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No 45 Chime Avenue New Haven Enugu.
No 139 Nike Road Abakpa Enugu.
English
Igbo: Ọ dịghị ịhē ā hụnyèrè n'ọkụ sí kà á lọpụ ji.
English:
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.
Igbo: ónyé átụ zògbùrù ńnà yá éjìghì mpì átụ ànụ mmīrī.
English:
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).
Igbo: ónyé ánụ gbàrà nà-àtụ òkpòròbò íjījī ēgwù.
English:
HE WHO HAS BEEN STUNG BY A BEE LIVES IN FEAR OF EVEN A HOUSEFLY.... (ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY).
Igbo: ágbịsị gbáá òtùlè, ọ mụrụ ākọ.
English:
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.
Igbo: díòchì ánāghị èkwúchá ịhé níilē ọ hụrụ n'élú ńkwụ.
English:
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).
Igbo: á nà-ànụchítéré díòchì mmányá, mànà à nághị ādàchítéré yā ēlū ñkwụ
English:
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.
Igbo: kà á hápụ ísì ńkwụ nà ụtọ ńkwụ mà nụmá íhé ńkwụ gbātārā.
English:
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.
Igbo: chí zīrī nwā ōgbènyè ómé jī n'ọhịā gàkwà èzí yā mbàzụ ó gà-éjì ègwúrúyā.
English:
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.
Igbo: nwátà ánāghị àbụ ńtà n'ánụ ó gbùrù.
English:
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.
Igbo: ókókpòrò síwé itè chíwé ńkwụ, mà ọ dàghì n'élú ńkwụ, ìtè ó sìwèrè èrééọkụ.
English:
WHEN A BACHELOR COOKS AND TAPS PALM WINE AT THE SAME TIME, IF HE DOES NOT FALL OFF THE PALM, HIS COOKING WILL BURN... NEVER GET YOURSELF INVOLVED IN TOO MANY PROJECTS AT ONCE, AS YOU MAY BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW.
Igbo: Ụbọchì ónyé óhī gà-àkwá ńnē yā kà ńd ị ngàjì há nà-éfū gà-àbíá mgbárú.
English:
THE DAY THE THIEF WILL HOLD HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL IS THE DAY THAT ALL WHO HAVE LOST THEIR UTENSILS WILL PAY THEIR CONDOLENCE VISITS. THERE IS ALWAYS A DAY OF RECKONING.... EVERYDAY FOR THE THIEF; ONE DAY FOR THE OWNER.
Igbo: áká kpàrá ézē ùdèlè, ò kwúó ónyé chīrī yā ēchīchī.
English:
33 WHEN THE VULTURE KING IS APPREHENDED, HE WILL BE FORCED TO SAY WHO MADE HIM A KING.(EVERYDAY IS FOR THE THIEF, BUT ONE DAY IS FOR THE OWNER).
Igbo: ìkùkù kùó, à hụ íkē ọkụkọ.
English:
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS, PEOPLE GET TO SEE A FOWL'S RUMP. EVENTS BRING OUT THE BEST AND WORST IN HUMAN BEING AND SHOW UP WHO IS WHO IN OUR LIVES.
Igbo: Ọ nà-àbụ mmányá hụ ónyé ọ mà ọ bèé úgwù.
English:
WHEN A KEG OF PALM WINE MEETS AN ACQUAINTANCE, IT REDUCES ITS VOLUME... AS THE WINE TAPPER OFFERS HIS KEG FOR A COURTESY SIP TO MANY AN ACQUAINTANCE DURING HIS TAPPING ROUNDS. MESSAGE: WE OFTEN DEFER TO PEOPLE ON ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONSHIP WE SHARE WITH THEM. "I'M ONLY DOING THIS BECAUSE OF YOU!"
Igbo: dùlágá m bụ ùgwù, ọ bụghī mà ò nwèrè ónyé ná-āmāghị ụzọ bé yā
English:
SEEING OFF A GUEST IS ONLY A SHOW OF COURTESY; IT IS NOT AS IF LEFT ALONE THEY WOULD NOT FIND THEIR WAY HOME. COURTESY COSTS NOTHING.
Igbo: Ńkịtā ānaghị àtá ọkpụkpụ á nyàbàrà yà n'ólú.
English:
A DOG DOES NOT EAT THE BONE TIED ON ITS NECK. A PERSON DOES NOT ABUSE A POSITION OR VALUABLE ENTRUSTED INTO HIS CARE.
Igbo: mmádụ ánāghị èbí n'ákụkụ mmīrī, jìrí ásụ nā-àkwọ ákā.
English:
A PERSON DOES NOT LIVE BY THE SIDE OF A RIVER AND WASH THEIR HANDS WITH SPITTLE. ANYONE WITH SO MUCH WEALTH IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SO MISERLY EVEN TO HIMSELF.
Igbo: mmádụ ánāghị èbúrú ózú ényī n'īsī, jìrí ụkwụ nā-àbọ ọnụ ābụzụ.
English:
A PERSON DOES NOT CARRY AN ELEPHANT CARCAS ON HIS HEAD AND STILL POKE AROUND A CRICKET BURROW WITH HIS FEET. IT IS CONSIDERED QUITE UNBEFFITING AND GREEDY FOR ANYONE WHO IS CONSIDERED WELL OFF TO BE SEEN SCRAMBLING FOR "PETTY CRUMBS".
Igbo: Ọkpá àkụ érī ērī nà ónyé ụbiàm bụ nwáńnē, mànà íhé ónyé ụbịàm jìrì kámmā bụ nà nkè ọ kpàtàrà ò ríé.
English:
THE RICH MISER HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THE ABJECT POOR; BUT THE LATTER COMMANDS MORE RESPECT BECAUSE AT LEAST HE GETS TO EAT WHATEVER COMES HIS WAY.
Igbo: Ọkpá àkụ érī ērī, yá lèé kà ọnụ dì ndí nwụrụ ānwụ.
English:
HE WHO WOULD AMASS SO MUCH WEALTH BUT EAT NONE OF IT SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE MOUTHS OF THE DEAD. WHAT IS THE POINT OF WEALTH IF IT IS ONLY AMASSED AND HOARDED FOR THE FUN OF IT?
Igbo: á ghàrá ńdụ kpáá àkụ, ónyé írō èsòró ríé.
English:
IF YOU PURSUE WEALTH AT THE EXPENSE OF LIFEITSELF, CHANCES ARE THAT EVEN YOUR ENEMIES WILL PARTAKE OF THE PROCEEDS OF YOUR LABOUR.