Funny Jamaican Place Names

[Tropicana]

Okay what is the history of these places. How did they get their names? I mean what were the ancestors thinking? They must have been drunk.

Rest-and-Be-Thankful
Me-No-Sen-You-No-Come
Try See
Tan and See
See me no more
Bad Times
Broke Neck Gully
Putogether Corner
Dump - I find it hard to be believe that there is a place named this
Shambles - Ditto
Rat Trap - Ditto
Poor Mans Corner
Light Hole
Sally’s Delight
Betty’s Hope
Thankful Hill
Boldness
Good Design
Excellent Town
Time and Patience
Shoe Myself Gate
Barbecue Bottom Road

The cottages in Clarendon are a puzzle:

- Portland Cottage
- Batchans Cottage

Does that mean there was a cottage there at one time?

Why do we only find that naming convention in Clarendon.

[Xavier]

Are these even on the map? Where can I find the parishes for each of these towns? I love these 2 names: Shoe Myself Gate and Barbecue Bottom Road

[Tropicana]

Yikes I thought I included the link with parishes....

http://keepitjiggy.com/jamaican-unusual-place-names/

I have found some of them.

[Tropicana]

This has more:

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0048.htm

Nun's Pen I didn't think we had enough of these to fit in a pen.

[Tropicana]

* Corn Puss Gap, St. Thomas: For the actions of hikers, who, lost in the hills, caught a cat, 'corned' it and ate it.

* Far Enough, Clarendon: Comes from the phrase "far enough from courts and kings," credited to a Scotsman.

* Flog Man, Manchester: Flogging as a method of punishment was meted out there.

* Friendship, Westmoreland: The site of a Scottish Missionary Society conference in 1837.

* Grateful Hill, St. Catherine: Baptist missionaries in gratitude for having been granted land by an English squire to establish a church.
* Tan an' See, Trelawny: means literally 'stand and see' a beautiful view of open land.

Fat Hog Quarter, Hanover: Large number of hogs that used to populate the area.

* Wait-a-Bit, Trelawny: The presence of the wait-a-bit thorn, believed to have been brought to Jamaica by African slaves. As a result of its hardiness, in Africa it was often used as hedges against wild animals.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0048.htm

[Tropicana]

More herfe:

http://www.nlj.gov.jm/?q=jamaican-place-names

This would be a great feature for the front page. If I wasn't so busy I would write it myself.

[Xavier]

It would be a great feature.

[Tropicana]

I'll see what I can do. Got to get my clients to behave so I can have some time to focus. I can't guarantee I'll get to it for October but I will do my best.

Maybe if I spend a little less time misbehaving on here it would free up some time to write.