A collection of French-language tales given in the Cajun French and its English translation, along with commentaries. Includes animal stories, magic stories, jokes, tall tales, improvised stories, and legendary tales.

Originally published: New York : Garland, 1993, in series: World folktale library ; v. 1.

The context -- The study -- The repertoire -- The language -- The storytellers -- The tales -- Contes d'animaux : animal tales -- Contes merveilleux : magic tales -- Farces : jokes -- Menteries et contes forts : lies and tall tales -- Contes de pascal : Pascal stories -- Contes lgendaires : legendary tales -- Histories vraies : historical tales.