Nifty Buckles Folklore<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookologythursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookologythursday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarlequinMask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlequinMask</span></a> <br>On March 4, 2025, New Orleans’ annual Mardi Gras sparkles with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarlequinMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarlequinMasks</span></a> 🎭, their checkered patterns weaving Cajun and Creole folklore into the city’s vibrant celebration.</p><p>In Mamou’s Courir de Mardi Gras, a real folktale tells of a Harlequin-masked rider whose mask, glowing with eerie “devil’s fire” 🔥, scared a miser into sharing gumbo ingredients 🍲—the perfect embodiment of the trickster spirit in Cajun lore. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookchatweekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookchatweekly</span></a> </p><p>📸 by Dreamtime</p>