fortier
Alcée Fortier*
Affiliation:
Tulane University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
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Extract

Folk-lore may appear to many persons as being of little importance, but the great interest which philologists take in it, is the best proof of its usefulness. I shall, therefore, give what I know of folk-lore in Louisiana, presenting the text, in the patois, of some popular tales, songs and proverbs, and making a few critical remarks about that most interesting dialect spoken by the Negroes in Lower Louisiana.

Type
Research Article
Information
Transactions and Proceedings of the Modern Language Association of America , Volume 3 , Issue 1: Proceedings at Philadelphia, Dec 28, 29, 30, 1887 , 1888 , pp. 100 - 168
Copyright
Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1888

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References

1 N. B.—The figures refer to the notes in the Commentary.

∗ Démélé, the same as zéronce.

† The feminine used emphatically for the masculine.

‡ Séteignit, was extinguished.

∗ *Ben matin, early.

† †Champ, field.

‡ ‡e ntendez, listen.

∗ Économe, overseer.

† There was no noon, there was no Sunday, there was o night for this overseer, work all the time.

‡ Run away slave.

∗ *The woman who tied the canes in bundles.