You can put worms in it when you want to go fishing.

I made a motorcycle helmet with one when the police wanted motorcycle riders to wear helmets.
They never found me out.

there was a single tree in our village....on the side of the road itself.

that meant that they did't stay on the tree for very long....any and everybody picked them.

i know a few very poor families...it was the only 'bowl' in their kitchen!!

What people use the white stuff inside the gobie for? It is eatable or not?

I know they used to have a radio show name Calabash All??/

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Originally posted by shanazb:
I know they used to have a radio show name Calabash All??/

De show de name "Cyalabash Ali" gyal.

Me Naanie (Gawd Bless she sweet soul) had plenty a dem trees in she yaad a Essakibbo....and all de dippah in de watah tanks was made framm Kyalabash ...ohhh and rite nexx to de watah tank waz de famous nenwah huxx skrubbah!

Figgy.....you used to stand up right next to the watah tank and bade wid the nice cold rain water!!

just thinking about it makes me want to go.....brrrrrrrrr!!

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
Figgy.....you used to stand up right next to the watah tank and bade wid the nice cold rain water!!

just thinking about it makes me want to go.....brrrrrrrrr!!

How yuh mean gyal! De onlee hot watah system back den is if Naanie or Mommy decided fuh bile a pot a watah and mixx am up wid de kold one!

and you only got that nice hot watah if you sick!!

i used to stand under the watah spout and bade.....when i was a lil lil gyal of course

dat rain watah was cold bad!!

Hear nah ...kupple yares a go we wuz in Whitfield Hall, Jamaica (a nice lil rustic Inn before yuh climb de Blue Mountains)....and de place nice and kool....but de watah comes rite aff de mountin....and bleddy hell kold kold....me de sweaty framm de drive deh...suh me decided fuh tekk a bade....yuh see when dah watah hit Figgy....every ting "shrivvel up" and jump and me hallah "YOWTCH" and nealee run out de bathroom bare batty!

every time i hear about 'things' that shrivel up due to cold watah....i does remember that seinfeld episode on that same topic!!

There was a tree where we lived in Guyana...once in a while I use to take it home for dipping water when you bathing ...since I had a habit of misplacing things ..that was mine

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Originally posted by Cher:
There was a tree where we lived in Guyana...once in a while I use to take it home for dipping water when you bathing

You have a good family!
Last time I took home a tree, my parent took the damm tree and whipped me with it.

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Originally posted by chameli:
during black history mth it would be nice to have one when i do storytelling and tell about anancy and de calabash etc

Better to get a bottle of black seed oil and tell a nice story!

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Originally posted by Cher:
There was a tree where we lived in Guyana...once in a while I use to take it home for dipping water when you bathing ...since I had a habit of misplacing things ..that was mine

Me too, i use to use it for a bowl when I bathing.

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Originally posted by Cobra:
1. You can eat in it. 2. You can drink water from it. 3. You can wash you BT with it. 4. You can dip water from the trench with it. 5. You can bathe with it. 6. You can fix it on your head for a hair cut (the famous calabash cut). 7. You can make a musical instrument with it (the shack-shack). 8. And so much more....

What mystery do you know about the gobie tree and what is the calabash is used for?

Excellent adjective when describing someone of dark complexion as in "black like goobie juice".

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Originally posted by Cobra:



Who Remember The Calabash Tree?

Lots of memories and also fun.

Here is a variety of gobie ornaments.

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Originally posted by TI:
You have a good family!
Last time I took home a tree, my parent took the damm tree and whipped me with it.

Hmmm don't remember saying I took home a tree

Facts on Calabash tree:

1.The flowers of the calabash tree blooms in the evening and emit a slight odour.

2.The flowers close and wither away by noon time.

3.Bats pollinate the tree when they blossom at night.

4.The bark of the tree is an excellent growing place for orchids.

5.The hard fact about this calabash fruit is that pregnant people should not use this fruit since it has been traditionally used to induce labor.
Source: fruitinfo.com

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