18. My father have a tank in his yard; when the rain fall it doesn’t catch and when the dew fall it catch.
—Coco leaf, because it sheds water like quick-silver.
19. My father have a thing in his yard; it button from head to foot.
—Pingwing, because the leaves are stuck with pitch. [[185]]
20. My father have a t’ing in him yard, cutting like a tailor cutting cloth.[5]
—Banana leaf (because when the tree begins to fruit, the leaf slits into ribbons.)
21. My father got a thing in his yard deep as well an’ is not well, an’ the whole sea does not fill it.
—Sieve.
22. Me fader have a t’ing in him yard; the more you cut it the longer it get.[6]
—Grave.