65. Mr. Lenaman’s Corn-field. [[Note]]
George Parkes, Mandeville.
There was a man named Mr. Lenaman. He went to a place to rent a piece of ground. He didn’t know that it was a burial ground. It was about twenty acres of land. When he went, he chopped with his machete “pom!” He heard a voice say, “Who chop bush deh?” He answered, “Me, Mr. Lenaman.” The v’ice said,
“Big an’ little, get up an’ help Mr. Lenaman chop bush!
No mo’ bush mustn’t lef’ to-day.”
So all de ghosts, big an’ small, get up chop off de bush clean.
Mr. Lenaman was very glad. He went home and told his wife of the luck he had met. When the bush dry up, he went back to burn it an’ starting to burn it he hear de v’ice say, “Who burn bush deh?” He said, “Me, Mr. Lenaman.” The v’ice said,
“Big an’ little, get up an’ help Lenaman bu’n bush!
No mo’ bush mustn’t lef’ to-day.”