REMINISCING!

Reminiscing. When I was young and my aunt used to climb de cashew tree. We used to maul-sprig dem cashews, throw de seeds up pun top de galvanize roof and a few weeks later roast dem seeds, brek dem open wid a stone and take out de nut. Dem was de best cashew nuts I ever had. When we used to go up in de Ben Hill or  walk down east coast wid my aunt and older cousins and pick fat porks, sea grapes and cashews.

Cashew fruit with seeds still attached

Dried cashew seeds being roasted so that the nut can be extracted

When we used to pack  ‘a picnic basket’ filled with biscuit and cheese and biscuit and cucumber and a bottle of cold mauby, go up in de hill and sit down under de mile tree (casuarina tree) tree and have a picnic.  We would take turns sliding down de hill sitting on a piece of coconut limb.

When we used to get a piece uh marl stone, mark out de hopscotch in de road and play hopscotch wid de noon day sun beating we in we backs. When we used to fight for de skipping rope, which was piece uh cow rope or telephone cable.

Playing cricket in de road, pitching marbles in de road and when uh  car approaching somebody hollering "COME OUT DE ROAD!”

 Gine down in de ground behind de house  to brek off piece uh cane.  Sitting down pun de front steps sucking cane. Gine up in de hill on evenings when de sun cool to pick up tamarinds from under de tree. Golden apple wid salt. Green golden apple; ripe golden apple, golden apple juice; all kinda golden apple.

Kerosene oil  stove: When de kerosene run out grand mummy get some bricks,  pile dem up outside de house by de back door, light a fire and cook we food.  The show had to go on.  De larder in  de back house, wid de feet in four empty tots, filled with water, to keep de ants out de larder. 

''Duppy Umbrellas''

When we used to take turns riding de bicycle through de cart road. Picking duppy umbrellas out de cow dung. Helping my uncle feed ''Mildew Brown'' and  ''Bobby Brown'' de two brown cows. REMINISCING!

Every where uh go, people wanna know,
 why I sweet, sweet so. 
Why? St. Andrew Uh Come From!