—Cooking-pot with three legs.
43. My father have a houseful of children; if you touch one, whole of
them cry.
—Gungo peas.
a) My sister have a whole house o’ pickney and if you touch one,
everyone cry.
b) I have a whole pen of guinea-pig an’ if you touch one dey all holla.
44. My father has a houseful of children and everyone of them has a red
cap. [87]
—Woodpeckers.
a) Me fader come out wid a whole ship-load o’ Guinea people; everyone
has red.
45. My father has a houseful of children; every time they come out they
come out with red head.
—Annata.
46. Me fader hab a houseful o’ chil’ren an’ eb’ryone a dem a black
head.
—Ackee.
a) Me ma ha’ one Guinea ship a pickney; eb’ryone a dem head black.
b) A woman has a whole lot of children and all come out with black
heads and red dresses.
47. My father has a houseful of children and everyone of their heads
turn out of doors.
—Nails in a house.
48. Me fader have a whole shipload of Bungo nager an everyone have a
white head.
—Castor-oil bean.
a) My father hab a whole house of children; everyone have a white head.
b) Me mudder hab a whole shipload o’ guinea-pig, all born at one
quality head.
49. My father has a shipload of Guinea people, but all their heads is
turned down.
—Bottles packed in straw.