tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34862121.post7672069883711618045..comments2024-03-22T03:32:25.898-04:00Comments on Cheese-on-bread!: Fave Old Time ProverbsBajegirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07671816722106712550noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34862121.post-21100421953054373942009-11-26T19:48:41.896-04:002009-11-26T19:48:41.896-04:00The following is a hodgepodge of some of my Bajan ...The following is a hodgepodge of some of my Bajan proverbs formed from a line of our National Anthem. See if you spot the proverbs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blog.bajanpoetry.com/2009/11/23/and-greater-will-our-nation-grow.aspx" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">And Greater Will Our Nation Grow</a><br /><br />A eyeful en' a bellyful”, somewhat like “yuh cud look but cahn touch”<br />Nothing is possessed until it’s right in your clutch <br />Don't hang yuh hat wih yuh hand cahn reach” <br />Get used to your limits and practice what you preach<br />Respect due to a dog”, and so to any one of us<br />Everyone regardless to race, gender, religion and status<br />A pint pot can hold a gill, but a gill cahn hold a pint pot”<br />There are some situations reversible but some are not<br />Evah skin-teet en' a laugh” and you will find<br />Regardless to outward shows all actions are not genuine<br />When a bird fly too fast he does fly pas’ ‘e nest”<br />It is never wise to be overly ambitious, some caution is best <br />Lime juice cahn spoil vinegar”<br />Little white fibber can’t corrupt the compulsive liar<br />One smart dead at two smart door”<br />Unanimously, however ahead of the game you are, there’s someone that is more<br />Relatives should take care of each other, feuding they ought not<br />Notice Bajans say “Water does run, but blood does clot”<br />And to warn you of the dangers of your trips to the seashore <br />The old people would say “De sea ain’t got nuh back door”<br />If black bird fly wid pigeon ‘e will get shoot”<br />Out running with bad company you’ll get their treatment how ever big or minute<br />Now “Yuh cahn be in de church an' de chapel too”<br />Got to mind your own business, don’t get tie up in other people’s do<br />Remember “De devil does find work fuh idle hands to do” each day<br />One without work soon gets up to mischief and wayward play <br />We can live by these and other local proverbs we know<br /> _____ Yes we can live positively And Greater Will Our Nation Grow<br /><br /><br />Another Acrostic Poem<br />from <a href="http://BajanPoetry.com" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">The Bajan Poetry Society</a>Khaidjihttp://www.bajanpoetry.comnoreply@blogger.com