253 Bajan Proverbs
1. 
'Kanywanjui' scratches its thigh.
2. 
A branch of 'mutundu' does not hinder the division of a field.
3. 
A cat can look at de queen.
4. 
A fair daughter's father has no ears.
5. 
A good action reaps another.
6. 
A good friend is a treasure.
7. 
A good millstone does not meet a good miller.
8. 
A joke can break the earring.
9. 
A joke must not hit the belly.
10. 
A knife and a shaving-knife are alike.
11. 
A little idleness causes the ruin of the beehive.
12. 
A little idleness lost a tilled field.
13. 
A man is poor not because he scorns possessions, but because he possesses nothing.
14. 
A person will change his mind on something if left to sleep over it.
15. 
A plant loses its blossom as soon as it bears fruit.
16. 
A really good thing is ever good.
17. 
A slaughterhouse is not without a little blood.
18. 
A small red snuff-box is a welcome.
19. 
A son as cunning as his father knows the arrows like father.
20. 
A stupid turtle-dove is sometimes surprised by night for wanting one more grain of castor-oil plant.
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