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Why does Louisiana have parishes and not counties?

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Why does Louisiana have parishes and not counties?

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Louisiana was officially Roman Catholic under both France and Spain’s rule. The boundaries dividing the territories generally coincided with church parishes. In 1807, the territorial legislature officially adopted the ecclesiastical term. Through each change in her history, Louisiana never deviated and the primary civil divisions have been officially known as parishes ever since. What are the red tops seen sitting in flooded rice fields? The red tops are the plastic caps on the neck of crawfish traps that our aquaculture farmers use to harvest their crawfish crop. What are Cajun Reeboks? Cajun Reeboks are the short white boots that mainly fishermen use when working in wet areas. Farmers use a knee high green boot and hunters wear either the knee high or hip boots. What is “dirty rice”? Dirty rice is simply rice dressing. While some parts of the nation may eat cornbread dressing, Louisianans maintain their love affair with rice. In our section of the country, when we have holiday, Sunda

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