Maybe I was a little jaded as I was getting lost in the outskirts of Ste. I was trying to get into this obscure French tradition while my family was relaxing and power eating. It was New Year’s Eve, and I was driving across the entire state of Missouri. Caroling as we know it (think figgy pudding) and La Guignolée are begging quest songs, singing in hope of small gifts of food or spirits, or both. Genevieve before 1935, and La Guillonée at Old Mines. It is called La Guiannée at Prairie du Rocher, as it was at Ste. Genevieve, the tradition can be found in places where the French culture has spread, including along the Mississippi in a few select towns, such Old Mines, Missouri, and Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. The La Guignolée has a proven history in France going back to the 1600s and was brought here in the 18th and 19th centuries. in Francophone Studies (the study of French-speaking cultures), provides some historical context. Nowadays the descendants of the original French settlers meet every New Year’s Eve to keep traditions alive. It’s called the La Guignolée (pronounced gee-oh-nee) and it’s possibly the oldest continual tradition of European origin in Missouri. Genevieve’s settlement in the 1730s and 1740s, the locals gathered in homes, taverns, and billiard halls to sing and dance. Nearly every New Year’s Eve going back to Ste.
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