I stayed with that for three years. Then, I decided to go into farming.

We would hold hands. That was allowed. But (the chaperon) was always behind us.

No matter what came up we never did stop. It’s hard work that keep us here.

We did it by hand, me and her.

The first year, we planted 20 sacks of Irish potatoes. But the back water came in – we didn’t have a levee then – it took most of the crop. We only made enough to...