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GBUDUGBUDU AND SURUGEDE PROVERBS

1. A big goat does not sneeze without reason (Kenya).
2. A child does not laugh at the ugliness of its mother (Uganda).
3. A fig tree found on the way is enough to keep you from starving (S. Africa-Azania).
4. A full stomach does not last overnight (Uganda).
5. A house that is built by God will be completed (Ethiopia).
6. A lion does not eat its own cubs (Kenya).
7. A log thrown into the water does not become a crocodile.
8. A man on the ground cannot fall (S. Africa-Azania).
9. A person cannot dance well on one leg only (S. Africa-Azania).
10. A stick which is far away cannot kill a snake (Uganda).
11. A sweet taste does not remain forever in the mouth (Kenya).
12. A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around it (Ghana).
13. All that we do on earth, we shall account for kneeling in heaven (Ghana).
14. An African should not be made to suffer the loss of an arm from a gunshot in Europe (Ghana).
15. An egg never sits on a hen (E. Africa)
16. An elephant does not die of one broken rib (S. Africa-Azania)
17. An elephant never fails to carry its tusk (E. Africa)
18. An empty tin makes a lot of noise (Kenya)
19. An eye deceives its possessor (Kenya)
20. Axes carried in the same bag cannot avoid rattling (Kenya).

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