Part 6: On consideration, kindness, and thoughtfulness

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Bámijókòó (Sit-with-me) is the name one gives an àbíkú; a person who has never had a child does not name a child Ọmọ́láriwo.

When one fells a tree in the forest, one should apply the matter to oneself.

If one sees the corpse of a wicked person on the ground and one kicks it, there are then two wicked people.

If your deeds are good the benefits return to you; if your deeds are not good they will be apparent to all.

As the young of birds hurt, so the young of humans hurt.

4. The name given to children believed to plague certain women by entering into them to be born only to die prematurely, and repeating the process several times.  [Back to text]