Jamaican Proverbs

Every mickle mek a mockle. Every little adds up. Feel like Gumbeh drum widout a goat-skin. To feel out of

Di daakes’ part a di night, a when diay soon light. When thing and times are the hardest, brighter times

Cow non dead him wi shak him tail While there is life there is hope Cow sey Tan upno mean

Beggar beg from beggar him nebber get rich. You can’t get blood out of stone. Bucket wid hole a battam

Alligator lay egg, but ‘im noh fowl. Things are not always what they seem to be. Not because people do

A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows every corner”. A profoundly witty statement that sums up any