Walking a mile in moccasins

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Mullins, Bill wrote:

> Another forum in which I participate has a discussion about the saying
> "Don't judge another person until you'ved walked a mile (or walked two
> moons) in his moccasins (or shoes)."
>
> http://geniimagazine.com/forum/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12
> ;t=000543
>
> I was able to find a 1930 cite for a variation of this saying.  Is that
> the earliest?

The earliest version I have found for this is 1953, so I would be very
interested in the details of the 1930 version.

Fred Shapiro


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