54 TiMEHRI. 



If you want for eat old 'ooman pepper-pot, tek time 

 'cratch him back. 



Cockroach mek dance him nebber ax fowl. 



Cockroach ebber so drunk him nebber walk into fowl 

 yard. 



Flea say him redda (rather) a man wid him two eye fe 

 ketch him dan a blind man fe hold him. 



Driber nebber 'fraid fe long whip. 



Cow ded lef trouble gib cow-kin. 



Rock-a-tone a ribber bottom, no know say sun hot ; or 

 Rock-a-tone a ribber bottom, no know wha Rock-a-tone 

 a road da feel. 



Ebery day debbil help tief, one day Big Massa (the 

 Creator) will help watchman. 



Go a heaben no boy. 



If you tan a market long, you will owe debt. 



Duppy (ghost) know who fe frighten. 



A pound ob fretment won't pay a gill ob debtment. 



Hab money hab fren. 



" Yerrie say," can't go to law. 



Greedy choke puppy. 



A no because cow no hab tongue mek him don't talk. 



A no parrot one nyam plantain but because him mek 

 noise dem say a him one. 



Nyam some, lef some memba to-morrow. 



Ebery ting good fe eat, but no ebery ting good fe talk. 



Patience man ride jackass. 



Dog a run fe him chara6ler, but hog a run for him life. 



When black man tief, him tief " Quattie" (i^d.), but 

 when Buckra tief, him tief whole a estate. 



When fowl drink water, him lift up him hed say " tank 

 God, tank God ;" when man drink water, him say nothing. 



