Page 2 - HP3A 010 Jamaican folktale lovers leap

One popular Jamaican folktale is

the story of the two lovers, Mizzie

and Jomo. Mizzie worked on the

Yardley Chase Plantation, which is

in the parish of St. Elizabeth. The

plantation owner was a man by

the name of Richard Chardley. He

was best known around town for

harvesting the finest quality coffee.

Not only did he have the coffee in all

of St. Elizabeth, but he had the best

cotton in the entire eastern side of

the island. During the 17th Century,