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Mosquito One Mosquito two…

Summer is a blur and back to school season is in full effect.

COVID-19 had us at some point feeling some kind of way and with the vaccine passport all your business is out. When things get crazy you have to do something different

Clap hand song (Mosquito one, Mosquito two…)

Mosquito one,

Mosquito two,

Mosquito jump

Inna hot callaloo

Mosquito three,

Mosquito four,

Mosquito fly

out de ole man door;

Mosquito five,

Mosquito six,

Mosquito break

up de ole man bricks;

Mosquito seven,

Mosquito eight,

Mosquito open

de ole man gate;

Mosquito nine,

Mosquito ten,

Mosquito tickle

de ole man hen;

Source – down by the river complied by Grace Hallworth

Story retold in this episode:

The Lazy Bowy

Why dis chile won’t work

Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies Author(s): John H. Johnson

Source: The Journal of American Folklore , Jan. - Mar., 1921, Vol. 34, No. 131 (Jan. - Mar., 1921), pp. 40-88

Why Fly Mouth is where it is

How and why story – explains why things are the way they are

Folk-Lore from Antigua, British West Indies Author(s): John H. Johnson

Source: The Journal of American Folklore , Jan. - Mar., 1921, Vol. 34, No. 131 (Jan. - Mar., 1921), pp. 40-88

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