Canadian Folk-Life and Folk-Lore

Stories of the home lives of the farmers (habitant) of Quebec written down by William Parker Greenough in the later part of the 19th century and published in 1897. The book tells tales of animal life, occupations, amusements, the Church, marriage, the feudal system, songs, language and education, and much more, all focused on the French Canadian peope and life in country parishes.