“Ụkwa rue oge ya, ọ daa.”
Sometimes, it is no good to go pre-empting a situation. So one proverb for inspecting and for allowing curiosity its head [See Proverb 2]and another for hanging loose, standing back, keeping
poised and getting ready.
With a few things, it's all about timing and nothing else. This proverb incorporates the idea of propriety and due patience paid to a thing - "The breadfruit falls off the tree of it's own accord" - That, according to the Igbos, would be when to fetch kit and kin for that traditional meal ... or not.
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By Obioma Ofoegbu, Igboukwu Anambara State: Ukwa ruo oge ya, o daa
for iFaT at ifont@groups.facebook.com
© ifont 2011, as it appears here.
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