50 TiMEHRI. 



3. Bush hab ears, and 'tump wear hat. 



The hedges have eyes, and the ditches have ears, 



4. John Crow (the carrion crow, vulture) tink him picney 



white. 

 Blood is thicker than water. 



5. Cuss John Crow " peel head " and turkey pee pee hex. 

 Offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will 



flutter as far as Rome. (Spanish.) 



6. Calabash don't grow 'pon pumpkin vine. 

 As you sow, so you reap. 



7. Cow tail cut off, God A'mighty brush fly for her. 

 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 



8. Kitchen dresser fall down, mauger daag (dog) laugh. 

 It's an ill wind that blows nobody good. (Scotch.) 



9. Too much ratta nebber dig good hole. 

 Too many cooks spoil the soup. 



10. When you go da tumpa foot dance, you must dance 



tumpa foot. 

 When you go to Rome, you must do as the Romans do. 



11. Quattie (the smallest Jamaica silver coin of the value 



of I ^d. now out of circulation) buy trouble, hundred 

 pound can't pay for it. 

 Mischief comes by the pound, but goes away by the 

 ounce. 



12. Hang your bunkra (basket) where you can reach it. 

 Cut your coat according to your cloth. 



13. Play wid puppy, puppy lick you mout. 

 Too much familiarity breeds contempt. 



14. Puss gone, ratta tek house. 



When the cat's away the mice will play. 



15. Cotton tree (the gigantic ceiba) ebber so big, little 



axe will cut him down. 



