JALEMUS, in antiquity, a kind of mournful song, used upon occasion of death, or any other affecting accident. Hence the Greek proverbs had their original, ἡλεμεν ἁλεμεν, or ἡλεμεν ἁλεμεν, i. e. more sad or colder
than a jalemus, ὡς τὸ ἡλεμεν ἁλεμεν, worthy to be ranked among jalemuses. Jalemus
Jamaica.