“Ó tọ́ kí eégún léni lóko àgbàdo, èwo ni ti Pákọ̀kọ̀ láàrin ìlú?”
English
It might be seemly for a masquerader to chase one off a corn farm, but it is not seemly for Pákọ̀kọ̀ to chase one in the middle of town.
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