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Ashanti-Akan Proverbs in Jamaica (Part 2)

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 Kwabena Asare

Keep in mind these sayings and proverbs are universal to every Akan person. We highlight the Ashanti merely because it

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Ashanti Proverbs in Jamaica Pt.1

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Kwabena Asare

Who Jamaicans commonly know as Ashanti, belong to the Akan tribe and these are the proverbs we inherited from our

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Jamaican Proverbs

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Lyssette Hawthorne 10 Comments

1.“Pot pon fire  don’t cry for hungry.”  This means to be patient. 2.“Every dog and puss have dem 4 o’clock.”

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My Interpretations For Some Popular Jamaican Sayings

December 8, 2019December 8, 2019 Ramesh Sujanani - Email: [email protected] 2 Comments

1. When you lie down with dog, you get fleas. – This is the company you keep 2. Puss and dog

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Jamaican Proverbs

June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 Lyssette Hawthorne 2 Comments EMAIL

1. “Every bess friend have a bess friend” Every best friend has another best friend. 2.  “When lie teck  plane

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Jamaican Proverbs

April 22, 2014 Lyssette Hawthorne 6 Comments

1. Pit inna de sky, it fall inna yuh y’eye.  Be careful of your actions close to home. 2. Wah sweet

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Jamaican Proverbs/Sayings

January 25, 2014January 25, 2014 Lyssette Hawthorne 9 Comments EMAIL

1. Jackass Idot or foolish person 2. Man a yard Man of the house 3. Teck wey yu self: Remove

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Jamaican Proverbs

January 2, 2014January 2, 2014 Lyssette Hawthorne 2 Comments

“Dawg nyam yuh suppa”: You are in great trouble! “Even up gal/bwoy”: Way too assertive “Born back a cow”: Behind

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JAMAICAN PROVERBS/JAMAICAN SAYINGS

December 8, 2013January 16, 2014 Winston Donald 0 Comments Ecuador, Follow Juanica, Latin American, Louisa Rodney, Meaning Occuring

No where and no residence are unique Jamaican proverbs so pronounced or articulated as in the Dry Harbour Mountains of St.

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Jamaican Proverbs

April 26, 2013January 16, 2014 Jamaican Proverbs 0 Comments book, cover, jamaican proverbs, proverbs, sayings

No all foot in a boot a good foot Don’t judge a book by its cover No ebery chain you

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Today’s Proverbs

November 2, 2012January 16, 2014 Jamaican Proverbs 0 Comments Jamaican dictionary, meaning of proverbs, proverb meaning

  Monkey mus’ know weh ‘im gwine put ‘im tail, before ‘im order trousiz. One must know one’s self before

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Today’s Proverbs

October 16, 2012January 16, 2014 Jamaican Proverbs 0 Comments Jamaican dictionary, phrases with meanings, proverbs and meanings

Manners mek di man. Manners make the man. Manners tek yu thru’ di worl’. Good manners take you thru’ the

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Today’s Proverbs

October 8, 2012January 16, 2014 Jamaican Proverbs 8 Comments idiom meanings, Jamaican dictionary, jamaican phrases

  Man no hab gourdy, him satisfy wid bottle Half a loaf is better than none Man noh dead, noh

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Today’s Proverbs

October 4, 2012January 16, 2014 Jamaican Proverbs 0 Comments axe, book, cover, Jamaican dictionary, meaning of words

Lickle bit a ram goat have beard an’ big dull noh have nun. Little people/things can have grand attributes that

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