Neighbah-Shune, the jumbies and pesky owls - Caribbean News Global

Neighbah-Shune, the jumbies and pesky owls - Caribbean News Global

By Johnny Coomansingh When I reflect on my primary school days, I cannot help but reminisce about some of the stories I heard and learnt with their several meanings. Some of these jumbie (ghost) stories were told as though they actually happened. Neighbah-Shune, a quasi-Obeah woman who once lived on Oropouche Road in Sangre Grande was a master storyteller. We little ones were held in her grip, especially at nights when she told her scary jumbie …