Only a true Jamaican or someone who has spent a lot of time around Jamaicans or studying Jamaica would be able to complete these popular Jamaican proverbs. Try your hand, see if you can fill in the blanks (Answers at the bottom).
1. "One, one coco ____ basket"
2. "Every mikkle ____ a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan ____, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, _____ deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his ___ o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh _____" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and ____ you"
8. "Duppy know ___ fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me ________"
10. "De olda de clock, de ______ it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus ____"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ______, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in ______ man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl _____ away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi _____"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di _______ a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh _____"
18. "Disobedient pickney _____ rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own ______"
20. "Talk and ______ your tongue"
ANSWERS TO FOLLOW.....
Djrevvyc ( Mzja Dj ) said
20:28 08/02 2010
one one cocp full basket
evry mickle make a mukle
what dont kill you fatten you
BoaseyT0niiB0nii said
20:56 08/02 2010
1. "One, one coco full basket"
2. "Every mikkle mek a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan kill, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, hawk deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his ___ o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh _____" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and bite you"
8. "Duppy know who fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me ________"
10. "De olda de clock, de _______ it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus ____"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ______, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in ______ man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl _____ away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi _____"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di _______ a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh _____"
18. "Disobedient pickney _____ rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own ______"
20. "Talk and ______ your tongue"
Mafo said
23:31 08/02 2010
1. "One, one coco full basket"
2. "Every mikkle mek a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan poison, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, hawk deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his four o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh wanti" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and bite you"
8. "Duppy know who fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me another"
10. "De olda de clock, de faster it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus buss"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ketch, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in blind man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl get away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi fowl"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di counter a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh cold"
18. "Disobedient pickney nyaam rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own fleas"
20. "Talk and taste your tongue"
More I can remember
A nuh the same day leaf drop a water bottom it rotten: You will not see the consequencies of yuh actions same day.
If every day bucket go a well, one day de bottom will drop out: If you trouble smaddy every day one day they gwan retaliate
teef no love fi see teef carry laaang bag: Teef doh like to see when other teef doing well.
And Rawsta man favorite one deh
Time longer dan rope: no matter what u do me, or how much u opress and try fi hold me back u cyaan do it forever cuh time pan my side
Yungtrae954 said
23:43 08/02 2010
*~*Linkz Diva Appz*~* wrote:
Only a true Jamaican or someone who has spent a lot of time around Jamaicans or studying Jamaica would be able to complete these popular Jamaican proverbs. Try your hand, see if you can fill in the blanks (Answers at the bottom).
1. "One, one coco _full_ basket"
2. "Every mikkle _mek_ a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan _kill_, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, _____ deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his ___ o'clock" and c**k mouth _kill_ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh _wanti_" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and _bite_ you"
8. "Duppy know _who_ fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me ________"
10. "De olda de clock, de ______ it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus ____"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ______, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in _blind_ man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl _____ away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi _____"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di _______ a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh _____"
18. "Disobedient pickney _____ rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own ______"
20. "Talk and ______ your tongue"
Dj Tweety said
00:51 08/03 2010
TBDGlamma said
03:27 08/03 2010
AND NOW LETS C WHO WAS CORRECT....
ANSWERS:
1. full. 2. mek. 3. kill. 4. hawk. 5. four 6. wanti. 7. bite. 8. who. 9. another. 10. faster.
11. bus 12. ketch 13. blind 14. get 15. fowl. 16. counter. 17. cold. 18. nyam. 19. fleas. 20. taste.
1. "One, one coco ____ basket"
2. "Every mikkle ____ a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan ____, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, _____ deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his ___ o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh _____" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and ____ you"
8. "Duppy know ___ fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me ________"
10. "De olda de clock, de ______ it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus ____"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ______, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in ______ man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl _____ away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi _____"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di _______ a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh _____"
18. "Disobedient pickney _____ rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own ______"
20. "Talk and ______ your tongue"
ANSWERS TO FOLLOW.....
2. "Every mikkle mek a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan kill, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, hawk deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his ___ o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh _____" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and bite you"
8. "Duppy know who fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me ________"
10. "De olda de clock, de _______ it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus ____"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ______, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in ______ man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl _____ away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi _____"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di _______ a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh _____"
18. "Disobedient pickney _____ rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own ______"
20. "Talk and ______ your tongue"
2. "Every mikkle mek a mukkle"
3. "Wat doan poison, will fatten"
4. "Chicken merry, hawk deh near"
5. "Every dawg has his day and every p**s his four o'clock" and c**k mouth ____ c**k
6. "Wanti, wanti, cyan getti, getti, getti nuh wanti" Also "silent rivah run deep" and "No mug no bruk, no coffee nuh dash wey"
7. "Sorry fi mawga dog, mawga dog wi tun round and bite you"
8. "Duppy know who fi frighten"
9. "See mi a one thing, come lib with me another"
10. "De olda de clock, de faster it wine"
11. "When coco ripe, it mus buss"
12. "Hog say, 'de first dutty water mi ketch, mi wash'."
13. "One eye man king in blind man country".
14. "Fool-fool pickney mek fowl get away from him two time"
15. "Nuh fatten c**kroach fi fowl"
16. "Saltfish sit down pon di counter a wait fi bread and butter"
17. "Mi old, but mi nuh cold"
18. "Disobedient pickney nyaam rockstone"
19. "Dawg say if him have money him would buy him own fleas"
20. "Talk and taste your tongue"