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WHEN EVERY ONE PASSES A FUNERAL
OR A CEMETERY, ONE IS SUPPOSED
TO CROSS THEMSELVES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO LET THE DEPARTED
SOULS GO TO HEAVEN FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001960S
IF YOU GET SWEPT BY A BROOM SPIT
ON IT OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT BELIEVED THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions Gestures SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU
SUDDENLY REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT AND LEFT
SOMETHING BEHIND, DON'T TURN AROUND UNTIL
YOU SPIT IN THE STREET AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT YOU SHOULDN'T TURN
BACK ONCE YOU ARE HEADED SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
A CONCERT GESTURE REQUESTING AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE
WHEN AT A CONCERT AND THE BAND LEAVES THE STAGE YOU PULL
OUT YOUR LIGHTER AND LIGHT IT AND HOLD IT IN THE AIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS GESTURE REQUESTS THAT THERE BE AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE
AND THREATENS THAT IF THERE ISN'T, THE AUDIENCE WILL BURN DOWN
THE THEATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLARKSTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001977CA
TO EXTEND YOUR FIVE FINGERS OUTWARD IN A STAR
SHAPED POSITION IS TO SAY, "GO TO HELL!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
TO PUT YOUR THUMB, THE NAIL FACING YOU, ONTO
YOUR FRONT UPPER TOOTH AND FLICK IT, MEANS "I SPIT ON
YOU!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-00-1984
TO SMILE TOO MUCH IS TO LET DEMONS OF UNHAPPINESS IN.
Submitter comment: IF YOU ARE TOO HAPPY, SOMETHING IS BOUND TO GO WRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 06-00-1983
FRECKLES ARE ANGEL KISSES.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO SOMEONE FEELING BAD BECAUSE FRECKLES ARE THOUGHT
TO BE BLEMISHES: INSTEAD THEY BECOME TINY BLESSINGS.
OBTAINED FROM A SCHOOL MATE OF SHEILA'S, SHEILA O'CONNER.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MANCHESTER
Date learned: 10-00-1985
UP NORTH, NEAR LAPEER, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A BESPECTACLED
PERSON COMES INTO A WARM HOUSE WALKING BACKWARDS AFTER BEING
OUT IN THE COLD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, HIS GLASSES WILL
NOT FOG UP. NO REASON FOR THIS BELIEF IS GIVEN.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE TRIED THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT HASN'T WORKED.
WHEN MY COUSIN WENT BACK UP NORTH, HE ASKED AROUND ABOUT
THIS, AND FOUND NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD WORK. HE DID
FIND OUT THAT MOST PEOPLE UP THERE BELIEVED IT. I, BEING
NEARSIGHTED, HAVE FOUND THAT THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO
FOGGED GLASSES IS CONTACT LENSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH
Keyword(s): GLASSES ; PREVENTIVE MEASURE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-00-1985
IT IS SAID THAT WHEN A HEAVY RAINSTORM COMES, IT IS ST. PETER
CRYING AT HEAVEN'S GATE. IF YOU WANT THE RAIN TO STOP, YOU
MUST WALK OUT INTO THE RAIN, HOLD OUT YOUR ARMS IN SUPPLICATION,
AND ASK ST. PETER TO STOP THE RAIN.
Submitter comment:
I WAS IN THE GARAGE WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND TWO OF HIS
FRIENDS WHEN IT STARTED TO THUNDERSTORM. ONE OF HIS FRIENDS
TOLD ME THE ABOVE STORY. I TRIED IT, BUT IT FAILED TO WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS IN A CAR OR BUS, PICK YOUR
FEET OFF THE FLOOR AND PUT YOUR FINGER ON A SCREW.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE REASON FOR DOING THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1979 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, TOUCH GLASS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1973 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, PICK YOUR FEET OFF THE FLOOR
AND SCREAM.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THINKS THE REASON FOR LIFTING YOUR FEET OFF THE
FLOOR WAS SO THEY DON'T DRAG ACROSS THE TRACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW LOTHROP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1982 ; 11-00-1987
DOWN, DOWN, BABY DON'T SHAKE THE ROLLER COASTER
SWEET, SWEET, BABY I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO
CAUGHT YOU WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY
DIDN'T DO THE DISHES LAZY, LAZY
JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW CRAZY, CRAZY
SHIMMY SHIMMY COCOA PUFFS
SHIMMY SHIMMY RYE
SHIMMY SHIMMY POW
Submitter comment:
HAND WAVE FOR ROLLER COASTER; CROSS ARMS FOR BABY; SHAME WITH TWO
FINGERS RUBBING; RUB HANDS TOGETHER FOR DISHES; ACT LIKE SLEEPING
FOR LAZY; ARCH WITH HAND FOR JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW; POW IS THE FIST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): GESTURES ACCOMPANY SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 11-00-1987
THEY LOOK WITH THEIR HANDS IN BACUP.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED TO MOCK SOMEONE WHO IS EITHER POINTING OR
GESTURING WHILE LOOKING FOR A LOST POSSESSION. BACUP IS A SMALL
MINING TOWN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND THAT IS INFAMOUS FOR INBREEDING,
AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE EYES IN THE PALMS
OF THEIR HANDS. COMPARING SOMEONE TO A BACUPIAN IS A MILD INSULT,
USUALLY USED AS A JOKE.
Where learned: NORTH OF ENGLAND ; MANCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1985 ; 00-00-1986
WHEN CATS HUNCH THEIR BACKS AND RUB UP AGAINST YOUR LEG, THEY PUT
A CAT SPELL ON YOU. IT MEANS YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LOVE CATS AND OWN
ONE YOURSELF EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ONE.
Submitter comment: THIS ONE DID NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-02-1987
IF YOU SPEAK BADLY OF A PERSON, KNOCK ON WOOD IMMEDIATELY AND
NO ONE WILL SPEAK BADLY OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-12-1987
In elementary school, kids would ball up their fists and
place it over both of their eyes, nose and mouth, attempting
to frighten you to think you were going to be beaten up when
school was out. This sign language was considered a warning.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
When boys in elementary school wanted to boast about an
achievement, a high mark on a test or the teacher would
recognize him for something special, he would ball up a
fist, blow on it with his lips, then take the fist and
wipe or stroke his upper right side of the chest smiling.
This was symbolic to being important, having achieved
something special -- a way of getting peers' recognition.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
"I" (POINTING TO YOUR EYE)
"THINK" (POINTING TO YOUR TEMPLE)
"YOU" (POINTING TO OTHER PERSON)
"STINK" (HOLDING FINGERS OVER NOSE)
Submitter comment: A RHYME LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1950