Note 138 — Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs.

In Thomas’s Trinidad version: “Tout moune connaite ça qui ka bouï nans canari yeaux.” In Louisiana Creole: “Chakin connin ça kapé bouilli dans so chodière.” Canari is sometimes used in our Creole, but rarely. I have only heard it in old songs. The iron pot (chodière) or tin utensil has superseded the canari.