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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
LIKE A TURTLE
EVEN A TURTLE GETS NOWHERE UNTIL IT STICKS OUT ITS NECK.
Submitter comment: SEMINARY PROVERB
Where learned: SAINT JOSAPHAT SEMINARY ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; DARING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PROVERB
IF THE GOAT WOULD NOT JUMP,
HE WOULD NOT BREAK HIS LEG. (TRANS)
Submitter comment:
ZEIBY KOZKU NIE SKAKOTO TOBY
NOSZKI NIE ZTOMALA
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION DARING FOOLHARDINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR