713. To braid St. Catherine's tresses means to remain unmarried.
733. MUSE, here the Goddess of Song. There were nine Muses in all.
II.
741. THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER, the Ohio.
749. ACADIAN COAST, districts near the mouth of the Mississippi river where
many Acadians had settled.
OPELOUSAS, a district in Louisana.
764. GOLDEN COAST, banks of the Mississippi above New Orleans.
766. PLAQUEMINE (pl[)a]k-m[=e]n.)
782. Mimosa, a plant which closes its leaves when agitated.
807. ATCHAFALAYA ([)a]ch-[.a]-f[=a]-l[=i]'-a,) a river in Louisiana.
815. WACHITA (w[)o]sh-[=e]-taew,) a river in Louisiana.
821. See Genesis XXVIII, 10-15.
856. TECHE (t[=a]sh,) a bayou.
ST. MAUR (s[)a]n-m[=o]r'.)
879. BACCHANTES, followers of Bacchus, God of wine.
III.
889. MISTLETOE, a parasite plant which grows on many trees.
890. YULE-TIDE, Christmas time.
952. ADAYES (a-d[=a]'-yes) town in Texas.
956. THE FATES, three Goddesses who were supposed to control human
destinies.
961. OLYMPUS, a mountain of Greece supposed by the ancient Greeks to be the
home of the Gods.
970. CI-DEVANT, (s[=e]`-de-van) former.
984. NATCHITOCHES (n[)a]ck'-e-t[)o]sh,) a district of Louisiana.
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