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Log in water

Proverb in the local language
Ko leggal booyii ley ndiyam, laatataako noora.
Proverb's direct translation
Even if a log stays ages in the water, it never becomes a crocodile.
Proverb's meaning
Even if you live long among foreign people, you never become like them.
Equivalent proverb
A leopard never changes its spots.
From: Fulani
General comments
The Fulani are also known as Fulbe or Peul. They are scattered mainly across Guinea, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger in West Africa.

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