Explore: Negro Proverbs

of Proverbs) and medieval Latin (aided by the work of Erasmus) have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs. Not all Biblical proverbs, however

Texas Folklore Society, 1932), pages 9–54. Brewer, J. Mason, "Old-Time Negro Proverbs", Spur-of-the-Cock, J. Frank Dobie, ed. Volume XI (Austin, Texas: Texas

(John 8:7), the similar parable of the beam in the eye (Matthew 7:3) and proverbs based on it such as "He who sits in a glass house should not throw stones"

womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, and proceeded to establish the Aframerican Women's Journal

which 999 to more than 3000 Haitian proverbs are documented serve as evidence of the importance of these proverbs and their centrality in traditional

mmoaano: A collection of three thousand and six hundred Tshi proverbs, in use among the Negroes of the Gold coast speaking the Asante and Fante language,

2012. Accessed 8 Jul 2014. The blue-bottle fly now appears in British proverbs as the "blue-arsed fly" but this name does not seem to predate the 20th

Quotations 5,000 Years of Literature, Lyrics, Poems, Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs from Voices Around the World. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316250689. "Ja'Net

include the Jonkonnu festivals, Igbo words such as "unu", "una", idioms, and proverbs in Jamaican patois. In Maroon music were songs derived from specific African

mmoaano. A collection of three thousand and six hundred Tshi proverbs, in use among the Negroes of the Gold Coast speaking the Asante and Fante language,