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Jamaican Proverbs 3
Jamaican Proverbs 3
Jamaican Proverbs 3
Play wid big dog, big dog bite you. Play wid puppy, puppy lick you face.
yu teeth kin like when lightning strike puss under pear tree.
Man a plan fi nyam calaloo, but calaloo a plan fi run man belly.
IF YOU TROW STONE INNA HOGPEN, DI ONE WEH SQUEEL A HIM GET LIK
when yuh waan know yuh fren lie dung pon di road side and act like yuh drunk
Yuh a look ina mi mawnin an' caan seh good evening. See yah! Pop 'tory gimme
mi chile A nuh everybady yuh fi nyam from Tek time walk fas' High seat kill miss
Thomas puss Tek mi foolish advice Fi him bread done butter See an' blin' hear
an' deaf Yuh nuffi lub fas in a people business
Dat too dear, you a sell it fi twin pum pum cow price.
everyday buckit gua well one day I battam ago drop out.
"don go 'round talken bout his big ears...or he gonna go round talken bout ya
big booty."
Wha sweet nanny goat gwine run im belly Haad ears pickney puppo likkle.
What is to is will is
hi seat kill miss tamas puss wha sweet nanny goat a go run im belly
new broom sweepclean, old broom know corner anything yu no like... no give it
to other today fi me... tomorrow fi yu. whay gonne bad a moning must come ou
good a evelyen
Ride an whistle
mi granny always used to seh.....wah sweet nanny goat a gu run him belly
yu think mi a idot
"Every Mikkle meka mukkle" (or one one coco fill basket)
come come hog man pig ah bwoy nuh ask big man question!
uno pickney have a date tonite, wit bedrock and pillow jam hard ears pickney
yuh nuh hear, yuh will feel!!
Mi granny use to seh a no same dey leaf drop a wata batam e ratten.
Mi granny always used to seh....
Get yo stinkin butt outa dat bathroom or mi granny gonna take dat paddle to yo
bum in a sec. And yo momma aint here to save that stinky but'a yours
now.Boy,yo listenin' to may!Hello!I don't know why I try messin witch you!
Get yo stinkin butt outa dat bathroom or mi granny gonna take dat paddle to yo
bum in a sec. And yo momma aint here to save that stinky but'a yours
now.Boy,yo listenin' to may!Hello!I don't know why I try messin witch you!
''Yuh shit ina church yard....you fave vah faugh ina matches box
Mi granny phrase is what gone bad a morning can't come back good a evening.
Sometimes when ido something bad and i regret it she always tell me that.
mi granny used to sa wa da sweet nanny goat a go run he belly
smoke da cheebea
yuh no fi wase di food cause if yuh wase it today tomarrow yuh a go want it fi
nam, beacuseyuh never now wa di futuer hold.
yuh gwane fine out where water walk go a pumpkin belly.(still haven't found
that out yet)
" Hard ays pickney butten dem shut twice". " Show me yu cumpany, I tell yu
who yu are". " Yu ly wid dogs, yu'll rise wid fleas". " yu can lead a donky to
wata, but yu can't mek dem drink". " dawg weh keep bad cumpany will eat ded
jankro meat".
A nuff more horse mi si run an' di 'ole a dem tap a Miss Mimie gate!
Me frighten yu fenneh!
dog ha money buy cheese. when cyaan get di cheese him buy di cheese cloth
cuz di money haffi spen'
Yuh caan lide a hause to wata but yuh caan mek im drink it!!
a nuh everyting yu hear yu fi beleeb, tek wah im/she tell yu with a grain a salt
man who go to bedd with itchy batty mus wake up wid smelly fingers
Dawg a swet, long hair cuva it. If me lik yuh yuh si pickney, you lan we grass no
grow.
Lis'en now pickney, Tek yuh han' out di pot 'cause yuh too damn lickey lickey!!!
The late Dr. William M. Connor c/o - Who does'nt hear by the cracking of the
whip, will hear by the tolling of the bell.
"Mi granny always used to seh, not same day leaf fall it rot."
GWAN GAL FORE AH TELL YUH BOUT YUH WHATS IT NAT. GO WEY GAL, YUH
FAVA HENG PON NAIL EF YUH NO WEY GOOD FI YUH,YUH OODA SLEEP WID
ONE YEYE OPEN TEK YUH AN OUTTA YUH HEAD FORE A KONK YUH WID DE
COMB
ya too fass'
yuh face fava when chimmy gwan a war an' come back
cry,cry, baby moonshine darling tek off your clothes and go to ya bed:when u go
to sunday school teacha call u a big duppi fool
cow nu knue ey use a fi im tail til ih chap off!! whey yu feed maugga dog ih tun
round and bite yu!!!
Pig ask im madda, "mumma why yu mout so long", im madda say chile yu a
come yu wi see.
the cow never know the use of �im tail until the butcher cut it off
TONGUE AN TEE NUH FE MEET, TWO BULL CAN ROLL INA 1 PEN, WAIT... YU JUS
A CUM, IF U LIVE INN GLASS HOUSE DONT THROW STONE,
SEE AN BLIND HEAR AN DEAF 2)YOUR TOO BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD 3)HOW YU
CUM SUH PICKNEY 4)YU HEAD A TEK U 5)FALL FALLA GET LEFT 6)AN NUH EVERY
TING YU SEE YU MUST WANT 7)WANTI WANTI CAN GET IT,GET IT GET IT NUH
WANT 8)STOP BEG, YU BLIND 9)DONT PUT ALL YOU EGGS IN ONE BASKET
10)DUPPY KNOW WHO FE FRIGHTEN
YU NUH SICK MAN A GAS 2)ONLY TING OUTTA ROAD OPEN AFTA 12 IS MAN
EYES AN WOMAN THIGHS ...GO TO BED
My granny still sey: " same kata same drum, nuh richer nuh poorer, nuh betta a
mawning, nuh betta a evening mi de ya a look and live like bredda puss and
bredda dawg." (of course this is her response when asked how she doing) "the
higha a monki cliam the more him expose"
"lang run, shart cetch" moove ova an let dan doda cum true
'ow yuh soh mahga?, yuh fava when maskita nah get good care
neva si cum si
noh mek mi lick yuh weh grass noh grow yaaw pickney
if yuh neva goh a fowl roose fowl wouldn't filt pon yuh
Mi Granny used to seh " He who have raw meat muss seek fire!
"if yu nose was a door post where yu would hang the hinges
tek up yu carouches .
please to lef mi alone .
samr place yuh pick up yuh nose north go bac deh go blow it out!!!
Cow nuh know di use of 'im tail till fly tek him
hog neva Know di use ah im tail, till it en' up inna salt barrel 5)mout mek fi talk
monkey fi know weh 'im ah go put 'im tail, before 'im order trousers
If you no see dung unda fowl roof, fowl can' shit pon u.
Kiss mi neck.
Rubbish de a bush.....i' only wan sinting good fi come catch i' weh.
Yu ears no bore.
Back foot.
Yu see evry body a jump pan two foot....yu jump pan one.
Where ever u be, let it be free cause that was the end of Poor Mary Lee! (the
answer is "passing gas")
Jesus Savior pilot me! Nuh mek mi spit an it dry up an yu nuh come back!
a weh dog have, him give him friend. nuh mek night catch yuh still a look food.
i lke asses
neva mine mi chile, tek kin teet kibba heart bun (burn)
eet di likle food gyal yu see how yu belly sink een like dem hungry dawg
unu young people bawn wid goal spoon inna unu mouth an noh know how fi gi
tanks fa.
mi chile, be careful. im will promise u de moon and stars and dont own a light
bulb.
mi chile, be careful. im will promise u de moon and stars and dont own a light
bulb.
( means you may be picky about what you eat ,but after you eat it you will get
fed)
Nuh mek mi hav fi lik out yuh plate kloth fram outa di grass kart.
throw stone inna pig pen, di one weh bawl out, a 'im get lick
Kirrout - yu nuh se seh me jus clean de house. If a lik yu tiday yu pee-pe drizzle
laka rain.
It is better to shutup and be considered a fool than to open your mouth and
remove all doubt.
mi bruk, caan even stop a stale bread cart!
tek hog and put him inna white shirt, himgo right back go walla inna mud
as yuh look a yuh headside, yuh see seh yuh will lef yuh mumma suga-pan a
market
yuh gwine shit pon yuh white frock!!! (everything she tells you, you say:"mi
know")
Aman might tink dat ar puss tighyt, den me tink he cock wee tiny
Yuh mout set pon spring? Yuh mouth big like fi puddin pan Yuh mouth white
like when jackass a nam starch...
MI FLING STONE INNA HOG PEN, DE ONE DAT SQUEAL IS DE ONE IT LIK
every dog 'ave 'im day, a' 'im puss 'im four o'clock
play wid puppy, puppy lick yu out' (actually Mummy said these two, but she
done owl ahreddy, so it might as well be granny weh did seh so)
Dat de bwoy so teef him cuda teef milk out a caufee tea!!
Da bwoy de so chat him moat jus a gwaan like sammy moat. Lard tap de nise an
mek mi yess nyam grass.
This is not a saying, but, unnuh eva wonda ah ow Jamaican people suh brazin'?
Imagine, everybaddy else weh a tief weh come a farien come pan boat, but we
affi come pan plane, well bush out wid wi suitcase full ah tings fi all ah who wi
expec fi si when wi come yah! Si weh "Mi ole granny use to seh" yah: " Me
wanda if ah bomb clash inna yuh eaiz (ears) 'ole?"
Sun gone doown aw moon rease, Aw baby aw lie doown pa lef ease.
Sun gone doown aw moon rease, di baby aw lie doown pa lef ease.
Mi Granny Used to Say, "Poppyshow have dem geng" and "Back a dawg a dutty
dawg, in front a dawg a Mr. Dawg"
When yuh see trouble you fi run. Yuh too force ripe. If yuh know you draws
have whole shet you foot. Yuh too licky licky, yuh soon get ketch.
Yu head big like when hog hav cold or Yu head fava roast coco. If u throw stone
in a hog pen, de one who bawl out, a dem y lik! Tan up de a look pon me, a beat
u wan beat mi! Yu betta dan dawg. lef mi pickney mek mi ears nyam grass. the
way how yu chat, yu fada mus y preacher!
Kiss mi granny neck back Ow yu so foo-fool yu muss tink seh mi baan de oda day
tek time walk walk good you smell like ten days cabbage wata go scratch yu
batty pon burr wire pickney whey no hear a go feel
Wen one go t'ru de next wan get stuck No ack lek falla fashion monkee Na falla
no fashion
mek dem drive fast galang, them have appintment wid death
You tink say me a go walk through you fe see moon shine! You tink say you
meat caan eat!
yu can bring the donkey to the water but yu can't let him drink it
kiss mi neck
When ashes cold dog sleep in it. Wait on time. Dat nuh full eye. (not good
enough) Bwoy so dunce, cyan do nutten but chop grass. Me know him from
when Adam was a bwoy. De amount of material whey him tear. (when a man
curse badwords)
I HAD THE BEST TIME WHEN I WENT TO THE REGGAE SUNSPLASH IT WAS THE
BOMB NUFF NUFF LOVE.
IF RATBAT NEVER KNOW SAY HIM BATTY BIG HIM WOULD NOT SWALLOW
ABBAE SEED!
Fi yuh piss nuh bun grass yet!
lawd God
Lawd a mercy!
yuh look like seh when thunda clap puss unda pear tree
A nuh mi granny, cause mi nuh memba her. But ah so mi madda did say
"Unnuh goin' bring me to bamboo ashes" "A place fuh everyting an everyting in
it place"
when una a go a school and put una head to una lesson an nuh walk an trouble
any pikney a road.
Mi Granny used to say -....wha sweet Nanny Goat a go run him belly. When
ashes cold ,dog sleep in deh A nuh the same day leaf drop in a water it rotten .
New broom sweep clean, old broom know de corner. The higher monkey climb
de more him expose.
A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN, BUT AN OLD BROOM KNOWS EVERY CORNER
"If it doesn't come out in the wash - It will come out in the rinse"
CU PAN UNNU!!
"walk good"
One,one coco full basket.
Tek di mata out a yuh yei (eye) befo yuh tek out fimi.
Two rat caun dig good ole. Two bull caun rule inna one pen.
pig ask im mumma way mek ar mout so long, she sah yuh a grow come yuy wi
sih.
when I use to hang around with my friends in our yard, mi granny use to sey....if
da backyard de no give yu gal, it ago give yu bway.
tek een maga dog, maga dog tun roun' an dite yuh.
You can hide and buy ground but you can't hide and work it.
you will never miss a slice from a loaf that's already cut.
Yuh look good from far, but, yuh ongly look far from good
If every time yu open yu mouth yu put yu foot in it, One day yu choke on yu
socks
Want it want it can't get it, and get it get it nuh want it.
Who nuh beg nay get it, and who nuh beg nuh want it.
Jus cause yuh grow likkle fur pan yuh front, yuh tink seh yuh a big man/woman
Yu neva too old fi get yu bahind wipped. Yu tink sey yu a big ooman cau yu leg
dem long.Yu wrong Nuh falla di crowd cau u wi get lef. Move yu rass
kibber yo mouth
pickney a ha pickney