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GREETING GESTURE
WHEN A PERSON MEETS A FRIEND AND THE OTHER PERSON
IS AT A DISTANCE, THE PERSON WAVES HIS ARM AND
HAND AND THIS IS A GREETING OF HELLO TO THE
OTHER PERSON.
Where learned: PORT CHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ESKIMO GESTURE
THE ESKIMO DOES NOT INDULGE IN THE ACT OF KISSING
AS AN ACT OF LOVE-MAKING. KISSING SIGNIFIES
ONLY A FRIENDSHIP. THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES
INSTEAD OF KISSING, BY RUBBING THEIR ELBOWS ON
EACH OTHER'S.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.14 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Love Affection |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
A GREETING CUSTOM
WHEN A MAN GREETS A LADY, SHE OFFERS HIM HER RIGHT
HAND. HE BOWS AND KISSES HER ON THE BACK OF
HER RIGHT HAND, WHILE HE IS HOLDING IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POINTING THE INDEX FINGER AND RAISING THE THUMB (TO LOOK
LIKE A GUN) AT A PERSON, IS HOW YOU SAY HELLO.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: HOME
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
CUSTOM
JAPANESE CUSTOM OF GREETING IS THE BOW. THE BOW IS NOT ONLY
A PHYSICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GREETING, BUT ALSO THE
EXPRESSION OF VARYING DEGREES OF EMOTIONS. ONE BOWS
DIFFERENTLY TO PARENTS, FRIENDS, SERVANTS, OLDER SIBLINGS,
ETC. THE DIFFERENCE BEING THE DEPTH OF THE BOW, WHETHER
A NOD OF THE HEAD, TO THE WAIST, OR TO THE FLOOR. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE CHILD'S GOOD MORNING SALUTATION IS NOT JUST
THE VERBAL ONE OF "OHAYO GOZAIMASU" BUT ACCOMPANIED BY A
FORMAL BOW, WHICH MEANS KNEELING (BOTH FEET) ON THE FLOOR
WITH HEAD TOUCHING ONE'S HANDS WHICH ARE LAID PALMS DOWN
ON THE FLOOR AT BENDED KNEES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE WHILE GROWING UP IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; JAPAN
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.3 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
HANDSHAKE?
AT THIS TIME AND IN MANY GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, THE HANDSHAKE
IS BEING REPLACED BY "PALMING." THE HAND IS HELD OUT
ALMOST THE SAME AS FOR A NORMAL HANDSHAKE ONLY TURNED
HORIZONTAL. THE OTHER PERSON, INSTEAD OF GRASPING
THE HAND, MERELY SLIDES THE PALM OF HIS HAND ALONG THE
PALM OF THE UPTURNED HAND. IN THE SAME MANNER THE
TWO HANDS ARE SOMETIMES SLAPPED TOGETHER TO REPRESENT
A QUICK HANDSHAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
DAIRY FARMER HANDSHAKE
ONE PERSON INTERLOCKS THE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS WITH HIS
THUMBS HANGING DOWN. THE OTHER PERSON GRABS THE THUMBS
AND PULLS THEM LIKE HE IS MILKING THEM.
Where learned: CYO CAMP
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
A.D.A. HANDSHAKE
YOU RHYTHMICALLY SQUEEZE SOMEONE'S HAND WHILE SHAKING IT
AND SAY "AMERICAN DAIRY ASSOCIATION, GLAD TO MEET YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CYO CAMP ; CARSONVILLE
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes |
Date learned: 00001970 SUMMER
LUMBERJACK HANDSHAKE
ONE PERSON STICKS OUT HIS FIST WITH HIS THUMB STICKING UP.
THE OTHER PERSON WRAPS HIS FIST AROUND THE THUMB AND
STICKS UP HIS THUMB. THEY EACH PUT THEIR OTHER HAND ON
IN THE SAME WAY. THEN THEY MOVE THEIR HANDS BACK AND FORTH
LIKE THEY'RE USING A SAW.
Where learned: CYO CAMP
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
GREETING-GESTURE
THERE IS A SPECIAL HANDSHAKE THAT IS USED IN THE
BOY SCOUTS WHERE THE MIDDLE FINGER AND THE FOREFINGER
ARE PLACED ON THE OTHER PERSON'S WRIST AND THE PALMS
ARE CLASPED AND THE THUMB IS PLACED ON TOP OF HIS
HAND AND THE RING FINGER AND PINKEY ARE PLACED ON THE
BOTTOM OF HIS HAND. THE HANDSHAKE IS GIVEN WITH THE
LEFT HAND.
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS IN THE SCOUTS IN 1961-1967.
Where learned: PORT CHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
REGARDS TO HAND SHAKING -- WOMEN
TO SHAKE A WOMAN'S HAND, ONE GRASPS HER FOREARM
GENTLY AND PROCEEDS TO SHAKE HER HAND IN THIS MANNER.
Where learned: SOUTH AMERICA ; BOGOTA ; COLOMBIA
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.11 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 06-12-1964
PEOPLE USED TO SHAKE HANDS SO THAT THEY COULD ASCERTAIN
WHETHER THE OTHER PERSON WAS CONCEALING A WEAPON IN
HIS HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
POLITICAL DESTINY
IF YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH ALL THE CANDIDATES FOR AN OFFICE,
YOU WILL EVENTUALLY RUN FOR THAT OFFICE.
Data entry tech comment: INFORMANT IS FORMER GOVERNOR G. MENNEN WILLIAMS SON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts Observation BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
INSTEAD OF SHAKING HANDS WITH ME, INFORMANT ALWAYS
GREETS ME BY PUTTING HIS HAND ON MY NECK AND
SAYING, "HI YA, BUDDY!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
A GESTURE MEANING THE INVERSE OF SYMPATHY. THE GESTURE
MEANING "I'M PLAYING THE WORLD'S SMALLEST VIOLIN FOR
YOU." THE GESTURE ITSELF IS GIVEN BY RUBBING YOUR
LEFT THUMB ON YOUR FIRST FINGER WHILE HOLDING THAT
HAND SLIGHTLY ABOVE SHOULDER LEVEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
YOU TWIST YOUR INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE SIDE OF YOUR JAW.
MEANING: THIS FOOD IS GOOD.
Submitter comment: I'VE SEEN THE INFORMANT DOING THIS AT HIS HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-06-1971
A GESTURE MY FATHER KNOWS FROM POLAND IS ONE TO SHOW
THAT SOMEONE IS DRUNK. THE RIGHT HAND IS USED.
THE RIGHT EYE IS WINKED AS THE TONGUE IS CLUCKED AND
THE FOREFINGER IS FLICKED AT THE THROAT.
Where learned: POLAND
Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
IN SPAIN, IF YOU DRINK TOO MUCH, YOU MAKE A GESTURE
BY PUTTING YOUR MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS DOWN AND
LEAVING THE OTHER FINGERS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 02-27-1971