Take an oath only for the hand youslept on.
More Bajan Proverbs:
The foot and the earth cannot help meeting.Bajan
The son does not cut his finger in cutting meat for his father.
Bajan
No war has been fought by men carrying a calabash of 'njohi' but of 'ucuru'.
Bajan
You are a sweet skin buckey.
Bajan
The whetstone in a village does no blunt the knife.
Bajan
A small red snuff-box is a welcome.
Bajan