Mary Cuffy

Hel­lo boys and girls, join us as we take you from the 1800s in­to 21st cen­tu­ry. Learn about tra­di­tion­al Car­ni­val char­ac­ters and much more. Best of all, you get to par­tic­i­pate in the Car­ni­val ac­tiv­i­ties.

Let's go…

Ah here to tell all yuh a sto­ry,

Well that is if all yuh not in a hur­ry,

Ah will try meh best to use rhyme and al­le­go­ry,

But first let meh tell all yuh where I will be,

I’ll be here in the Kids Sec­tion at Guardian Me­dia.

From 29th Jan­u­ary to the 21st Feb­ru­ary.

If yuh want to know more yuh have to fol­low me.

Most peo­ple say I from the coun­try, when they re­fer to Grande.

Yuh par­ents would know the rhyme “Mary, Mary”, qui­et con­trary.

Yes, boys and girls I’m the girl from San­gre Grande, Mary Cuffy.

Teacher, au­thor and not for­get­ting ah cur­ricu­lum fa­cil­i­ta­tor.

Now yuh have to check yuh news­pa­pers,

If yuh want to know about tra­di­tion­al Car­ni­val char­ac­ters,

We start­ing with a fel­low call Mr Pier­rot.

What is ah Pier­rot Grenade you may want to know?

He is a strange kind ah fel­low If I may say so,

He us­es rhyme and al­le­go­ry to tell his sto­ry,

Have you ever heard about the man named Fe­lix Ed­in­bor­ough?

Well he is a jol­ly kind ah fel­low, more so, he is the vet­er­an Pier­rot.

There is more about this fel­low,” spelling is his favourite game, but he does not spell words let­ter for let­ter, oh no!”

His method is a thou­sand times bet­ter, you see every word for he is a sto­ry, he is the boss of al­le­go­ry.

Boys and girls, how about writ­ing a short sto­ry or para­graph us­ing al­le­go­ry? If you want to know more about al­le­go­ry, you will have to find a dic­tio­nary. When you find the mean­ing of al­le­go­ry I’m sure you will feel so mer­ry. But to help you, here is what I’ll do, I’ll give you a hint or two. Just re­mem­ber an al­le­go­ry is a sto­ry, if you want to know more you re­al­ly have to pick up your dic­tio­nary. Boys and girls, I’m just re­mind­ing you the Pier­rot’s method is a thou­sand times bet­ter.

Write on a top­ic of your choice or make a Pier­rot Grenade cos­tume.

All you need is:

-1 sheet Bris­tol board

-1 bot­tle El­ma’s glue

-Pen­cil

-Scis­sor

-Kite pa­per (use dif­fer­ent col­ors)

- Draw the out­line of the Pier­rot on the Bris­tol board

-Cut the kite pa­per in strips

-Lay­er strips un­til all the spaces on the out­line are cov­ered

When you are fin­ished with your cre­ation. Take a pic­ture hold­ing it, and email mary.cuffy@ya­hoo.com