here is a quick Google search http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:KrMoifCTgS0J:acim.umfk.maine.edu/oral_trad itions.html+French+Canadian+traditions&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&ie=UTF-8 http://simg.zedo.com/intercept/tag/int36FIN.html http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001206 ( what they don';t mention in this is that the resemblence to the irish music is not from contact with the Irish/scotts. but because many of the folks came from Brittany which is a Celtic group {as are many other French contintental Celts} and they had the same instruments and music as their counter parts, 28 miles away across the English channel in Cornwall Both spoke a gaelic language) http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/Canada/StJean.htm I'm sure if you look further on Google.com you will find more! Fran Wilcox