GIVE THE WISE A WORD OF WISDOM AND HE GETS THE POINT; GIVE THE SAME TO THE FOOL AND HE WILL GO ON TO MAKE A BIGGER FOOL OF HIMSELF.... WISDOM COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO APPRECIATE IT

HE WHO MUST RUN AHEAD OF HIS SPIRIT GUIDE WILL DIE RUNNING..... (GOD'S TIME IS THE BEST).

A PERSON'S DAWN IS WHATEVER TIME HE 'WAKES UP' IN LIFE. GOD'S TIME IS THE BEST.

ONLY A PATIENT ONE GETS TO EAT A FISH CAUGHT WITH A HOOK. GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT.

 YOU DO NOT FIND FAULTS WITH THE DAY BEFORE NIGHTFALL.... (WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE).

A TRADER DOES NOT COUNT HIS LOSSES BASED ON THE EVENTS OF THE EARLY MORNING... SAME MEANING AND CONTEXT AS ABOVE.

WE LIVE AND LEARN BY THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

NO ONE FORGETS THE CHILD THAT FETCHED THE COOKING FIRE WHEN THE FOOD IS DONE...
 

IT IS NEVER PROPER THAT A GOAT SHOULD SUFFER ROTTEN TEETH WHEN IT WAS A DOG THAT ATE THE FAECES. 
IT IS UNJUST TO PUNISH THE INNOCENT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S INIQUITIES.

THE CRAB SAID THE REASON HE DEVELOPED TWO HEADS WAS JUST IN CASE HIS CREATOR AND HIS IN-LAW SHOULD BOTH 
REQUEST HIS FAVOUR AT ONCE. (THE FOLK WISDOM IS THAT IF HE CHOSE TO ATTEND ONLY TO HIS IN-LAW, 
HIS CREATOR WOULD TAKE HIS LIFE; BUT IF HE CHOSE TO ATTEND TO HIS CREATOR, THEN HIS IN-LAW WOULD TAKE HIS WIFE.
 HE THEREFORE HAD TO LEARN TO ATTEND TO BOTH DEMANDS WITHOUT INCURRING THE DISPLEASURE OF ONE OR THE OTHER). 
A LESSON ON HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICTING PRIORITIES.

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.

WHEREVER THE SPRINTER GETS TO, THE WALKER WILL GET THERE TOO. (THERE IS NO RUSH IN LIFE).

HE WHO TREADS WITH CARE NEVER COMES TO HARM.

 A HOT BOWL OF SOUP IS EATEN WITH CARE AND CALCULATION, 
(SOMETIMES BY BLOWING ON IT FIRST TO AVOID SCALDING THE TONGUE!) 
NEVER APPROACH A DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TASK IN A HASTE.

HE WHO LICKS HIS FINGERS WITH SUCH HASTE, DOES HE INTEND TO HANG THEM UP THE RAFTERS?MORE HASTE,LESS SPEED.

THE GOAT THAT LIES ON THE FLOOR LIES ON ITS OWN SKIN. ...THE GOAT MAY DELUDE ITSELF IN THINKING THAT 
IT'S TORTURING THE FLOOR BY LYING ON IT ENDLESSLY; BUT IT IS IN FACT TORTURING ITS OWN SKIN!MESSAGE: 
WHAT YOU DO TO UNDERMINE ANOTHER MAY OFTEN PROVE YOUR OWN UNDOING.

HE WHO RESTRAINS ANOTHER IN THE MUD RESTRAINS HIMSELF TOO... UNTIL HE LETS GO, HE TOO WILL REMAIN IN THE MUD.MESSAGE: THERE IS NO GAIN IN DELIBERATELY OBSTRUCTING/HINDERING OTHERS.

THE BABY THAT IS INTENT ON KEEPING ITS MOTHER AWAKE AT NIGHT WILL ALSO REMAIN AWAKE. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.

WHEN A FOWL GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO JUMP ON A ROPE, THE ROPE WILL GO INTO A WOBBLY DANCE AND SO WILL THE FOWL. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.  

THE CHICKEN CHOSE TO ABSTAIN FROM A CONFERENCE BUT AGREED TO BE BOUND BY ITS RESOLUTIONS.THAT WAS HOW THE CONFERENCE RESOLVED THAT THENCEFORT, THE CHICKEN WOULD SERVE AS A SACRIFICIAL OBJECT. BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO STAY AWAY FROM A DELIBERATION THAT CONCERNS YOU, AS YOU MAY BE BOUND BY WHATEVER DECISION THE MEETING TAKES, EVEN IF IT IS AGAINST YOUR INTEREST.

IT IS THE ABSENT PERSON THAT HIS ROASTING YAM GETS REMOVED FROM THE FIRE. ANYONE WHO IS AWAY WILL USUALLY DRAW THE SHORTEST STRAW, AS THEY HAVE NO ONE TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS.

THERE IS NO FOOD SO PRECIOUS THAT ITS ROASTING WOULD CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL  OF THE YAM ALREADY IN THE FIRE. NOBODY'S BUSINESS SHOULD EVER BE CONSIDERED MORE PRESSING OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYBODY ELSES. ALL HEADS ARE EQUAL.

HE WHOSE FATHER WAS TRAMPLED TO DEATH BY A BUFFALO DOES NOT DRINK PALMWINE WITH A BUFFALO HORN.(YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PEOPLE MAY BE INFLUENCED BY ANY ADVERSE EXPERIENCE YOUR FOLKS MIGHT HAVE HAD WITH THEIRS IN THE PAST;SUCH A RELATIONSHIP IS BOUND TO BRING BACK AWKWARD MEMORIES).

HE WHO HAS BEEN STUNG BY A BEE LIVES IN FEAR OF EVEN A HOUSEFLY.... (ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY).

ONCE STUNG BY THE BLACK ANT, THE BOTTOM LEARNS ITS LESSON.... (ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY). YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT APPRECIATE THIS IF, AS A BABY, YOU NEVER HAD THE LUXURY OF SITTING ON THE BARE FLOOR BUTT NAKED.

A WINE TAPPER DOES NOT DIVULGE ALL THAT HE SPIES FROM THE TREE TOPS... A WARNING AGAINST UNDUE DISCLOSURE 
OF SOMEONE'S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.(EVIDENCE THAT THE LGBO DID HAVE AN UNWRITTEN CODE OF CONFIDENTIALITY).

 

EVERYONE MAY OFFER TO DRINK PALMWINE ON BEHALF OF A WINE TAPPER, BUT NONE WILL EVER OFFER TO FALL FROM A PALM TREE ON HIS BEHALF. IN LIFE, PEOPLE WILL READILY SHARE IN YOUR GLORIES BUT NOT IN YOUR MISFORTUNES.

IT IS BEST TO IGNORE BOTH THE SMELL AND THE TASTE OF PALMWINE AND DRINK THE PRODUCE OF THE PALM FOR WHAT IT IS. USUALLY A CALL IN A DELIBERATION TO ACCEPT A FACT FOR WHAT IT IS AND NOT WASTE PRECIOUS TIME ARGUING OVER UNNECESSARY DETAILS.

THE GOD THAT REVEALS A YAM TENDRIL TO A POOR CHILD IN A BUSH WILL ALSO SHOW HIM A TOOL WITH WHICH TO DIG UP THE YAM. TRUST AND BELIEVE IN HIM AND HE WILL SHOW YOU MIRACLES.

A CHILD DOES NOT TAKE THE LEAST SHARE IN A GAME HE CAUGHT... EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR DUE,REGARDLESS OF THEIR POSITION IN LIFE.