The Dutch

The Dutch spent more than 200 years here in then Guiana, and left many markers of their presence behind, including forts, the seawall, village names and Dutch bottles such as these.

As many plantations presided on the banks of rivers, the Dutch discarded their empty wine and beer bottles into nearby rivers. Today these circa 18th century glass bottles are retrieved for their souvenir appeal and antiquated beauty.

They left  Dutch man jumbie too  ;D, jumbie chase Chairman  ;D

I don't see jumbie

They bottles are very pretty however

Yes they are, my cousin have some

those are modern day

We used to be fraid to pick up these bottles because of the Dutch man jumbie inside them.

or swim in the ponds found in the cane fields.....dutchman jumbie lived in them

one story went....that some guy cut down a bamboo tree.....and when he did it started to bleed ....yes red blood  :o

and the poor guy was never ever the same after

I used to hear similar stories too.  One I remember was of some poor soul who peed on the Dutch bottle only to have the Dutch man jumbie hold them until the pandit came and did his thing to loosen the jumbie.

i don't know which was worse .....being possessed by the juhmbie......or the juhmbie being beaten the hell out of you with a broom, by the Pandit