balmyard

English Definition

A place where obeah and pocomania rituals are practised.

Etymology

• (balm + yard)

Examples

• "Mi a go carry him go a balm yard! For there is healing in the balm yaad."

  I'm going to take him to the balmyard! Because there's healing in the balm yard.

• "“This healing is in many cases linked up with obeah, for if it is true that a man gets ill because a duppy has been set on him, then the obeahman or the 'balmyard' healer and not the doctor is the right person to give advice. This kind of healing ...”"