“Ajá mọ ìgbẹ́; ẹlẹ́dẹ̀-ẹ́ mọ àfọ̀; tòlótòló mọ ẹni tí yó yìnbọn ìdí sí.”
English
A dog knows excrement; a pig knows a mud pit; a turkey knows to whom to direct its fart.
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