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Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Raxxye(m): 8:28pm On Nov 26, 2012
How much of your native African proverbs do you know? Share them here.
I‘ll start with the few I can still recall from grannies and other elderly people.

1. That which a goat sees and yet keeps its calm is more terrifying than that which a chicken sees and starts screaming.
2. If you have never had an open sore, you may never believe that flies have teeth.

...more to come. Tell us yours.
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Queendo(f): 10:11pm On Nov 26, 2012
What an old person sees sitting, a young person might not see it standing.

When u see a rat running in d day time it's either something is after it or it's after something.
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Raxxye(m): 12:19am On Nov 27, 2012
No matter how hard and painful a mosquito bites, you don‘t try killing it with poisoned arrows!
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Raxxye(m): 12:33am On Nov 27, 2012
A single finger cannot pick a louse out of a man‘s hair.
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Pacify: 6:36am On Nov 27, 2012
The tse-tse fly that perches on the scrotum ¶S̶̲̥̅̊ not hit wit anger grin
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by achinaboy(m): 4:31pm On Nov 28, 2012
1,,, it`s only a tree that hears they are are going to cut it down and still stands..........never be afraid of big p u s s y,because she cannot Bleep herslf,,,,,,,,,,,a forest full of bees do not really need extra soldiers,,,,,,,,no matter how old a woman is she can always visit the inlaws house,,,,,,,they told a mouth that they will cut off the head and the mouth said cut cut cut,and then when they cut off the head ,the mouth also went with the head,,,,,,,,,the death that will kill a dog never give him the chance to smell the smell of s h i t, thanks for now
Re: Post The African Proverbs You Know Here! by Nobody: 3:39am On Dec 02, 2012
It takes a village to raise a child. smiley grin

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