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picknie

Child or children

pickny

Child or children

chirren

Child or children

Willin pickny belly full, unwillin pickny belly empty

Children who are helpful and willing are better rewarded

When trouble ketch yu, pickny shut fit you

People in rough circumstances take whatever help they can get.

When trouble ketch yu, pickny shut fit you

People squeeze themselves into tight situations in order to escape trouble.

When pickny waa cry, yuh only look pan dem an dem cry

Some people love to complain, and will complain about every and anything

Pastor christen him pickny first

Take care of your own affairs before you attend to the affairs of others.

Parson christ'n him pickny fus

People look out for themselves before others

John Crow tink he pickny white

Parents think their children are saints, different from other children

Haad ears pickny nyam rockstone

Disobedient children often learn the hard way

cry cry pickny neva have him right

People don't pay attention to those who constantly complain.

Black bud say fi im pickny fus

Attend to your own affairs before the affairs of others.

barrel pickny

A child whose primary means of support are money and items shipped from parents working overseas.