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"Shoe know if stockin' hab hole"
"When han' full him hav' plenty company"
"Long o' long, short o' short, we die."
"See like you ain't see, and hear like you ain't hear"
"Don't hang yer basket higher than you can reach 'em."
"Don't hollow out "fried fish" til you catch 'em."
""When you listen you learn, and when you learn you listened"."
"Some man bu'n dem hand when they only mean to warm dem."
"In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty;"
"In time of adversity, not one in twenty."
"Hand go, hand come."
"A boaster and liar are first-cousins."
"Mad dogs bite the hand that feed them."
"Don't trust people who talk much."
"When man dead, grass grow to 'em door."
"dead hog no fear boiling water"
"Yer play with puppy, him lick you mouth."
"Fool talk much, wise men talk less."
"cockroach nebber so drunk he no crossy fowl-yard."
"Clean you door mouth first, then tell you neighbor 'bout dem own."
""Wha sweeten yu mouth goin bitter yu tail."
"de rope you pulling, no de rope i cutting."
"ebbery day fishing day, but no ebbery day catchy fish"
"Cuss cuss [calling names] no bore hole in skin."
"Cunning better dan strong"
"Hot needle burn thread."
"when fowl drinky water him lift up him head and say, tank god, but man drinky water and say noting."
"time longer than rope."
"“when eye no see, mout' no talk""
"When man no done grown, him nebber should cuss long man"
"You shake man hand, you no shake him heart"
"Big blanket make man sleep late."
"“when a man say him no mind, den he mind”"
"Fisherman never smell he own basket"
"When hand full, him hab plenty company"
"When cockroach gib dance, him no ax fowl"
"Stranger no know when de deep water."
"Trouble nebber blow shell""
"Sleep hab no massa"
"Hog know where to rub he skin"
"Spider and fly no make bargain."
"Ole firestick no hard fo catch."
"one tief no like see other tief carry long bag."
"Parson christen him own pickaninny first."
"No throw away dirty water before you have clean""
"misfortune never throw cloud""
"Dog eat ya lunch"
"rain nebber fall at one man door."
"No ebry ting you yerry [hear] good fe talk""
"If you see fippence [three pence] you know how dollar made"