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chicken scratch

Difficult to read, poor handwriting.

sapra

The tree and fruit of Phyllanthus acidus. The intermediate sized tree produces small, flattened, multi-lobed, berries with a high acid content. The ta

crab hand

Difficult to read, poor handwriting.

ba bwa

Stilt dancers in an African tradition carried over into carnival. Their costumes represent beings from the realm of the dead

punarka

The vagina. The female sexual organ.

vumvum

The vagina. The female sexual organ.

carass

Type of fish.a bottom feeder

get rich an switch

Detaching of one's self from old friends

lullie

A penis. The male sex organ.

peltin

To dance in a sexually explicit or suggestive manner

box han

A form of savings where a group of people pay an agreed sum of money on a periodic basis (usually monthly) and each period one member of the group tak

la diablesse

Translated as ‘female devil’ from French, La Diablesse is a Caribbean Folklore Character who was born human but her dealings with the devil have made

fyah

Fire or flame.

gruppy

Small freshwater fish native to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Often found living in small streams, gutters and roadside drains.

douen

An mythical orphaned child with backwards pointing feet that dwells in the forest

burr

Acacia riparia - a small thorny bush that tends to attach itself to clothing.

myal man

A practitioner of obeah or black arts.

gru gru

Is a yellowish-green drupe 2.5-5 cm in diameter, containing a single, dark brown, nut-like seed 2.5-5 cm diameter, which is very tough to break. The i

dounce

The fruit of the Flacourtia indica which is a species of flowering plant native to much of Africa and tropical and temperate parts of Asia. The fruit

ukku

The vagina. The female sexual organ.