"The whole family helps keep the garden in trim. We grow tomatoes,
potatoes, green beans, and leeks. It's enough to keep us going throughout
most of the year.
"We
eat snails which are called cagouilles in this area -
not the usual French name: escargots. We collect them
from the fields and hedgerows after it's been raining. My mum
Christiane puts a hundred or more into a pan with sausage, garlic,
tomatoes and herbs and makes a stew which fills you up very quickly.
The Villejesus fountain in the square is in the shape of a snail.
Dimitri repainted it last year.
"Thierry,
my dad is the 'agent d'entrien communal a Villejesus'.
That means that he is in charge of keeping the roads and buildings
in good order. He's a jack of all trades - he does building work,
gardening and he looks after the town of Villejesus with his colleague
Eric.
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'La Cagouille',
a bar in Villejesus
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"The
annual fair in Villejesus features a cycle race, a fair, entertainment
and a grand feu d'artifice (a firework display) where
thousands of people come from all the neighbouring villages. The
village bar which is called 'La Cagouille' stays open
late for the three days of the fête."
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