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When man dead, grass grow to 'em door.

When a man is dead, grass grows at his door.

Once someone is gone, they are quickly forgotten and their place is left untended.

Traditional Bahamas Wisdom, Bahamas

Source: Traditional Bahamas proverb, public-domain oral tradition (recorded by H.H. Finlay, Eleuthera, 1925)

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