THE FIREWOOD THAT OBTAINS IN A CLAN IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE KIND OF COOKING THEY DO.... (MESSAGE: YOU DO NOT JUDGE ONE SOCIETY BY THE STANDARDS OF ANOTHER).

THE IGBO SPEAK IN TONGUES, BUT LAUGH ALIKE. AN ACKNOWLEDMENT OF THE UNIQUENESS AND DIVERSITY OF THE LGBO: UNIQUENESS OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE BUT DIVERSITY OF DIALECTS AND TRADITIONS.234  

IF A FOWL COMES OUT OF ITS ROOST IN THE MORNING AND BEGINS TO CHASE AFTER YOU, BY ALL MEANS GIVE IT A WIDE BERTH, FOR YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER IT GREW SOME TEETH OVERNIGHT.(WHEN SOMEONE BEGINS TO EXHIBIT A VERY UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR, BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THEM; YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAVE COME OVER THEM).

MY HUNTING MATE HAS JUST ANNOUNCED TO ME THAT MY LEGS NOW RESEMBLE THOSE OF THE ANIMALS. WHEN A PERSON YOU TRUST SO MUCH BEGINS TO ACT AND SOUND SUSPICIOUS,YOU KNOW IT IS TIME TO REVIEW YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

WHEN A HANDSHAKE GOES BEYOND THE ELBOWS, IT IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A GREETING BUT A GRIP. (TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING IS BAD).

YOU COULD NEVER READ THE MIND OF THE PERSON WHO IS PINNED TO THE GROUND IN A PHYSICAL COMBAT. (HE COULD BITE OR THROW SAND INTO YOUR EYES IN THE HOPE OF TURNING THE TABLE. THE MESSAGE: NEVER UNDER ESTIMATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE UNDERDOG).

 ONE WHO FAILS TO SPEAK UP AT THE RIGHT TIME MAY WAKE UP TO FIND THAT THE VEHICLE HAS TAKEN HIM WAY BEYOND HIS EXIT POINT. (LITERALLY AND PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING). “THE MAN DIES WHO KEEPS MUTE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY".

A LITTLE LAMB MAY NOT BE SUCH A GREAT DANCER; BUT WHEN THE MUSIC IS BROUGHT HOME TO ITS DOORSTEPS,IT SOON CATCHES UP. IF NOT, IT WILL AT LEAST JUMP ABOUT TO SHOW ITS EAGERNESS.(EVERYONE WILL TRY THEIR BEST IF GIVEN HALF A CHANCE).

THE PROBLEM IS NOT IN OFFERING A MONKEY A CUP OF WATER; IT IS IN RETRIEVING THE CUP AFTERWARDS. THERE ARE CERTAIN PROBLEMS YOU CAN AVOID IF YOU THINK FIRST ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR INITIAL ACTION.

IF YOU USE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PALMNUTS AS A BAIT ON YOUR TRAP, HOW MUCH GAME ARE YOU HOPING TO CATCH? (A CAUTION AGAINST UNWISE, EXPENSIVE, INVESTMENTS).

IF YOU SPEND A FORTUNE SHARPENING YOUR TEETH, HOW MUCH PROFIT ARE YOU HOPING TO MAKE FROM YOUR SMILES?... (A CAUTION AGAINST EXPENSIVE INVESTMENTS).

YOU MEET A PERSON, YOU MEET THEIR DEEDS.PERSONS OF SUBSTANCE ARE RECOGNISED BY THEIR PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.

YOU RECOGNISE A GIANT BY THE LENGTH OF HIS NOSE. YOU RECOGNISE A PERSON OF SUBSTANCE WHEN YOU SEE ONE.

WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF SPACES TO PLACE YOUR PALMS, PLACE THEM ON YOUR KNEES. WHEN FACED WITH A PROBLEM AND YOUR CHOICES ARE LIMITED,JUST DO THE BEST YOU CAN.

WHEN A PERSON FINDS AN ENTERPRISE GREATER AND MORE LUCRATIVE THAN FARMING, HE GETS RID OF HIS BARN. (WHEN CONFRONTED BY A MORE PRESSING PROBLEM, YOU PUT ASIDE ALL OTHERS). 235  

THE PERSON WHO RUSHES INTO A BRAWL HAS NO IDEA THAT WAR MEANS DEATH.

IF A CHILD IS BANISHED FROM HIS PATERNAL HOME, HE TAKES REFUGE AMONGST HIS MOTHER'S KINSMEN. A RECOGNITION OF THE SANCTITY OF MOTHERHOOD.

 IF THE BLIND MAN CARELESSLY THROWS AWAY THE STAR APPLE THAT HE FOUND WITH HIS FEET, WILL HE BE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER? (BECAUSE OF HIS HANDICAP, THE BLIND MAN MUST BE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO STUMBLE ON A STAR APPLE. IT WOULD BE REALLY CARELESS OF HIM TO LET IT GO, KNOWING HE MAY NOT HAVE SUCH LUCK AGAIN). A CAUTION NOT TO MISUSE A RARE OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES OUR WAY.

LS THE SHODDY HAIR-CUT DOWN TO MGBEEKE'S LACK OF EXPERTISE, OR THE CASE THAT HER SHAVER IS NOT SHARP ENOUGH?... (WHEN A PIECE OF WORK IS VERY POORLY EXECUTED, QUESTIONS ARISE AS TO WHAT TO BLAME: THE WORKMAN OR HIS TOOLS).

IT WERE BETTER THAT ONE DID NOT GET A HAIR CUT AT ALL THAN THAT IT CAME OUT SO BADLY DONE. ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH DOING WELL.

IT WAS NOT WHAT THE DEITY WAS OFFERED THAT THE DEITY ATE. AN INDICATION THAT SOMEONE SOMEWHERE HAS FAILED TO LIVE UP TO A GREAT EXPECTATION.

 IT IS ONLYTHE PERSON WHO CAN SEE CLEARLY THAT GETS TO SEE THE DEITY TO WHOM HE MADE A PLEDGE. (YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO REDEEM ANY PROMISES YOU HAVE MADE TO ANYONE IF AND WHEN YOU ARE DISPOSED TO DO SO).

THE LOG DRUMS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOW THEY PERFORM ON LIFE'S PUBLIC STAGE.(YOUR WORTH AND INTERGRITY ARE JUDGED BY HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF).

 AS YOU POSITION YOURSELF, SO SHALL YOU BE PULLED OUT OF THE DITCH YOU ARE IN. THE WAY YOU CONDUCT YOURSELF IS HOW PEOPLE WILL RELATE/RESPOND TO YOU....LT ALSO DETERMINES WHAT HELP/SYMPATHY YOU GET WHEN IN DIFFICULTY.

WHEN A CUNNÌNG MAN BURRIES HIMSELF, ONE OF HIS HANDS WILL COME STICKING OUT OF THE GRAVE.YOU CANNOT FOOL EVERYONE EVERYTIME.

WHEN YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO WEAR CORNS ON YOUR WVAIST, EVERY FOWL IN THE AREA BECOMES YOUR PEER... (IF YOU BELITTLE YOURSELF, YOU SHOW YOURSELF AS DESERVING OF EVERY CONTEMPT THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO BRING YOUR WAY).

IF THE PERSON IN FRONT TURNS THEMSELVES INTO A MOUSE, TURN INTO A CAT AND CHASE AFTER THEM. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.  

THE BATCHERLOR THAT WILL WALK AWAY FROM A HEAP OF ASHES WVILL FIND ON HIS RETURN THAT THE ASHES ARE WAITING FOR HIMN.YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES; THEY WILL ALWAYS BE THERE UNTIL YOU DEAL WITH THEM.

THE WATER IN THE POTSHERD IS THERE FOR THE POPPY. (SAME AS ABOVE. YOU COULD NEVER WALK AWAY FROM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE UNTIL YOU DEAL WITH IT).

HE WHO KNOWS HOW TO POUND, MAY HE POUND IN THE MORTAR; HE WHO KNOWS NOT HOW,LET HIM POUND ON THE FLOOR. (MESSAGE: A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE).

TO FAIL TO SAY IS THE FAULT OF THE MOUTH, BUT TO FAIL TO HEAR IS THE FAULT OF THE EARS. HE WHO HAS EARS,LET THEM HEAR.

WHEN THE EARS FAIL TO HEED ADVICE AND THE HEAD GETS CHOPPED OFF AS A RESULT, THE EARS GO WITH IT.(OBSTINACY LEADS TO RUIN).

THE STUBBORN FLY GOES INTO THE GRAVE WITH A CORPSE. SAME MEANING AS ABOVE.

A PRE-SCHEDULED BATTLE DOES NOT OVERCOME THE CRIPPLE... (KNOWING HIS PREDICAMENT, THE CRIPPLE KNOWS TO MAKE GOOD HIS ESCAPE WELL IN ADVANCE OF ANY SCHEDULED CONFLICT... TO BE FORE-WARNED IS TO BE FORE-ARMED).

THE GRASSHOPPER THAT WOULD FALL PREY TO A CROWNED CRANE MUST BE DEAF INDEED...SAME AS ABOVE.

A TREE THAT GAVE SUFFICIENT WARNING OF ITS FALLING DOES NOT KILL ANYONE. SAME AS ABOVE.