Jamaican proverbs

Proverbs from all Jamaican speaking parts of the world.

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 * Wa de goat du, de kid falla.
 * Translation: What the goat does, the kid follows.
 * English equivalent: As the old cock crows, so crows the young.
 * Meaning: Children absorb behavioural cues from their parents and other significant adults in their lives. We should set good examples for our children.
 * Source for meaning and proverb:

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 * You come to drink milk an' no fe count cow.
 * I came here to drink milk, I didn’t come to count cows.
 * ""Style"'s Mentor: "The whole idea of not having your cake and eating it - the expression is wrong. The saying should be: you can't have your cake and eat it."Style": I'm not sure I get the meaning. "Style"'s Mentor: "It means you should be glad you were experiencing the luxury of a cake in the first place. So stop staring at it and woŕrying what you will lose by commiting to it - and start enjoying it. Cakes were meant to be eaten, not collected." I hated him sometimes. For being right."
 * Neil Strauss, The Style Diaries (2007)