Disgrace is not easily washed away. Most probably this is a riddle doing double duty as a proverb. The riddle, Pẹ̀tẹ̀pẹ́tẹ̀ ọ̀nà Ìjàyè, atasíniláramáwọ̀ọ́n (The mud along Ìjàyè way that splashes on one and cannot be removed), has as its solution, facial scarification.
Disgrace is not easily washed away. Most probably this is a riddle doing double duty as a proverb. The riddle, Petepete ona Ijaye, atasinilaramawoon (The mud along Ijaye way that splashes on one and cannot be removed), has as its solution, facial scarification.