Kikuyu Proverbs - page 8

The buying of a wife begins from a little thing. (Kikuyu Proverb)
The chest contains a beehive full of pride. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The cimex lives in the firewood and still it reaches its full growth. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The cow has a bad delivery though her owner is present. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The cow is given a present when her calf is carried away. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The cow that drops her calf in the sun feeds it there too. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The day is for working, the night is for resting. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The dunghill grows by straws thrown upon it. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The elders drink afterwards. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The elders of the council do not jump over a brook. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The fact that you have gone near the battle-field does not mean that you fought. (Kikuyu Proverb)
The fear keeps your house poor. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The fool takes many people with him. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The foot and the earth cannot help meeting. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The forest of an unpleasant person is the one that has trees. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The goats pasture with bells hanging from their necks in order not to stray. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The good milking cow is praised after her death. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The grove of the hear is not laid open. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The hyena calls another hyena worse than itself. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The hyena does not eat its baby, and you know how insatiable it is. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The kikuyu know how to conceal their quiver, but do not know how to conceal their secrets. (Kikuyu Proverb)
The land enriches not people who clear it, but people who come. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
It is not the mother's will to have a bad offspring. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The food found wacu in the field. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The piece of cloth that is in another's bag does not patch your garmet. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb