Thanks, Ray and Edward.
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From: "Edward Venn" <e_venn_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- off topic: calling all Cajuns
> Hoodoos are large rock formations found in the Alberta Badlands. They are
> twisted and deformed natural sculptures created by wind and water. BTW it
> was in a hoodoo that Sue the T rex was found.
>
> Ed
> Tokyo Japan
> >
> >I'd like to request the assistance of persons of the cajun persuasion, or
> >of
> >anyone else with knowledge of cajun tradition, culture, and lore.
> >
> >In the Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Down on the Bayou," John
Fogarty
> >sings about his "old hound dog, chasin' down a hoodoo." What's a hoodoo?
> >
> >My hound dog isn't so old, but she's flushed out mourning doves,
cardinals,
> >and white tail deer; she chases squirrels, rabbits, crows, cats, and
> >raccoons, stalked a jogger, scared the mailman, and even barked up the
> >wrong
> >tree, but, to either or our knowledge, she's never chased down a hoodoo.
> >
> >We don't have a bayou here, just some sparse suburban woods, but can
> >hoodoos
> >be found in Silver Spring? Do they sleep in the daytime, and then come
out
> >at night to raid suburban garbage cans, like the raccoons and possums do?
> >
> >Can a young hound dog ever chase a hoodoo down? And if she caught one,
are
> >they edible? And if so, how do you cook one? Do you stew a hoodoo, or
> >fondu a hoodoo, or could you simmer one in a ragu?
> >
> >Thank you for your attention to this matter.
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
>
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