Page 19 - Exposition of Dagara Morality FNAL

* On market days, when they hold pig's leg, it knows that they will kill it and 1. OBEDIENCE
send it t the market. 5.a. Be be logre ton tone kor e. They do not find out what is in the
messenger's jaws.
* This proverb is an advice against expensive jokes. There is time for being
serious. Use your discretion to judge when to joke with people and when not to. * The worker you employ once in a while helps himself with something
Do not go to extremes in your jokes. edible at the worksite. However, you the supervisor must tolerate such practices
as long as things are done within acceptable limits.
10.c. Olol tulu paal nyage, bin ka mane buole dirbe. Struggle to eat hot food
fills the intestines; put it down to cool invites many eaters. * The labourer deserves his wages. When you are obedient, you enjoy
some privileges. You should not muzzle the ass that threshes the corn.
* When they prepare porridge and you eat it whilst it is still hot, you
become satisfied but if you put it down to cool, many people may join you in 1. RESPECT
eating it and you may not be satisfied.
6.a. Gbulantiib yel ke yangtaar ni vielu. The chameleon says that respect is
goodness
* The earlier we do things the better, for opportunity comes but once. So,
we should strike the iron while it is still hot for procrastination is the thief of time. * Respect for each other in the society is of paramount importance and
must be reciprocal.
1. TRUTH
11.a. Yelmenga bulan sa ziri. A little bit of truth is better than lies. 1. UNITY

7.a. Nyira yel ke songzel ni kpeng. The ant says helping to lift is strength.
* An iota of truth is preferred to a big lie. We should learn to tell the truth
no matter how small it might be. It is better to tell the truth and bear the * When ants see a big particle of food or substance; they help each other to
consequences than to tell a lie. It is another way of saying tell the truth and it will lift it to the anthill.
set you free.
* There is strength in unity and cooperation. This proverb is used to stress
11.b. Tateng ziri ngmaa kon sogri. There is not witness to a distant land's lie.
the need for unity and cooperation among people in the society. If ants, by
uniting, are able to lift big particles, how much more we who are human beings.
* This proverb is used sometimes on an occasion when somebody makes a
statement and provides no ready means of ascertaining its truth value. It is a way 7.b. Nogbambie mi mn taar peb buulu. The lips come together to be able to
of saying; I will take what you are saying with a grain of salt. pipette porridge.

1. GRATITUDE * When you are eating porridge, you have to bring your lips together. If
12.a. Naab be puore baa e. The cow does not thank the river. you widen then you cannot pipette and the porridge will pour.

* The river is the major source of water for the cow and it goes there daily * There is strength in unity. So, learn to work with others.
to drink its water.

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