Proverbs and old sayings West African about Mother, page 2

34 proverbs and old sayings west african about mother

When a chick ignores its mother's warning, the eagle grasps it for a meal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child doesn't breast-feed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child doesn't belong to the father or mother; a child belongs to the ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

When the mother monkey leaves her baby to fall, one must not blame the dried branch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

If a mother steals with a child stripped in the back what do you expect of the child.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

You do not verify from your mother the authenticity of what your grandmother has told you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

A child who protested when being stripped on the back by its mother, it's humbled by the scorching sun when left to walk.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother