Karpinté bieu ta “midi dos biaha pa bo zag un biaha”
(An experienced carpenter “measures twice in order to saw but once”)
Our (grand)mothers’ would rock us back and forth to this children’s song:
Carpinté ta mas cu Rey (Carpenter above King)
Zakinzá, zakinzá
Bernabó ta riba cabai
Cabai n’ke bai, cabai n’ke bai
Bernabó ta riba cabai
Sut’é p’é bai, sut’é p’é bai
(Bernabó on horseback
The horse refuses to go, the horse refuses to go
Bernabó on horseback
Strike him to go, strike him to go)
1000 Awesome Things About Curaçao 
Hello, Carolina this is so great, to see and hear all our old sayings and habits, I love it, your mom told how to get on 1000 awsome thing about Curacao. love Yvette Brandt-Lesire