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GOOD THINKER--TAPPING FINGER ON HEAD.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: HOSPITAL
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
PLACING THE HAND OVER THE HEART MEANS SYMPATHY OR
CLOSE CALL FOR ESCAPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: 01-23-1971
TWIRLING THE FOREFINGER IN THE AIR IN A CIRCULAR
MOTION TO DENOTE FALSE ENTHUSIASM.
Submitter comment: I HAVE OBSERVED THIS GESTURE FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY SOMETHING AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WRAP
BABY FINGERS AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY LINK PINKIES AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY SAY THE SAME WORD
SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY LINK THEIR
LITTLE FINGERS TOGETHER AND MAKE A WISH TO THEMSELVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORD SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY CAN
CLASP THEIR "BABY" FINGERS AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
ESP BELIEF
IF YOU SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME AS SOMEBODY
ELSE, YOU HOOK LITTLE FINGERS WITH EACH OTHER, AND
MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORDS OR SOME PHRASE
SIMULTANEOUSLY THEY SHOULD LINK THEIR LITTLE FINGERS
TOGETHER AND MAKE A WISH.
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS ON BOTH HANDS, THE WISH
YOU'RE MAKING WILL NOT COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
MAILTRUCK
WHEN YOU SEE A RED, WHITE, AND BLUE MAIL TRUCK, YOU
MAKE A WISH AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS UNTIL YOU
SEE A DOG OR ANOTHER MAILTRUCK AND YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 11-22-1968
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY SAY THE SAME THING, THEY
LINK LITTLE FINGERS, SHAKE THEIR HANDS UP AND DOWN
AND SAY "NEEDLES AND PINS," AND MAKE A WISH. THEY
BREAK THE LINK WITH A CHOPPING MOTION WITH A FREE
HAND. AFTER THIS, THEY SAY "MAY YOUR WISH COME TRUE!"
Submitter comment:
MY PARENTS REMEMBER DOING THIS WHEN THEY WERE
CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 09-27-1971
BY WINDING ONE'S ARM AND HAND IN FRONT OF HIM IN A
FORWARD MOTION IS MEANT TO END A BROADCAST. (MEANS:
WIND IT UP).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM T. V. {TELEVISION}
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A RADIO OR TELEVISION STUDIO SITUATION ONE OR TWO
HANDS RAISED IN THE AIR WITH THE PALMS FACING THE
PERSON ON THE AIR INDICATES TO THAT PERSON TO GET
READY OR TO STAND BY FOR ANOTHER SIGNAL TO COME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS GESTURE AND HAS SEEN OTHERS USE A
GESTURE OF SIMILAR NATURE WHEN SPEAKING DURING AN
"AIR SITUATION" IS PROHIBITED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
THE DRAWING APART OF TWO HANDS AS IF PULLING TAFFY MEANS
TO SLOW DOWN OR TO STRETCH OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USES THIS WHEN HE'S TALKING. HE USES THIS
WHEN HE IS TRYING TO PROLONG A MOMENT WHILE TRYING
TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING?
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS WHEN SPEAKING IS NOT
ALLOWED DURING AN "AIR SITUATION" THE INDEX FINGER
WHEN POINTED AT THAT PERSON GOING TO BE ON "THE AIR"
BY USE OF THE WHOLE FOREARM IN BENDING AT THE
ELBOW, MEANS THE PERSON CAN BEGIN, OR START.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS SIGNAL TO INSTRUCT A PERSON WHO IS ON
THE AIR TO BEGIN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS? CLEAR AS MUD.
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
MUSIC GESTURE
IN MUSIC WHEN THE MAESTRO TAKES ONE HAND (OPPOSITE THE
HAND HOLDING THE BATON) WITH PALM UP AND MOVES THE
HAND IN AN UPWARD MOTION, HE IS SIGNALING THE
ORCHESTRA FOR MORE VOLUME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A CONDUCTOR OF THE WINDSOR SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA. HE HAS USED THIS GESTURE REPEATEDLY
IN CONCERT PERFORMANCES.
Where learned: CANADA ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 11-10-1971
IN A CLEVELAND FOUNDRY THE MOTION WITH THE HANDS OF
BREAKING A SMALL STICK AND POINTING UP OR DOWN THE
LINE MEANT A BREAKDOWN UP OR DOWN THE LINE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A CLEVELAND FOUNDRY THE MOTION WITH THE HANDS
OF BREAKING A SMALL STICK AND POINTING TOWARD
YOU MEANT TAKE A BREAK.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A CLEVELAND FOUNDRY A GESTURE FOR OVERTIME IS GIVEN
AS A RIGHT HAND CURVING "OVER" THE OUTSTRETCHED LEFT
HAND. THIS PART OF THE GESTURE IS ACCOMPANIED BY
THEN RAISING THE NUMBER OF FINGERS CORRESPONDING
TO THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF OVERTIME.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN