<diacritize> One gets what one pays for. The proverb plays on the number seven. Ogoje is a contraction of Ogun meje, seven twenties, i. e., a hundred and forty; that many cowries represent an inconsiderable amount in traditional monetary terms. <yor>One gets what one pays for. The proverb plays on the number seven. Ogóje is a contraction of Ogún méje, seven twenties, i. e., a hundred and forty; that many cowries represent an inconsiderable amount in traditional monetary terms. 