Meaning
Clear, high-strength overproof rum (famously Wray & Nephew) — fiery, cheap, and everywhere. Beyond drinking, white rum is woven into ritual and folk life: poured on the ground for the ancestors and duppies at a 'nine-night', rubbed on the skin for aches, used in bush baths and to 'wet' a new venture. A cultural staple, not just a drink.
Examples
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Pour likkle white rum fi di ancestors.
Pour a little white rum for the ancestors.
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Di white rum strong, sip it easy.
The white rum is strong, sip it carefully.
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Rub di white rum pon di foot fi di pain.
Rub the white rum on the leg for the pain.
Origin
Overproof clear rum (Wray & Nephew being iconic); used in drink, folk ritual, and remedy alike.
How it’s used
Overproof clear rum; also for ancestral libation, bush baths, and remedies. See [[nine-night]], [[rum-bar]].