A very hard, flat, semi-sweet biscuit made with coconut, flour, sugar, and spices.

A rigid metal, plastic or wooden band used to keep womens' hair in place.

Fat Batty Indian: A woman of East Indian ancestry with nice, large, shapely buttocks.

The St. Lucia lancehead. A venomous pit viper species found only in St. Lucia.

A mythical half woman, half goat being used to scare children into behaving themselves.

An expression used to wish good fortune and a good trip on departing travelers

Make the best of a bad situation, and be content with what you have.

A very hard, flat, semi-sweet biscuit made with coconut, flour, sugar, and spices.

The American Kestrel. A small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas.

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

The state of laziness or sleepiness that follows the consumption of a large meal.

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

The Jamaican Boa or Jamaican Yellow Snake. A large nonvenomous constrictor endemic to Jamaica.

The state of laziness or sleepiness that follows the consumption of a large meal.

A thornbush with sharp curved thorns that resemble cats' claws in shape and size.

A Disc Jockey. One who selects the music to be played at an event.

A species of cardinal endemic to Jamaica. It has black, yellow, and white markings.

A fermented drink made from sweet potatoes, and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace.

A wood burning fireplace constructed from three stones with the wood inserted between stones.

An expression used to wish good fortune and a good trip on departing travelers

A wild, crazy person whose actions are usually more spontaneous than properly thought through.

Don't expect success if you set someone a task that is beyond their ability

A trap for catching ground walking or ground feeding birds and small animals such as the coney or manicou. The trap is made from a upside-down box or container lightly propped up by a stick with bait underneath. A string is attached to the stick such that when the animal enters it trips the string which then pulls the stick and causes the trap to fall.

A desert similar to payme or dukunu. It is made from mixture of grated pumpkin, sweet potato, cornmeal, flour, and various spices wrapped in banana leaf and steamed on a rack over boiling water.

Inga edulis (eng. ice-cream-bean) is a fruit native to South America. The pods contain black seeds which are embedded in a thick white juicy pulp that tastes slightly like vanilla ice cream.

A desert similar to payme or dukunu. It is made from mixture of grated pumpkin, sweet potato, cornmeal, flour, and various spices wrapped in banana leaf and steamed on a rack over boiling water.

A small, mostly nocturnal, dwarf-like, forest creature with long arms and legs. They love milk and bananas and will bond with a family upon entering the home of people who feed them. They can be trapped by luring them into a rum bottle with milk and bananas and throwing it into the sea.

A small, mostly nocturnal, dwarf-like, forest creature with long arms and legs. They love milk and bananas and will bond with a family upon entering the home of people who feed them. They can be trapped by luring them into a rum bottle with milk and bananas and throwing it into the sea.

A small, mostly nocturnal, dwarf-like, forest creature with long arms and legs. They love milk and bananas and will bond with a family upon entering the home of people who feed them. They can be trapped by luring them into a rum bottle with milk and bananas and throwing it into the sea.

A religion that developed in Haiti in the 16th century. It formed as a blend of several African religious traditions (e.g. Vodun practiced in Ghana, Benin and Nigeria) and Roman Catholicism. It teaches the existence of a supreme creator god named Bondye, Gran Maître or Gran mati and spirits known as lwa.

A religion that developed in Haiti in the 16th century. It formed as a blend of several African religious traditions (e.g. Vodun practiced in Ghana, Benin and Nigeria) and Roman Catholicism. It teaches the existence of a supreme creator god named Bondye, Gran Maître or Gran mati and spirits known as lwa.

The tapir. Large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America.

A custard like stew made from a salted meat (usually saltfish or salted mackerel), coconut milk and richly seasoned. It is often served with ground provisions such as yams, dasheen, or bananas.

A citrus fruit native to Jamaica known for its ugly appearance. It is similar to the grapefruit, but has a sweeter, less bitter taste. The skin is also more loosely attached to the flesh inside.

A style of cooking where meat, wet marinated or dry-rubbed, is slowly cooked over a smoky heat source. The seasoning is traditionally very spicy and features pimento and scotch bonnet peppers as primary ingredients.

A custard like stew made from a salted meat (usually saltfish or salted mackerel), coconut milk and richly seasoned. It is often served with ground provisions such as yams, dasheen, or bananas.

A exclamation of surprise used euphemistically in place of the stronger profanities beginning with 'b'.

A exclamation of surprise used euphemistically in place of the stronger profanities beginning with 'b'.