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imported>Wnt (Couldn't get at the source of the funny fact at the moment, a damn shame.) |
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* Comment: hook should be verified with someone who can access http://www.jstor.org/stable/179516 . Thanks. [[User:Wnt|Wnt]] ([[User talk:Wnt|talk]]) 17:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC) | * Comment: hook should be verified with someone who can access http://www.jstor.org/stable/179516 . Thanks. [[User:Wnt|Wnt]] ([[User talk:Wnt|talk]]) 17:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC) | ||
| − | + | :* p.301 says: {{tq|Dawa, expecting battle, prepared a pot of dung (''kpovegue'') and said that any man who ran would be cast into it, and the war has since been known as the Kpove War (War of the Dung Pot)}}. So it checks out. [[User:Shrigley|Shrigley]] ([[User talk:Shrigley|talk]]) 19:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC) | |
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Revision as of 19:52, 27 December 2012
Ndawa
- ... that the Kpove War or Dung Pot War got its name when Ndawa dug a large hole, filled it with dung, and threatened to throw any of his troops into the hole if they left battle?
- Reviewed: Pancharanga Kshetrams
Created/expanded by AbstractIllusions (talk). Self nom at 15:45, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
- Comment: hook should be verified with someone who can access http://www.jstor.org/stable/179516 . Thanks. Wnt (talk) 17:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
- p.301 says: Template:Tq. So it checks out. Shrigley (talk) 19:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)