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... Killing time in the tropics is no easy matter ; and how we should have spent this long weary day we know not , had not good luck placed in our way a file of Jamaica newspapers . The general tone of these journals - of which we ...
... Killing time in the tropics is no easy matter ; and how we should have spent this long weary day we know not , had not good luck placed in our way a file of Jamaica newspapers . The general tone of these journals - of which we ...
Page 84
... kill the large black Annancy spider , for some domestic misfortune would inevitably ensue . " Trouble , " says the proverb , " day da bush : An- nancy bring him come da house . " Professedly a Christian it may be doubted whether one ...
... kill the large black Annancy spider , for some domestic misfortune would inevitably ensue . " Trouble , " says the proverb , " day da bush : An- nancy bring him come da house . " Professedly a Christian it may be doubted whether one ...
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... arrival in Jamaica . So useful are they deemed to be by the Creoles that a local Act inflicts a fine upon any person who kills one . Their sense of smell is exquisite ; and it is stated as a curious fact ANNANCY STORIES . 121.
... arrival in Jamaica . So useful are they deemed to be by the Creoles that a local Act inflicts a fine upon any person who kills one . Their sense of smell is exquisite ; and it is stated as a curious fact ANNANCY STORIES . 121.
Page 122
... kill a big hog , an ' to buy a little rum an ' a little port - wine , an ' plenty of salt fish an ' yam an ' oder vittles . On de day him name all de John Crows of dat country gadered demselves togeder . And one brought beef , an ...
... kill a big hog , an ' to buy a little rum an ' a little port - wine , an ' plenty of salt fish an ' yam an ' oder vittles . On de day him name all de John Crows of dat country gadered demselves togeder . And one brought beef , an ...
Page 128
... kill , an ' de wedding cake bought , an ' eberyting . Now at dis time Toad was buckra gentleman , an ' 1 The personal pronouns feminine and neuter are almost un- known in negro phraseology . We have introduced them in these tales once ...
... kill , an ' de wedding cake bought , an ' eberyting . Now at dis time Toad was buckra gentleman , an ' 1 The personal pronouns feminine and neuter are almost un- known in negro phraseology . We have introduced them in these tales once ...
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