On the
21st November I celebrated my 1,000 day in Uganda. In tribute to this little milestone below are
30 Ugandan Proverbs for blog entry No.30.
They are taken from ‘The King of the Snakes’ a collection of Ugandan folklore
and other stories as compiled by Mrs George Baskerville in 1922;
1. He who runs in the
morning will tire before the day's march is over.
2. The monkey cannot be
trusted to give a fair judgment on forest matters.
3. Do not call out for
help before you need it.
4. He who has never had a
sorrow cannot speak words of comfort.
5. Even a wise man does
not know everything.
6. You can't dig with a
spade handle, but it helps the spade to dig.
7. A dog knows his own
business and his master's too.
8. Friendship is like a
tailor's seam; it is the unpicking which causes trouble.
9. Splutter splutter isn't
fire.
10. If you suffer in order
to be beautiful don't blame anyone but yourself.
11. You never can tell if
bananas are worth the trouble of making beer until you have done some of the
work.
12. He who makes friends
is wiser than he who quarrels.
13. Never give advice to
an enemy.
14. Caution is not
cowardice: even the ants march armed.
15. He who goes slowly
goes far.
16. It is no good asking
the spirits to help you run if you don't mean to sprint.
17. No man fears what he
has seen grow.
18. He who says others are
swindling will not lend you anything.
19. Beer isn't food: don't
be content with it.
20. He who has two homes
never gets a meal.
21. The champion who has
thrown his opponent says: "That is enough."
22. You can't tell the age
of a beardless man, or the time on a cloudy day.
23. What the herd will
stand the cowherd will put up with.
24. Let me die for
something worthwhile.
25. The grumbler does not
leave his job, but he discourages possible applicants.
26. The iron fears the
blacksmith.
27. A man who is always
being slandered is like a knife constantly in use–no one has time to polish it.
28. Lazy people always set
others to work.
29. Everyone has his own tastes.
30. Wait until you are
grown up before you try to jump as far as your father.---
In other news follow the link below to the write up of the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2013 here in Uganda that was a great success;
http://www.banffcentre.org/blog/2013/11/29/the-world-tour-arrives-in-uganda/
