Note 35 — Little Dictionary of Creole Proverbs.
Reading edition
Baïll (to give) affords example of a quaint French verb preserved in the Creole dialect,—bailler. It can be found in Molière. Formerly a Frenchman would have said, “Bailler sa foi, bailler sa parole.” It is now little used in France, except in such colloquialisms as, “Vous me la baillez belle!”