YOU CAN TELL A RIPE CORN BY LOOKING AT THE COB; THERE IS NO NEED TO PINCH IT. YOU CAN TELL A GENUINE ARTICLEBY MERELY LOOKING AT IT.

A GOOD COMMODITY SELLS ITSELF... IT NEEDS NO ADVERTISEMENT.

WHEN YOU MAKE A REMARK ABOUT A TATTERED BASKET, AN EMACIATED PERSON GETS THE HINT. PEOPLE WITH SKELETONS IN THE CUPBOARD ARE USUALLY HYPERSENSITIVE TO INNUENDOS.

THOSE WHO BATH WITH THEIR CLOTHES ON MUST KNOW THEMSELVES. AN INNUENDO INTENDED TO LET EVIL DOERS KNOW THAT THE CRIME THEY COMMITTED IN THE DARK HAS BEEN EXPOSED.

HE WHO KILLED A TSETSE FLY MUST SHOW THE BLOOD IN HIS PALM... (TO PROVE HE DID NOT SLAP SOMEONE'S BACK FOR FUN). A CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE ARE DOUBTS ABOUT THE SINCERITY OF SOMEONE'S ACTION.

 MUTUAL AGREEMENTS ARE SEALED BY A NOD OF THE HEAD.  

 PHLEGM IS ALWAYS BEST SUITED IN THE MOUTH OF THE PERSON THAT PRODUCED IT... (THE MESSAGE:NEVER UNDERTAKE TO RELAY SOMEONE ELSE'S BAD REMARKS TO ANOTHER; SUCH THINGS ARE BEST HEARD FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH).

EVERY DANCE TAKES ITS TOLL ON THE WAIST.EVERY TOIL LEAVES ITS STRAIN ON THE BODY.

 WHO HAS EVER SUFFERED AS MUCH BEATING AS A DEER WITHOUT HIS NOSTRILS DRIPPING? HE WHO FEELS THE AGONY KNOWS THE PAIN.

HE WHO HAS A SINGLE ARROW LEFT IN HIS QUIVER DOES NOT SHOOT IT A LONG DISTANCE, AS IT MAY PROVE DIFFICULT TO RECOVER WHEN IT GOES MISSING.

WHEN A CHILD HAS RECEIVED THE SAME TREATMENT AS HIS PEERS, HE GOES AWAY PACIFIED.

WHEN A CHILD HAS EATEN THAT WHICH HAS KEPT HIM AWAKE, HE WILL GO TO SLEEP AT LAST. OUR MINDS GO TO REST ONCE OUR DESIRES ARE SATISFIED.

HE WHO MUST EAT A TOAD SHOULD CHOOSE A FAT AND JUICY ONE, SO IF ANYONE WISHES TO CALL HIM NAMES, HE COULD AT LEAST HOLD HIS HEAD HIGH. IF YOU WILL DO ANYTHING CONSIDERED UNPOPULAR, BE SURE TO ACCOMPLISH IT PROPERLY SO AT LEAST YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR EFFORT, AND BETTER STILL IF BY SO DOING YOU CAN SILENCE YOUR CRITICS.

THE CHICKEN SAID THE REASON SHE DRINKS AND LOOKS UP WITH EACH GULP IS BECAUSE THAT WHICH PREYS ON HER COMES FROM UP ABOVE. ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY.

THE CHICKEN RETIRES TO ITS ROOST AT NIGHT, NOT BECAUSE IT HAS HAD ITS FILL FOR THE DAY, BUT SO AS TO GET AWAY FROM THAT WHICH IT CANNOT SEE. IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.

IT IS BEST TO DRIVE AWAY THE PREDATOR BEFORE FINDING FAULTS WITH THE FOWL FOR TRESPASSING.ALWAYS ADDRESS A POTENTIAL DANGER BEFORE DEBATING OR APPORTIONING BLAMES FOR WHATEVER MIGHT HAVE GONE WRONG.

THE CHICK UNDER THE FIRM GRIP OF A HAWK SAID THE REASON IT CRIES IS NOT FOR THE HAWK TO LET GO; IT IS FOR THE WORLD TO HEAR ITS VOICE AND LEARN FROM ITS PLIGHT.

TWO COMBATANTS CAME TO THEIR DEATHS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO THIRD PARTY. (CONFLICTS USUALLY GET OUT OF HAND WHERE THERE ARE NO INTERESTED MEDIATORS).     

THE GODS THAT CREATED THE PIGEON CREATED ITS EGGS. (PIGEONS ARE NOT USUALLY VERY CAREFUL WITH THEIR EGGS. BUT THE EGGS NEVER COME TO ANY HARM, HENCE THE BELIEF THAT THERE MUST BE A GUIDING SPIRIT WATCHING OVER THEM). PROVIDENCE PROTECTS THE DEFENCELESS

THE DEAD TREE WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED TO FALL IS STILL STANDING,BUT THE LIVE TREE HAS JUST COME CRASHING DOWN. SOMETIMES, A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN ILL IN A FAMILY MAY MANAGE TO CLING ONTO LIFE IN SPITE OF ALL THE ANXIETIES,BUT THE ONE WHO WAS JUDGED HAIL AND HEARTY DROPS DEAD UNANNOUNCED.

WHEN A GREAT TREE FALLS, THE BIRDS FILL THE BUSHES. THE GREAT TREE IS A METAPHOR FOR A PERSON OF SOME SUBSTANCE AND A PROVIDER FOR MANY DEPENDANTS (THE BIRDS THAT USUALLY TAKE SHELTER WITHIN ITS FOLLIAGE). WHEN THE TREE FALLS, THE BIRDS HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FIND SOME WAY OF FENDING FOR THEMSELVES ESLEWHERE.

A TREE DOES NOT MAKE A FOREST.

 ONE PERSON CAN NEVER MAKE A CROWD.

THE DOG SAID THAT THOSE WHO HAVE BOTTOMS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO SIT WITH THEM. THIS REFERS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES BUT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE THEM.

OKRA GROWS FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO MAKE SOUP. SAME AS ABOVE. PEOPLE BLESSED WITH IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES DO NOT KNOW HOW TO UTILIZE THEM.

EVEN IF A GRASSCUTTER WERE TO BE LEFT WITH ONLY ONE TOOTH, IT WILL CONTINUE TO SLASH GRASS. A DECLARATION THAT ONE WILL NOT BE DETERRED BY ANY OBSTACLES.

IF THE PALM SEEDLING DOES NOT DIE PREMATURELY, IT WILL ONE DAY AIM TO TOUCH THE SKY. (WHERE THERE IS LIFE, THERE IS HOPE).

IF DEATH DOES NOT CLAIM THE SACRIFICIAL YAM, IT WILL ONE DAY SPROUT A TENDRIL. SAME AS ABOVE.

TOMORROW IS PREGNANT; WHO KNOWS WHAT BABY IT MIGHT BRING FORTH? NO ONE KNOWS TOMORROW. NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT.

THE MAN WHO WAS SO EAGER TO AVOID TROUBLE DECIDED TO BURY HIS MOTHER AT NIGHT, ONLY TO FIND AT DAWN THAT HE HAD JUST LANDED HIMSELF IN A BIGGER TROUBLE. A WARNING THAT CERTAIN EXTREME PRECAUTIONS COULD ACTUALLY CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN THEY SOLVE.

A SNAKESIGHTED BY ONLY ONE PERSON IS USUALLY REPORTED AS A PYTHON. THERE IS ALWAYS A TENDENCY FOR OVER EXAGGERATION WHEN THERE ARE NO OTHER WITNESSES TO AN INCIDENT.  

A PARCEL THAT WILL BE OPENED NEED NOT BE PINCHED OUT OF CURIOUSITY. PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.

THE STRÍNG KNOWS THE PARCEL, BUT THE PARCEL KNOWS WHO TIED IT. A SHARED SECRET IS ONLY KNOWN TO THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE PLOT. YOU CAN'T SAY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW.

WHEN YOU SPIT OUT YOUR SALIVA, IT LANDS BACK ON YOUR CHEST. HOWEVER SOUR A RELATIONSHIP MAY HAVE BECOME, A BLOOD RELATION REMAINS A BLOOD RELATION.

BLOOD DOES NOT TELL LIES. IT IS EASY TO TELL BLOOD RELATIONS BY LOOKING AT THEIR FACIAL RESEMBLANCES.

IF YOU WISH TO KNOW WHETHER A BABY MONKEY BELONGS TO ITS MOTHER, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THEIR EYEBALLS. (AS ABOVE)