Jamaican proverbs

Proverbs from all Jamaican speaking parts of the world. W Wa de goat du, de kid falla. Translation: What the goat does, the kid follows. English equivalent: As the old cock crows, so crows the young. Meaning: Children absorb behavioural cues from their parents and other significant adults in their lives. We should set good examples for our children. Source for meaning and proverb: http://www.nlj.gov.jm/?q=jamaican-proverbs#chicken%20merry Jamaican Proverbs | The National Library of Jamaica Nlj.gov.jm 2013-06-09 Y You come to drink milk an' no fe count cow. I came here to drink milk, I didn’t come to count cows. ""Style"'s Mentor: "The whole idea of not having your cake and eating it - the expression is wrong. The saying should be: you can't have your cake and eat it."Style": I'm not sure I get the meaning."Style"'s Mentor: "It means you should be glad you were experiencing the luxury of a cake in the first place. So stop staring at it and woŕrying what you will lose by commiting to it - and start enjoying it. Cakes were meant to be eaten, not collected." I hated him sometimes. For being right." Neil Strauss, The Style Diaries (2007) Anand Prahlad Reggae Wisdom: Proverbs in Jamaican Music https://books.google.com/books?id=goNpkxHhH48C&pg=PA260 2001 978-1-60473-659-5 260– See also English proverbs Irish proverbs Maori proverbs Scots proverbs Welsh proverbs Category:Proverbs by language proverbs