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PROVERB

EMULATE THE TURTLE. TO GO PLACES YOU MUST STICK YOUR NECK OUT.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FATHER USED TO CONTINUALLY SAY THIS TO HER
AND HER SISTERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY NEW THINGS.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANIMAL

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; AMPHIBIAN ; DARING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-07-1971

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