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Anyone good at Nigerian proverbs cos I'd like to get a collection and try and use them.

These oyinbo folk need to know that we were dispensing wisdom before they came along....:-)

Pikin wey say e no get let e mama sleep, e too no go fit sleep

I go show u say na only one kind of water dey, if u want hot one, u go boil am.

bami na omo mi ko de nu olomo:help me beat my baby no reach bele of the mother

pasan ti iyale je,o nbe ni be fun iyawo - the cain wey first wife chop still dey there for the second wife.

de river wey forget im source go soon dry up

One day monkey go go market e go forget to come back.

Person wey dey live near river, no dey use saliva wash hand.

Wetin concern Vulture with Barber?

Wat an old man can see sitting down, a child cannot see standing up

It is the mouth a mother has, that she uses to caution her child

The Palm Oil seller, never starts a fight in the market place.

Whoever swallows a long stick must sleep standing.

aja ti o sa nu ko ni gbo fere olode; the dog that is determined to get lost, will always ignore the whistles/call of its owner

person wey live for glass house no dey throw stone.

pikin wey dem carry for back no know how road far.

Kola giver, na life bringer

The ting wey no fit kill e go make you strong

Person wey de cry no de see road o.

Person wey dem put honey for him tongue no go spit the honey throway.

Man wey e dey pursue bird pikin, him dey teach am how to fly so high up into the sky ------African China (Naija musician)

eni ana lara nta,,,,who den beat na him body dey pepper.

Mother hen no dey fight kite whey de fly in the sky. Na de one whey e come carry im pikin na him she dey attack.

the bat is aware of its ugliness that's why it flies at night

Pikin today, na him dey become papa tomorrow

ism to ism, for ism is ism
of isms and isms on absolute ism.

ism to ism, for ism is ism
of isms and isms on absolute ism.

Na small small dey thing dey start o.

Monkey no fine,but him mama like am.

jamace:
Na small small dey thing dey start o.

Copied off Natasha's signature.

"Win and Loss" na twin brothers of "good and bad".