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TABLE OF CONTENTS 9.c. Feru n'a foro-pii bi? Is the measles injection a force?

* There was an epidemic of measles and people were advised to go for
Foreword - - - - - - - 5 injection. However, some people refused to go for it seeing it not to be the
option for their survival.
Introduction - - - - - - 6
* This proverb can be used on somebody who wants to pursue a particular
vocation or thing at all cost, when he even knows that it is not his fundamental
Chapter One: Dagara Morality and the option in life.
Nature of Dagara Proverbs - - 7

1. TABOO
Chapter Two: Some Dagara Proverbs
10.a. Bomne fo na de dire a fo be nyuure o kaar e. Something that you do not
Illustrating Positive Moral Values - 13
eat, you do not smell it either.
Chapter Three: Some Dagara Proverbs * Something we taboo, we should not smell it either as we may be
Illustrating Negative Moral Values - 30 tempted to eat it, thus defiling the taboo.

Conclusion - - - - - - * We should let our yes be yes and our no be no. We should be firm and
categorical in our decisions and behaviour. Fidelity is an important element in
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1. MOCKERY
11.a. Dobale be laar o ma kyiim e. A piglet does not laugh at the tooth of its
mother.

* This is because the piglet will grow up to be like the mother with the
same protruding tooth.

* We are often tempted to make mockery of others while in fact; we may
grow to be the same. This proverb is thus a warning to all and sundry not to make
mockery of others because you do not know what the future has in store for you.
Who knows if your case may not even be worse?

11.b. Da-ngmaa laare tampelu? Does the log laugh at the ashes?

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