ILU IGBO:
THE BOOK OF IGBO PROVERBS
by F. C. Ogbalu, B.Sc. Econ.
(London) F.R.E.S. (London)
Dennis Memorial Grammar School,
Onitsha
Onitsha: Varsity Press, 1965
DRAFT translation by Frances W.
Pritchett
*Truth and
Sincerity (16 proverbs)*
*Kindness
and Wickedness (10 proverbs)*
*Obedience
and Disobedience (12 proverbs)*
*Wisdom
and Foolishness (77 proverbs)*
*Foolishness
(4 proverbs)*
*Slothfulness
(3 proverbs)*
*Taking
Advantage; Unscrupulous (18 proverbs)*
*Excuse
and Complaint (25 proverbs)*
*Life and
Death (13 proverbs)*
*Resignation
to Fate (11 proverbs)*
*Favorable
Situation (3 proverbs)*
*Luck (3
proverbs}*
*Experience
and Inexperience (5 proverbs)*
*Reciprocity
(4 proverbs)*
*Wealth
and Poverty (15 proverbs)*
*Cause and
Effect (38 proverbs)*
*Skill and
Expertise (18 proverbs)*
*Orderliness
and Fitness (23 proverbs)*
*Carefulness
and Respect (22 proverbs)*
*Deceit
and Truth (21 proverbs)*
*Preparedness
and
Precaution (29 proverbs)*
*Taking
Advantage (7 proverbs)*
*Deliberate
Misdeed (5 proverbs)*
*Certainty
and Uncertainty (10 proverbs)*
*Patience
and Evil Disposition (7 proverbs)*
*Avoidance
and Patience (6 proverbs)*
*Shame (7
proverbs)*
*Possibilities
and
Impossibilities (16 proverbs)*
*Pretence
and Patience (13 proverbs)*
*Cleverness
(4 proverbs)*
*Vanity
(27 proverbs)*
*Good and
Evil (14 proverbs)*
*Satisfaction
(11
proverbs)*
*Foolishness
and Wisdom (7 proverbs)*
*At the
Right Time and Place (20 proverbs)*
*Neglect
(10 proverbs)*
*Time (23
proverbs)*
*Envy and
Jealousy (11 proverbs)*
*Convenience
and Inconvenience (27 proverbs)*
*Strength
and Weakness (12 proverbs)*
*Experience
(27 proverbs)*
*Igbo Proverbs
and Meanings I (100 proverbs)*
*Igbo Proverbs
and Meanings II (119 proverbs*
Other Igbo Proverbs (595 proverbs)
= *1-200* = *201-400* = *401-595* =
Proverbs with Literary Meanings in
English
(1,761 proverbs)
*1-200* = *201-400* = *401-600* = *601-800* = *801-1000* = *1001-1200* = *1201-1400* = *1401-1600* = *1601-1761*
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