/ETSAKOR PROVERBS
ETSAKOR DIALECT:
Orere khor ghi orya le emale di okotor ukpade.
TRANSLATION:
A stranger does not eat with the host to the bottom of the bowl.
MEANING:
One who is invited to a meal or dinner often eats cautiously or carefully.
LIFE APPLICATION:
In different aspects of our social life, every society has codes of behaviour expected of individuals. In the work place there are ethics of standard behaviour that govern each trade or practice. Certain behaviour of some individuals, for example, if not checked, may fall short of the required level of decorum.
Similarly, when people gather in social events such as marriage ceremonies or dinners, there is a standard of behaviour expected of those who are invited. No matter how hungry you are when invited to dinner, your behaviour must not portray you as a hungry man. The Proverb, as table manner, imposes a check on the excesses in human behaviour at dinner.
/Etsakor Proverbs of the Edo People of Nigeria
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