Congo people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Lower Congo · A proverb. An oily face was a sign of beauty, Weeks notes; the meaning is that a person is always beautiful to his own family.
The toad has an oily face where his father’s sister is.A proverb in John H. Weeks, Congo Life and Folklore (1911) · in place of the original: the English translation by John H. Weeks (1911)
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Congo people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Lower Congo · A proverb quoted in a folk tale by a son who comes back after his father had nearly killed him. He goes on: you should have punished me, but you should not have killed me.
If the Leopard gives birth to a palm-rat he does not eat it.A proverb in John H. Weeks, Congo Life and Folklore (1911) · in place of the original: the English translation by John H. Weeks (1911)
Xhosa people who handed down proverbs
before the 19th century · Cape Colony, South Africa · Said when something one dreads or dislikes has passed away. By tradition the mother of Kolomba was a very disagreeable person. The English is Theal's own translation, printed directly under the Xhosa.
I rejoice that Kolomba’s mother is dead.
Qabu Unoqolomba efile.
G. M. Theal, Kaffir Folk-Lore (2nd ed., 1886) · Proverbs and Figurative Expressions
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