Raising Cain

Posted by RRC on May 14, 2009 at 19:34

In Reply to: Raising Cain posted by David FG on May 14, 2009 at 11:57:

: : We in the South refer to the phrase "Raising Cain" derived from a Civil War Era man who started Mardi Gras in the South. Each year after his burial people would party on his grave attempting to raise him from the dead thus the phrase " Raising Cain"

: May I refer you to this?

: www.phrases.org.uk meanings raising-cain.html

The French explorer Iberville landed south of New Orleans on March 3, 1699 and named the spot Point du Mardi Gras. French settlers started actually celebrating Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama around 1703.