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A POPULAR ITALIAN GESTURE CONSISTS OF TAKING THE CLOSED
FIST OF EITHER HAND WITH THE KNUCKLE OF THE INDEX
FINGER PROTRUDING SLIGHTLY AND TWISTING IT AGAINST
THE CHEEK. THE HEAD MAY ALSO BE NODDED SLIGHTLY
AS THE TWISTING MOTION IS GIVEN.
MEANING: THIS GESTURE IS GIVEN BY A PERSON WHO IS
PLEASED WITH SOMETHING.
EXAMPLE: AFTER A GOOD DINNER A COOK MIGHT ASK OF ONE
OF THOSE WHO ATE, "HOW WAS DINNER?" THE PERSON
MIGHT REPLY WITH THIS GESTURE (SIMPLY MEANING, IT WAS
DELICIOUS).
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRASILIAN GESTURE
THERE IS A BRASILIAN GESTURE IN WHICH ONE SHAKES HIS
OPEN HAND ABOUT EYE LEVEL WHICH MEANS THAT "THE FOOD
IS DELICIOUS."
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LIVED IN BRASIL FOR SIX YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): BRAZIL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
IF A PERSON SERVES ANOTHER PERSON A KIND OF FOOD
WHICH HE NEVER HAD BEFORE, THE HOST SLAPS THE GUEST
ON HIS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
WHEN SOMEONE BURPED, EVERYONE PUT THEIR THUMB TO THEIR
FOREHEAD. THE LAST ONE TO DO THIS, ATE THE BURP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
Superstition
If you eat something bizarre before going to bed, you will have nightmares.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): Consume ; Dream ; FOOD ; Nightmares ; SLEEP ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
DIET
FIVE POUNDS CAN BE LOST IN THREE DAYS BY EATING HARD
BOILED EGGS AND DRINKING WATER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 2018 MARKISE ; LINCOLN PARK ; Smith, Theresa
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DIET ; HEALTH ; WEIGHT ; Weightloss
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
DURING HER PREGNANCY, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MADE HER EAT A LITTLE OF
EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE DINNER TABLE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SAW FOOD AND DIDN'T EAT IT, HER CHILD WOULD BE
MARKED OR DEFORMED AT BIRTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; mother-in-law
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER GOES TO A FUNERAL AND LOOKS IN THE
COFFIN THE CHILD SHE BEARS WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOD SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING PREGNANCY
IF WHILE A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND SHE HAS A CRAVING FOR A
CERTAIN FOOD, AND SHE THEN TOUCHES HERSELF, THE BABY WILL HAVE
A BIRTH MARK ON THAT SPOT THAT THE WOMAN TOUCHED.
Data entry tech comment:
There are several others like this in the archive.
Informant's homeland=Italy?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; from informant's homeland
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
Date learned: 03-07-1971
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS WOULD GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972