Chicken merry, hawk deh near
Ebery John Crow tink him pickney white
Frightened man, monkey breeches fit him
If yu noh mash ants, yu noh fine him guts
Hog ax him mumma say, “wha mek yuh mout long so?” Him sey, “nebba mind, tay bimeby you all wi see”
New broom sweep clean, but owl broom noe dem cahna
Pit inna de sky, it fall inna yuh y’eye
Wha sweet a mout’ hat a belly
Ebry dyay debble help teef; wan dyah Gad wi help watchman
Poor man nebba bex
Yu cyaan siddung pahn cow bak cuss cow kin
If you get your han’ in a debil mout’ tek it out
When yo cross ribba nebba never call alligator long mout till you pass him
Eat fambly bittel, but no cut fambly ‘tory
Every day yu goad donkey, some day he will kick yu
Peacock hide him foot when him hear ’bout him tail
Cusscuss nebba bore hole in a man skin
No wait till drum beat before you grine you axe
Ants follow fat
Ratta sey, the man chop him a no him kill him; a de man dat sey, “Look, oo rat”
A no want a fat mek nightingale foot ‘tan’ so
Rocka ‘tone a ribba bottom no feel sun hot
When man can’t do more, him sey nebba mind
Sinting no hurt man, him no know sinting
Likkle finga sey, “look yonder;” big finga sey, “look yow”
Talk and taste your tongue
Wen man belly full, im bruck pat
Yu shake man han, but yu noh shake im hawt
Dog nebba know sey cornmeal dear, tay him change owner
Duppy know who fi frighten
If cock no bin cow, dem woulden know where him massa dey
You ‘fraid fe yeye, you neber nyam head
When negro tief, him tief half a bit; When Buckra tief, him tief de whole estate
Big blanket mek man sleep late
Ef yu cyaan get turkey, yu haffi satisfy wid Jancro
Don’t care how cockroach drunk, him nebba pass fowl house
Puss belly full, him say ratta ‘tink