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     Creole Proverb
                            published in 1925
       "THE HANDBOOK OF BRISTISH HONDURAS" 

  •   Ef'e sa da no him da him; ef'e sa da him da no him. 
  •   Too much hurry get dey to-marra. 
  •   Tek time get dey ti dey. 
  •   Cow know wey weak fence dey. 
  •   Greedy choke puppy. 
  •   Rocktone da riber battam never know sun hat. 
  •   When black man tief, 'e tief piece, when backra tief 'e tief all. 
  •   Ebery John Crow tink 'e picknie w'ite. 
  •    Dawg hab liberty fi watch gubnor. 
  •   Cuss-cuss neber bore hole. 
  •   You play wid puppy 'e lik you mout. 
  •   Dawg no nyam dawg. 
  •   Ebery man know wha' 'e own house leak. 
  •   Fus laugh da no laugh. 
  •   When fish come from riber battam 
   an tell you alligetta habbellyake beleev am. 
  •   No ebery ting wey got sugar sweet. 
  •   One finger cant kech louse. 
  •   Fuss fool da no fool 
  •   Sea breeze blow pelikin same place 'e wan go. 
  •   If snake bite you wen you see lizard you run. 
  •   Coward man keep soun' bone. 
  •   Big wod neber brok' man jaw-bone. 
  •   Punkin neber bear watermelon. 
  •   Fool di tawk, but da no fool di lis'n. 
  •   When baby wan' cry, you only lok pan am 'e cry. 
  •   Pañia machete cut pon two side. 
  •   If crab no wak 'e no get fat, if 'e wak too much 'e lass 'e claw. 
  •   Safly, safly tiger keck monkey. 
  •   Tann safly better dan baag pard'n. 
 

     Creole Proverb
                           published in 1925
      "THE HANDBOOK OF BRISTISH HONDURAS" 

  •   Wen man got nutt'n fo do, 'e go da subbanna go tell cow marnin. 
  •   The higher monkey clim' the mo e expose. 
  •   Fe you coco roas. 
  •   One one ful basket. 
  •   Baag water no bile cow kin. 
  •   Ebery day buckit go da well, one day e battam wa drap out. 
  •   Man hate you, e gi you baskit fi bak water. 
  •   Cakroche neber so drunk fe run pass fowl yard. 
  •   Time Langer dan rope. 
  •   Tiger mauger but e no sik. 
  •   Dis ya time no tan laka befo' time. 
  •   Man walk, ded watch am. 
  •   When dawg las; you say halligetta tek am. 
  •   Wen cakroche mek dance 'e no invite fowl. 
  •   Wen puss no dey, rat tek place. 
  •   Fisherman neber sa' he fish stink. 
  •   Barra gumbo neber play till day-light. 
  •   Pashant man ride donkey. 
  •   Man tawk too much, he pay he fawda det. 
  •   Man ded grass grow da 'e do. 
  •   Fire out, puppy roll ina di ashes. 
  •   Once a man twice a pickney 
  •   Wen rain come John Crow sey 'e whey build house. 
  •   Harse ded, cow fat. 
  •   Good soup neber meet good fufoo. 
  •   No change black dawg fe monkey. 
  •   Kittle de cus pat. 
  •   Han' some face an good luck no wark ena same road. 
  •   Harse whey no gat harn no business ene gallop. 
  •   Whey fe happen affu happen.