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Legends, true stories and old sayings from Trinidad and Tobago
- Title
- Legends, true stories and old sayings from Trinidad and Tobago / collected and told by C.R. Ottley.
- Author
- Ottley, C. R. (Carlton Robert)
- Publication
- [s.l. : s.n.], 1962
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Details
- Description
- 71 p.; 20 cm.
- Alternative Title
- True stories and old sayings from Trinidad & Tobago.
- Subjects
- Note
- Published in 1972 under the title Tall tales of Trinidad and Tobago.
- Contents
- The bread was fresh.--The hunter and the mapepire snake.--The story of the first motor car in Tobago.--How an ape caused official commotion.--How Percy Huggins won his bride.--Gang Gang Sarie flew over from Africa.--The story of Ti Piggi.--The pig, Gerald Puttrie and the woman.--Monsieur Paul's clean neck cock.--How the hunter poisoned the mango tree.--Tobagonians crown King Edward twice.--How Old John hid his rum--The mistake of Samuel Brown.--Pa Lazarri and the devil.--The mysterious tombstone at Plymouth, Tobago.--How they dance a wedding reel in Tobago.--The hanging.--A love story of old Trinidad.--How Brer Nancy caught the thief.
- Call Number
- Sc 398.21-O (Ottley, C. Legends)
- OCLC
- 28245664
- 3583091
- NYPGR3583091-B
- Author
- Ottley, C. R. (Carlton Robert)
- Title
- Legends, true stories and old sayings from Trinidad and Tobago / collected and told by C.R. Ottley.
- Imprint
- [s.l. : s.n.], 1962 (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad : College Press)
- Added Title
- True stories and old sayings from Trinidad & Tobago.
- Research Call Number
- Sc 398.21-O (Ottley, C. Legends)