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Feb 2009: “A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones.” – Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) ProverbFeb 2009: “A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones.” – Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) ProverbFeb 2009: “A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones.” – Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) ProverbFeb 2009: “A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones.” – Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) Proverb
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Feb 2009: “A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s thigh bones.” – Ewe (Ghana, Benin, Nigeria and Togo) Proverb

February 2009
Talk Peace, Make Peac

Koklo ka koli dzi, eno fe atafu nue wokena do. (Ewe)

Un poussin qui fouille trop les tas des déchets (d’une poubelle) finit par
rencontrer les os de sa mère. (French)

Kifaranga kichokoracho mlima (lundo) wa uchafu hukutana na mifupa ya
mamae. (Swahili)

A chicken that keeps scratching the dung-hill will soon find the mother’s
thigh bones. (English)


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