Suriname folk-lore

111.

Koleria bɛn go na bui̯ti-pasi, go bai̯ awari. Wąn wiwiri fasi hɛm na ɔndro-koto. Nō mō a buku dųn fō puru hɛm, nō mō wąn suma taki hɛm taki, ‘No puru hɛm, bikasi na safri-wiri a dɛ, drɛsi hati-sɔro.’

111. The Leaf that Talked.²

Koleria³ was on her way to buy awari. A leaf caught under her skirt. As she bent down to remove it, all at once someone said to her, ‘Don't remove it, because the delicate leaf is a cure for heartache.’

2 Told by 8.

3 Informant said this was a true story relating to a market woman, and that the voice speaking was the voice of a friendly male yɔrka, i.e., ghost.