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1: The term "duppy umbrella" is often, but not exclusively, applied to poisonous mushrooms or to those that have the classic umbrella-like cap-and-stem form. Between 1400 and 1600 A.D., the terms tadstoles, frogstooles, frogge stoles, tadstooles, tode stoles, toodys hatte, paddockstool, puddockstool, paddocstol, toadstoole, and paddockstooles sometimes were used synonymously with mushrom, mushrum, muscheron, mousheroms, mussheron, or musserouns
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1. A small omnivorous scavenger, the mahogany bird measures around 1-1.5 inches and can be coloured anywhere from light brown to almost black. This insect does indeed possess wings, but, he lacks the ability for sustained flight, and so, must be content with short hops from windows to most notably your girlfriend’s hair. Thus scaring her sh!tless. The mahogany bird is predominantly nocturnal, but has been known to be seen soxing around your ill-kept garbage cans in the day as well. (see photo below)
Extract taken from "A to Z of Barbadian Heritage" by G. Addington Forde
...originating from Paynes Bay, Ossie Moore first off, was indeed a real person, born George Ethelbert Oscar Moore born 30th March 1900.
He never married and had no children.He worked as a handy-man for a now deceased Magistrate called Seymor Nurse for a number of years, he died on the 17th of June 1976.
In a nutshell he wasn't very bright and considered a "slow learner" so his teacher would send him on little errands and ting regular..you know like the rum shop..there, obviously he would come in contact with a local folks and hence the opportunity for all kinds of amusing anecdotal situations... there are allusions to him being extremely witty and sometimes bordering on sheer genius...Insert classic barbadian Ossie Moore joke here:
...he himself insisted that people call him Ossie, or Moore but never the two together and would become quite incensed if teased for prolonged periods.
A lot of jokes attributed to him unfortunately may have been "stretched" or embellished...especially if someone wanted to test their latest joke at a gathering of friends.
"Ossie Moore" as the main character became a given.
Definition:
1: a spirit or ghost
2: Duppy folklore originates from West Africa. A duppy can be either the manifestation (in human or animal form) of the soul of a dead person, or a malevolent supernatural being. In Obeah, a person is believed to possess two souls - a good soul and an earthly soul. In death, the good soul goes to heaven to be judged by God, while the earthly spirit remains for three days in the coffin with the body, where it may escape if proper precautions are not taken, and appear as a duppy.
Definition:
1: a full or more than adequate amount or supply
2: the quality or state of being copious
Definition:
1: to dilly-dally or engage in general tomfoolery.
2: that elusive nugget of poo that will not flush down the toilet, no matter how many repeat flushes occur.
Born Dalton Sinclair Bishop in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie Opel (1938–1970) possessed a rich, powerful voice with a high octave range. He was known as the Jackie Wilson of Jamaica, and was a gifted dancer.
In the early 1960s, he was discovered by Byron Lee, the band master of the Dragonaires, who brought him to Jamaica. There, he started performing with the Skatalites as one of their lead singers. He recorded as a solo artist first on Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One label, and afterwards on Justin Yap's Top Deck label and Edward Seaga's Wirl label. His styles included ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is credited with inventing spouge music, a fusion of ska, calypso, and R&B music. Opel performed duos with Doreen Schaffer and Hortense Ellis, and in 1964 was backed by Wailers Bob Marley and Peter Tosh on "Mill Man."
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then back to Barbados. On 8 March 1970, he died in a car crash in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – December 10, 1718) was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate"because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados, and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694. In 1709, he married Mary Allamby, and engaged in some level of militia service. Because of marital problems, and despite his lack of sailing experience, Bonnet decided to turn to piracy in the summer of 1717. He bought a sailing vessel, named it Revenge, and traveled with his paid crew along the Eastern Seaboard of what is now the United States, capturing other vessels and burning other Barbadian ships.
Bonnet set sail for Nassau, Bahamas, but he was seriously wounded en route during an encounter with a Spanish warship. After arriving in Nassau, Bonnet met Edward Teach, the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Incapable of leading his crew, Bonnet temporarily ceded his ship's command to Blackbeard. Before separating in December 1717, Blackbeard and Bonnet plundered and captured merchant ships along the East Coast. After Bonnet failed to capture the Protestant Caesar, his crew abandoned him to join Blackbeard aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge. Bonnet stayed on Blackbeard's ship as a guest, and did not command a crew again until summer 1718, when he was pardoned by North Carolina governor Charles Eden and received clearance to go privateering against Spanish shipping. Bonnet was tempted to resume his piracy, but did not want to lose his pardon, so he adopted the alias "Captain Thomas" and changed his ship's name to Royal James. He had returned to piracy by July 1718.
In August 1718, Bonnet anchored the Royal James on an estuary of the Cape Fear River to repair and careen the ship. In late August and September, Colonel William Rhett, with the authorization of South Carolina governor Robert Johnson, led a naval expedition against pirates on the river. Rhett and Bonnet's men fought each other for hours, but the outnumbered pirates ultimately surrendered. Rhett arrested the pirates and brought them to Charleston in early October. Bonnet escaped on October 24, but was recaptured on Sullivan's Island. On November 10, Bonnet was brought to trial and charged with two acts of piracy. Judge Nicholas Trott sentenced Bonnet to death. Bonnet wrote to Governor Johnson to ask for clemency, but Johnson endorsed the judge's decision, and Bonnet was hanged in Charleston on December 10, 1718.
P.S. - Bonnet's legacy can be seen to this day through his descendants who still carry his name (with the addition of another 't' at the end) and more interestingly, still occupy his original 'stomping ground' as it were.
Definition:
1: contrary to popular belief, the skylark is not a small passerine bird species, but, to engage in general tomfoolery, much to the displeasure of at least one party involved.
"Ya know ya is a bajan when yuh forhead does tek up 1/3 of yuh face space"
Definition:
1: glance pitch, a form of bitumen-rich asphalt found in theScotland District of Barbados and in Vistabella, Trinidad
-thankyou Wikiworldorder
Definition:
1: usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation
2 : a foolish or stupid person
| 1. | Caribbean Slang. : Hifalootin' Jackass. |
| Definition: |
| 1. transitive verb knock somebody down: to knock another person over with a blow |
| 2. intransitive verb fall awkwardly: to fall to the ground awkwardly or clumsily -as sourced through MSN |
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