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 64 359 Dasshe ya fi sirreri (or sliukakye). Planting out or transplanting is better than sowing seeds. 360 Dan maigona ya fi dan mai gaiya. The son of a man who owns a farm is better than the son of the man who has only got a piece of ground which he intends to gaiya. Gaiya, to collect a number of men together to hoe your farm ; a feast is usually prepared for them. 361 Mai koda ba ta so mai koda. Maikoda, maikodia, a woman who pounds corn. Rivals do not agree. 362 Dadi'n magana ka jira shi tarsheka. One does not seek to avoid pleasant talk. 363 Wa ya ki faddua'n rumbu, mata'n gidda ko kaji ? Do the women of the house or the hens object to the falling down of the rumbu ? Rumbu, the earthen receptacle for corn, usually with a grass roof. They don't object, because it gives both less trouble to get the corn. Vide 129. 364 Mai kaia ke tsoro'n fuslii, dan alaaro sai anbasbi magana. The owner of the load fears robbers (he acts with caution for fear of losing his property), the carrier does not care (all you can do is to warn him).