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Caribbean Poetry:
Barbados



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Images: The Duppy

The duppy is an evil spirit or ghost that originated in Jamaican folktales and made its way to Barbados.  It often appears in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.  Another folktale says that duppies live in the buttress roots of silk cotton trees.

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