- powder puffs of thistle tops used to apply powder of the crushed Cherokee rose
- fresh pucks of wax-myrtle wax
- bay and beeswax candles
- cypress blood, tincture of cypress sap, bottled and corked
- Spanish moss in a can, match included
- iron tines of the plow for t-fer making
- hats and fans of the latanier for ladies to keep cool in the summertime
- smudge sticks of indian sage, lemonbalm, rabbit tobacco
- dried teas of herbe a cabri, mugwort, mongrea
- sasafrass root
- file' powder
- comb-in prairie des femmes honey
- pecan shell berceuses pour les ti catins
- dried French mulberries by the lb
- fresh mulberries, dewberries, blackberries in season
- white mulberries of the Bayou Bourbeau in season
- elderberry syrup for the winter and dried elderberry flowers
- wooden beads and raw leather for leather work
- Laguiole knives with the bee and goat punch
- black taribi, cabresse
- bousillage soap bar
- red powder made from the crushed shells of lady bugs
- job's tear and chinaberry rosaries
- blow guns of lilas parasol
- shovels
- seeds
- Poo yaille fertilizer
- hammers
- basins and buckets of all sizes
- rolls of thick brown paper
- cast iron cookware
- a directory of the names of local traiteurs on a cork board
- Louisiana literature and music
- quilts
- A Prairie des Femmes Field Guide
- ceramic shards from the field, embossed with gold
- plantain t-fer salve
- homgrown fruits and vegetables
- lemonbalm tingture
- loose manglier tea
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Thing they should sell at the Prairie des Femmes Store
It was run by a local family, and their youngest daughters, bewitching blonde twins, ran the counter for a time. I went there once on la Fete de la Chandeleur to grab nearly all of their eggs and milk because we were short for crepe making at Beau Chene High School. I think I also bought a Mexican coke. They should sell basics like that at the Prairie des Femmes store, and other basics like bags of rice and cans of Rotel, white cherry icees and boudin balls and boules rouges in big glass jars on the counter, of course, but if I had my way, this is what they would also sell at the Prairie des Femmes store (on the old Indian footpath that is now Hwy 93):
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