igbo digital
an interactive cultural space
an interactive cultural space
Good salt returns from the market.
Meaning: A good and valuable thing will be sought after without additional effort
The old woman who is given a child to hold and says that she has bad teeth, is she given the child in order to eat it?
Meaning: Excuses don't always make sense
The arrow the child uses to kill the vulture was carved for him by an adult
Meaning: Look to see who is behind the success of some people
If a woman is pleasant, her husband does not refuse her food
Meaning: Good behavior leads to good things.
If the chicken soils the earth with its excretions, it perches above
Meaning: Those who are ashamed of their bad deeds run away
No matter how large the fingers are, they will not be bigger than the nostril.
Meaning: There is a natural order of things
If one finger is stuck into the oil, it spreads to all the others
Meaning: One person can cause problems for everyone
The place where a child has picked up a snail shell is where his eye is always returning
Meaning: People return to where good things happen
The chicken does not forget the one who plucked its tail feathers during rainy season
Meaning: People remember kind acts
It is through discussion that the mind is revealed
Meaning: One must talk and discuss to understand another
The child who has been stung by a bee is afraid of a giant fly
Meaning: After a bad incident, that person may be overly cautios
One whose father was killed by a bushcow does not use a bushcow horn for drinking oil palm wine
Meaning: Learn from the unfortunate events of others
If one performs a sacrifice without seeing the vulture, it should be known that something happened in spirit land
Meaning: If things are not going normally, understand why