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Jamaica Anansi stories

Note 1 — 19. Dog and Dog-head. [Note]

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Tacoomah know dat was fe him dog ketch de cow. Tacoomah lef’ him went away get one whip an’ go to clear place. He fire de whip an’ say, “A no me, sah! a pupa, sah!” Hanansi holla, “Brar, wha’ dat?” Tacoomah fire de whip again, say, “Don’ my dog ketch buckra cow, sah! a pupa dog ketch it!” Hanansi call out to Tacoomah, “Tacoomah, you fool! you ever hear so-so1 dog-head kyan ketch cow?” So Hanansi run leave de cow; Tacoomah go an’ clean it up.

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