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Proper noun
Porroh
- A tribal system of religion and taboos in Sierra Leone.
1895, H. G. Wells, Pollock and the Porroh Man:" […] You don't seem to understand that this Porroh hokey-pokey rules this country, is its law, religion, constitution, medicine, magic. […] "
1899, Report by Her Majesty's Commissioner and correspondence on the Subject of the Insurrection in the Sierra Leone Protectorate:Each Porroh man is entitled to have their services free, on giving the head of tobacco. For instance, if this Porroh was in session at Freetown, and I was living twenty miles off, I could send to the head of the Porroh and ask to be helped in this way.
2010, Imodale Caulker-Burnett, The Caulkers of Sierra Leone, page 174:The men of Ribbee and Bompeh, as well as the Caulkers of Bompeh were Porroh men, and Porroh is considered a society of peace.