Sunday 24 January 2016

THE SAYINGS OF OUR ELDERS

•Even an ant can hurt an elephant.

•Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself.

•A joyful leader is not ignored.

•What you cannot see during the day, you will not see at night.

•A toad does not jump around in the daytime for nothing.

*What forgets is the axe, but the tree that has been axed will never forget.

•What has horns must not be hidden in a sack.

•He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

•Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.

•A proverb is the mirror of the community.

•A man that does not lie shall never marry.

•Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.

•Be glad you are unknown, for when you are known, you would wish you weren't.

•The mouse is silent while labouring, but when the baby is conceived, she cried.

•If two wise men always agree, then there is no need for one of them.

•BY OLALEKAN ODUNTAN

•Copyrights: © Olalekan Oduntan 2016

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