1. Turlie Richardson, West Feliciana Parish
   We'd have quiltings then, you know . . . we'd sit there and quilt out sometimes two or three quilts a day. You see, two people would cook, and the rest of 'em would quilt. They be there singing and having fun quilting. Well, it'd be in the first of the fall, at that time, 'cause we would have a fire in the hearth, and peanuts and potatoes, you know, and my uncle would go and kill squirrels and coons and stuff like that, rabbits, and we'd be just cooking molasses and bread and maybe peanut candy, and stuff. Oh, we'd have a good time. You'd have five or six ladies who'd stay till first night, then their husbands would come get them.




Folk Group(s) / Proof	Folk Genre(s) / Proof
Neighbors/Friends/FamilyProof: five or six ladies, uncle, husbands	Music Tradition Proof: singing while quilting and cooking
Most likely African American or Anglo American, but not enough evidence to say which.	Foodways Proof: making molasses, bread, peanut candy
Louisiana ResidentProof: Lives in West Feliciana Parish<	Material Culture Proof: quilting bee with family, friends
	Customs Proof: family member hunted and provided squirrels and coons and rabbits.




2. Captain Clarke "Doc" Hawley, Orleans Parish
   Tramp boats served the great purpose of entertaining people. We'd pull into little towns that didn't even have a newspaper, let alone a television station, and when we'd start playing the calliope, people would come from miles around. In those days, middle America didn't have much entertainment at home, and the only way of cooling off was to sit out on the front porch swing. We provided entertainment and a nice breeze off the river. Once people could sit in air-conditioned comfort and watch Milton Berle on the tube, our purpose was replaced, and the business started dying.




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