Thursday, February 3, 2022

Did You Know

 Did you know, Louisiana is split into parishes instead of counties?


 

37 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

News to me. I wonder why?

Hot guys said...

Nope, had no idea 🤷‍♂️

Anonymous said...

No, but why would I. We use parishes here but you only ever seen them on property titles and they don't match our local government areas called either councils or in the country, shires. It's a good trivia question.

Anonymous said...

Something strange. I click on the jack rabbit question and I arrive here.

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Yes, I knew that. And Alaska has boroughs, which are not to be confused with NYC boroughs.

Hilary Melton-Butcher said...

Hi Sandra - I certainly didn't know that ... odd - especially as Louisiana was only ceded to the British in the late 1700s - strange ... and interesting about Alaska as Bleubeard and Elizabeth note - cheers Hilary

Lee said...

I did not know this, nor did I know the one below! I obviously know very little...if not nuttin' at all! :)

CJ Kennedy said...

Yup, I knew that.

Jamie Ghione said...

Yes, that I did know.

D.L. Finn said...

I didn't know! Xo

Birgit said...

I had no idea but I’m not surprised.

Sandra Cox said...

Good question. From what I read, it comes from Louisiana's roots in Catholicism.

Sandra Cox said...

Neither did I, HG:)

Valerie-Jael said...

I had no idea, but why not? Hugs, Valerie

Sandra Cox said...

Nope. No reason, why you should:)
Re: Jackrabbit. That was my fault. I put the wrong release date on the post. Drrr.

Sandra Cox said...

I did not know about Alaska. Interesting.

Sandra Cox said...

My understanding is that it goes back to when it was ruled by Spain and France and the inhabitants were mainly Catholic.

Christine said...

I didn't

Sandra Cox said...

Thumbs up on that:)

Sandra Cox said...

Your Thursday U.S. factoid:)

Sandra Cox said...

Oh huh.

Sandra Cox said...

Excellent!

Sandra Cox said...

Good job, Jamie:)

Sandra Cox said...

Your Louisiana factoid for the week, Denise:)

Sandra Cox said...

You certainly can't accuse them of conformity:)
Hugs received and returned.

Jacqui Murray--Writer-Teacher said...

Yes! One for me. For anyone keeping count, it's about Sandra 30, Jacqui 2 (for stuff I knew).

J.P. Alexander said...

No lo sabia te mando un beso.

Shannon Lawrence said...

You know, I knew they had parishes, but I don't think I knew what they were replacing.

nashvillecats2 said...

Another fact not known Sandra.
Take care.
Yvonne.

Jeanie said...

I actually did!

Sandra Cox said...

Good job!

Lowcarb team member said...

I didn't !

All the best Jan

Sandra Cox said...

Understandably so, J.P.
I'm sending you a hug.

Sandra Cox said...

Good on you for knowing they had parishes, Shannon:)

Sandra Cox said...

No reason you'd know this one, Yvonne;)
Cheers,

Sandra Cox said...

Thumbs up!

Sandra Cox said...

No reason at all that you would:)
Cheers,