A laughing jackal portends a witch in the rafters.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about joy, fight
A diviner cannot accurately divine his own future.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about future
A man who walks alone carries a load of palm-fronds.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man
Not to oversee workmen, is to leave your purse open.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about prosperity, man
A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about enemies
A man that begets a barren cannot have a grand child.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, man
A masquerade is not a spirit only because of its mask.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about spirit
The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home, house
A bush fowls' playground is never appreciably spacious.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fear, man
If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
No sane person sharpens his machete to cut a banana tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people
If death be terrible, the fault is not in death, but thee.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about death
A child does not die because the mother's breasts are dry.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children, mother, death
A pad that breaks a pot of water does not remain on the head.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, water
Give me a push from my back does not mean give me a hunchback.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
A person always breaking off from work never finishes anything.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about work, people
