GUERNSEY PROVERBS AND POPULAR 

 SAYINGS. 



CONTRIBUTED BY MR. J. S. HOCART, LES MIELLES, VALE, 



Qui bailie et n'a pas d'fain 

 A soumeil ou n'est pas sain. 

 He who yawns and is not hungry, is either sleepy or unwell. 



Ch'est dans les p'tits paquets qu' les bouanes epices sont. 

 It is in small parcels that the best spices are. 

 Said when quality is preferred to quantity. 



Ch'est un violon s'accorde a tout son. 

 A fiddle that plays to all tunes. 

 Said of flatterers. 



Ill y'a pusd'gens ignorans, 



Que de ch'vaux Chretiens. 



There are more ignorant persons than Christian horses. 



La ou Fvier ch'va s'roulle ill y laisse du pel. 

 Where the old horse rolls himself he will leave hair. 



Wherever rich people go they are sure to leave some of their 

 money behind them. 



Tai-te, tai-te, l'hiver ta'ira, 

 Coumm' disait Tourgi a sen ch'va. 

 Wait, wait, winter will overtake you, as Tourgi said to his 

 horse. 



Said by old people to young ones when they tease them ; mean- 

 ing that their turn to be old will come in due course. 



