His Appearance 1

057.1

Male Informant
Age: 78 years old
Born: June 6, 1894, in St. Alphonse
Education: Grade 8
Conducted on June 29, 1972, in South Bear Cove
Interview: Claudine Comeau
Transcription: Lise A. Robichaud and Caroline-Isabelle Caron

Original Acadian French

C.C. I’ ressemblait-i’ à un Russien, i’ ressemblait-i' à un Français?

Inf.: Il était une couleur… Il était dark complected, mais pas dark, dark, dark. Oh, coumme les Français de par icitte, j’dirais. Et pis, c’aurait été un grous houmme s’il avait eu ses jambes. Il aurait été haut.

English

C.C. Did he look like a Russian? Did he look French?

Inf.: He was a colour… His skin was dark, but not dark, dark, dark. Oh, like the French from around here [the Acadians], I’d say. And he’d have been a big man, if he’d had his legs. He’d have been tall.

Source: Centre Acadien, Université Sainte-Anne, Archives orales, 057.1, Homme de 78 ans, "His Appearance 1," Claudine Comeau, June 29, 1972.

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