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GESTURE INDICATING TASTE APPEAL
PUTTING THE INDEX FINGER TO THE CHEEK AND TURNING
THE FINGER BACK AND FORTH WHILE TOUCHING THE CHEEK
INDICATES SOMETHING DELICIOUS. IT IS A SICILIAN
GESTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
WATERMELON CHEER
CHEER IS GIVEN BY MAKING A LOUD SLURPING SOUND AS
HANDS ARE MOVED PAST FACE IN IMITATION OF EATING OF
WATERMELON. THEN BRONX CHEER IS GIVEN IN
IMITATION OF SPITTING OUT SEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 10-18-1968
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 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
INDIAN GESTURE
WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY YOU MOVE YOUR HAND BACK AND FORTH OVER
YOUR TUMMY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 09-29-1965
A GESTURE THAT I HAVE FOUND BOTH IN A FOUNDRY AND A
STEEL MILL IN CLEVELAND {OHIO} CONSISTS OF A GRABBING
MOTION MADE WITH THE HAND DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE MOUTH.
MEANING: GO EAT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EXPRESSION FOR GESTURE
COMMENT (USUALLY BY PARENT) WHEN SOMEONE REACHES ACROSS
THE DINNER TABLE:
"THAT'S THE BOARDING-HOUSE REACH!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): IMPOLITE
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
EATING HABITS
IN BELGIUM, IT IS TAUGHT IN THE HOME TO EAT WITH THE
FOR IN THE LEFT HAND. THIS PERMITS EASY ACCESS TO
CUTTING THE FOOD WITH A KNIFE IN THE RIGHT HAND.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; BELGIUM ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): MANNERS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 11-01-1970
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