Jack man dory, choose none!
[1] Framboesia, popularly called “yaws” is a contagious though curable skin disease common among young negroes of the West Indies. It begins with a blister and spreads over the whole body. See Lewis, West Indies, p. 208. [↑]
84. The Hunter. [[Note]]
a. The Bull turned Courter.
George Barret, Maroon Town, Cock-pit country.
Deh is an ol’ man live into a big large city an’ ev’ry day he go out an’ shoot some cow. Ev’ry time he go out an’ see dem come to de pond drink water, he shoot one. An’ when de rest mek a’ter him to come an’ kill him, he say “Chee!” an’ he tu’n a stone; an’ dey come an’ couldn’t see him an’ dey have to leave him. An’ he tek up dat one, cut it up an’ carry to his house. When dat done, he come again, an’ dey come drink water until de las’ one come out, an’ he shoot him. An’ ev’ry day continually de one t’ing.
So he leave one bull, an’ go a’ter de bull many days an’ couldn’t overtake him. An’ dat ol’ man get dead an’ leave his wife an’ one [[102]]daughter, big woman now. Den de bull change himself into a man. He go to de tailor an’ mek him a suit of clo’es an’ a pair o’ boot to put on, an’ was comin’ soon in de mo’nin’ about ten o’clock. An’ de daughter say, “Well, since I live here, deh is not a man come here yet an’ dat is me husban’!” An’ on de day he come, say, don’ eat beef, anyt’ing else gi’ it to him he wi’ eat. Den ’he begin to tell him say, “When me fader go to de pond-side an’ shoot a cow, he say ‘Chee!’ an’ tu’n a stone.” De mudder in a dif’rent room say, “De firs’ time you get a husban’ you tell him all yo’ belly-word? Save somet’ing!”