YOU KNOW YOU'RE A GUYANESE, IF... You know how much is "Jonah Crown", and only "big eye" people tek dat much. You know when is "Dig Dutty Day". You can play "naable" with a "taw" (iron taw is de best, because you can bus de Awara and Curu seed taw when you "beefing" after getting you taw in de "gulley"). You play wid fire you gon pee you bed. You know dat an "English Duck" is not an animal. You know how fo play "Taga". You know that a "dam bed" is not furniture in de house. You know " Coolie water rice, poke-n-spice, wash u-b-t with dhal-n-rice." "Black man sala, pound massala, thief e mumma choka 'n' run a koka." You know bout Half A Head Man, Dutch Man Pan Eh Horse, Fire Rass, Ole Higue, And Jingle Lady. Kath wrote: > Helloo, > My mom used to say this to us kids, and I'm trying to find out where it > came from. > Has anyone here ever heard this expression, and if so, do you know where it > originated? > HUGS, > kath > PS. not an ounce of truth to it by the way, honest. :-) > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > To Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > send email to FOLKLORE-L-request@rootsweb.com for List or > FOLKLORE-D-request@rootsweb.com for Digest. > Leave the Subject line blank, and in the message write only "subscribe" > or "unsubscribe" without quotation marks.