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"Whether a man is simply too liberal or just liberally too simple, in both cases he will often be lied too" cast Ifa for the Agba drum, on the day that he thought he would be in trouble. They instructed him to sacrifice, in order not to be punished undeservedly, not to walk straight into the trap of trouble. What was he to sacrifice? They said Agba drum to offer ten eggs, shea-butter, thunderstones, 44.000 cowries, and ewe. Grind oriji leaf and olusesaju with black pepper, and make a soup of it with an egg, slowly slither a thunderstone into the boiling broth and let cool, the broth to be eaten first thing in the morning, this being good medicine! Agba drum refused to sacrifice, and since then he is beaten all the time, soundly!
"When an unashamed young boy meets an old Awo, he beats him; on meeting an ancient herbal doctor he punishes the Elder heavily; whenever he sees an old Muslim priest kneeling down on the floor in prayer, he will beat him unconscious" where the ones who cast for "Disobedient", who said that nobody could teach him a thing. "Why's that? Don't you know then that a child that hits an old, praying Muslim priest, will soon face his own premature death? For maggots die quickly, their life being over in just a short while, very quickly indeed."
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