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6715: Re: 6620: RE: 6592: Re: Pelin tet (fwd)
From: C&C Henrius <carolineislands@hotmail.com>
I asked a few different people about this phrase. Of course the literal
translation is "head trap" which doesn't tell us much. Most of the Haitians
I asked said it is a trap for catching birds. The Artibonite folks
specifically named a bird (toutrEl) that eats rice seed out of the ground
before it gets a chance to grow. The women I asked heard the word "pelin"
and made big jokes about loose women, but that's another story...
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