253 Bajan Proverbs
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'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.