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Presser for coming Miss Lou book and 2-part movie

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No Cuss Cuss: All One-Love for Louise Bennett-Coverley  Photos and Story by Stephen Weir for Caribbean Camer a Tania Hernandes channels Miss Lou A Thursday evening Harbourfront event to promote a coming book and movie about the life of the Jamaican Canadian Miss Lou began with actress singer Tania Hernandez channeling the poet with the recital of her Noh Lickle Twang .   Wearing a costume befitting Miss Lou and using the pantomime acting style she was known for, Hernandez and several other guests spoke in the   patois that only a born and raised in Jamaica can fully understand. Noh Lickle Twang is one of Miss Lou’s ( Louise Bennett Coverley ) most beloved poems.   It tells a mother’s story of the return of her son to Jamaica after working in the US for six months. She is upset, in a humorous way that the prodigal son has returned without leaving his “patwah” behind. “Yuh mean yuh go dah Merica An spen six whole mont deh, An come back not a piece better Dan how yu