If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children
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A child who eats too much shouldn't blame is buttock.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children
A woman who wants a child doesn't sleep in her clothes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about clothes, sleep, children, woman
When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things, children, man
Where your mother is born, you can't call anyone a child.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother, contentment
He who feeds the child must be allowed to lick his fingers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children
A child who knows how to wash his hands will eat with the chiefs.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children
A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, eyes, children, mother
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about attention, children, mother
Train a child the way he should go and make sure you also go the same way.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trains, children, contentment
A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
A child doesn't breast-feed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
A child doesn't belong to the father or mother; a child belongs to the ancestors.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, ancestors, mother
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, time
When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, commerce, blind, children, money, man
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 children, mother
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about help, children, love, contentment
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 children, mother, contentment
The key that unlocks is also the key that locks. Honor a child, and he will honor you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, contentment
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 children, mother
