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Jamaican folk customs & beliefs / illustrations by Wade Williams ; foreword by Laura Tanna.

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Jamaican folk customs & beliefs / illustrations by Wade Williams ; foreword by Laura Tanna.
Publication
Kingston : Jamaica Information Service, 2012

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Additional Authors
  • Jamaica Information Service (Jamaica)
  • Tanna, Laura.
  • Williams, Wade.
Description
24 p. : ill. :; 26 cm.
Alternative Title
Jamaican folk customs and beliefs
Subject
  • Folklore > Jamaica
  • Jamaica > Social life and customs
Note
  • "First published in Jamaica, 1991."--T.p. verso.
  • "March 2012."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Source of Description (note)
  • This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The University of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
Contents
Love & courtship -- Marriage -- Pregnancy -- Birth -- Christening -- Infancy -- Household living -- Friendship --Quarrels -- Illness -- Death -- Burial -- Nine night -- Tombing ceremony -- Duppies -- Rolling calf -- Black heart man -- Dreams -- The body -- Construction & building -- Agriculture -- Fishing -- The stars -- Days of the week -- General customs and beliefs.
ISBN
  • 9789766330415 (pbk)
  • 9766330417 (pbk)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library