See 21c, 133.
32. Macfarlane, Joseph, aged 14. He was a natural clown, long and
loose-jointed. It was in the evening after work at Moneague and he
stood in the middle of the group and acted out the story he was telling
in rapid, unintelligible dialect, and with excellent mimicry of both
speech and gesture. Afterward he recited it to me more slowly, possibly
more in detail.
See 5a, 129.
33. Macfarlane, Rennie, aged 11. He was employed at the hotel in
Mandeville.
See 27b, 38a, 59.
34. Morgan, Richard, about 50. He was an entertainer in the Santa Cruz
district and came over to Falconer’s for two days to give me these
stories.
See 6, 17d, 19, 21a, 34, 45, 52, 54, 55, 57a, 85a (1), 87a, 89, 92b
(3), 93, 98, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 136, 137.
35. Morris, Margaret, aged 85. Her memory wandered unless prompted by
her son-in-law, at that time captain of the Maroons.
See 74.
36. Morrison, Vincent, aged 20. He was a Mandeville lad and claimed to
“compose” his stories.
See 94.
37. Parkes, George, over 40. This blind man had lived in different
parts of the island and been over-seas in Africa. He had picked up
stories wherever he went, and he took great pleasure in reciting them
to me. He gave me fifteen at different visits, all very full and
accurate. He was an indifferent singer and made no attempt to act out
the story.
See 1a, 2b, 4, 21b, 22, 23, 30a, 31, 32a, 33, 38b, 65, 87b, 91, 92a,
95.
38. Pottinger, Henry, over 70. We were gathered one evening in his
son’s cottage near Claremont for story-telling when the old man made
his appearance chanting a nonsense line as he came. It seemed to be a
kind of formal prelude to the occasion, but I could not get the words.
See 103.
39. Pottinger, Richard, over 40. He was son to Henry, with a great
local reputation. A group gathered in his house two evenings after work
and told stories in turn as seemed to be the custom.
See 40a, 78c, 115.
40. Ramtalli, (Mrs.) about 30. She was of the better educated class,
from St. Mary’s parish, and wife of the East Indian school-master at
Maggotty.
See 39, 90.
41. Roach, David. He was at Lacovia with a company of strolling players
at Christmas-time, but he came from Savannah-la-mar.
See 43a, 79.