IMPORTANCE OF PROVERBS AND WISE SAYINGS.

• Proverbs and wise sayings add color and liveliness to narratives and other forms of utterances when incorporated in them.
• Proverbs and wise sayings are vital in appreciation of oral literature and also African beliefs, attitudes and points of view.
• Proverbs and wise sayings are regarded as the backbone of the whole body of performance since narrators, recites and singers usually use them to enrich their performance.
• Proverbs and wise sayings are considered to be a mark of adult wisdom and experience.
• Proverbs and wise sayings are essential in commenting on real life situation in a polite way by use of euphemism (expressions which use gentle, soft terms instead of simple words which are shocking, embarrassing and brutal)