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HANDSHAKE
"HOW DO YOU DO, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL HEART ASSOCIATION".
Submitter comment:
AS YOU ARE SHAKING THE PERSON'S HAND YOU SQUEEZE AND RELEASE
IT SEVERAL TIMES TO GIVE THE IDEA OF A HEARTBEAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
HANDSHAKE
"HOW DO YOU DO, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL DEAF ASSOCIATION"
Submitter comment: AS YOU SHAKE THE PERSON'S HAND YOU SCREAM THE GREETING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
HANDSHAKE
"HOW DO YOU DO, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL DAIRY ASSOCIATION"
Submitter comment:
AS YOU ARE SHAKING THE PERSON'S HAND YOU GRAB TWO OF
HIS FINGERS AND TUG ON THEM, TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE
YOU ARE MILKING A COW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
HANDSHAKE
"HOW DO YOU DO, I'M FROM THE UNITED SCREW CORPORATION"
Submitter comment:
AS YOU ARE SHAKING THE PERSON'S HAND
YOU ROTATE YOUR OWN HAND TO SIMULATE THE TURNING OF A SCREW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ENDURANCE TEST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
HANDSHAKE
"HOW DO YOU DO, I'M FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND"
Submitter comment:
AS YOU SAY THE GREETING YOU GRAB THE AIR AND MISS THE PERSON'S
HAND TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU ARE BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU EVER HAVE TO WASTE BREAD BECAUSE OF CONTAMINATION,
KISS IT SO THAT GOD WILL FORGIVE YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS SUPERSTITION IS OF POLISH ORIGIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
MULTIPLYING TECHNIQUE
THERE IS A WAY OF MULTIPLYING BY NINES ON YOUR HANDS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HOLD UP YOUR TEN FINGERS AND PICK THE NUMBER
THAT YOU WANT TO MULTIPLY NINE BY AND THEN YOU PUSH DOWN THAT FINGER.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO MULTIPLY NINE BY THREE YOU WOULD PUT
DOWN YOUR THIRD FINGER.
ON ONE SIDE OF THIS THIRD FINGER YOU WOULD HAVE TWO FINGERS HELD
UP, ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU WOULD HAVE SEVEN FINGERS HELD UP,
THEREFORE YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE TWENTY-SEVEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Uodated by TRD on 10.11.13
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
Keyword(s): Arithmetic, Mathematics, Multiplication, Trick, Memory, Aid, Learning, Tool, Fingers,
James Callow Keyword(s): MULTIPLICATION ON FINGERS
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.9 Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Number P686.3.9 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-22-1979
GESTURE
HOLDING UP YOUR INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS IN THE SHAPE OF A V.
Submitter comment:
DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THIS STOOD FOR VICTORY. BEGINNING IN THE
1960'S, IT STOOD FOR PEACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
GESTURE
FLIPPING THE BACK OF YOUR HAND OFF YOUR CHIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ITALIAN, MEANING GO TO HELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
GESTURE
CUPPING YOUR FINGERS AND THUMB TOGETHER, THEN WAVING YOUR HAND UP
AND DOWN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ITALIAN GESTURE MEANING WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
WHEN RUNNING ON THE BASEBALL FIELD , I WILL MAKE SURE THAT
I STEP ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE BASES. IF THE TEAM IS COMING
ON THE FIELD FROM THE FIRST BASE SIDE, FIRST BASE
WILL BE STEPPED ON. FROM THE FIRST BASE SIDE, THIRD
BASE WILL BE STEPPED ON. BEING MOSTLY A SECOND BASE-
MAN, SECOND BASE WILL BE TAPPED.
Submitter comment: I SEE THIS AS BRINGING ME GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970'S
SUPERSTITION
WHEN RUNNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD, LIKE MANY OTHER BALL
PLAYERS, I WILL NOT STEP ON THE CHALKED LINES. THIS
STEMS FROM THE SAYING "STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU BREAK
YOUR MOTHER'S BACK".
Submitter comment: I SEE THIS AS BRINGING ME GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970'S
SUPERSTITION
I HAVE A FRIEND, WHO WHEN WALKING TO THE PLATE IN BASEBALL,
WOULD ALWAYS WALK AROUND THE CATCHER AND THE UMPIRE.
HE WOULD NEVER WALK IN FRONT OF THEM. HE THOUGHT IT WAS
TO HIS BENEFIT TO SHOW SOME COURTESY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
SCHOOL
WHEN A GROWNUP ENTERS A SCHOOLROOM, ALL THE CHILDREN MUST STAND AND
REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE GROWNUP HAS LEFT.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS DONE IN POLAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
MARRIAGE
BEFORE A GIRL GOES TO CHURCH TO GET MARRIED SHE KNEELS BEFORE HER
PARENTS AND THEY BLESS HER. WHEN LEAVING HER HOME FOR THE WEDDING
A BAND PLAYS OUTSIDE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR CUSTOM IN POLAND AND IN POLISH COMMUNITIES IN
THE U.S.A.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Band, orchestra play at bride's house CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parents' blessing BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
DINNER PRAYER
FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. BLESS US O LORD AND THESE OUR
GIFTS AS WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE THEM FROM THY BOUNTY OF CHRIST OUR
LORD. AMEN. (MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AT THE BEGINNING AND THE
END.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
PICKLED HERRING AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEARS EVE AND PASS A SOLID SILVER
QUARTER TO YOUR NEIGHBOR WHILE KISSING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM PRACTICED BY FRIENDS OF MINE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
Date learned: 00-00-1979
A CLENCH OF THE FIST WITH THE THUMB UP MEANS YOU WANT ONE OF
SOMETHING.
Submitter comment:
IN 1977 I WAS IN ENGLAND. IF YOU WANTED ONE OF ANYTHING, THIS IS HOW
YOU WOULD INDICATE IT.
Where learned: ENGLAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Favorites SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-00-1977
KISS SOMEONE THREE TIMES STARTING ON THEIR LEFT CHEEK, MEANS THEY
ARE LOVED AND WELCOMED INTO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: THIS PROCESS MOVES FROM LEFT CHEEK, TO RIGHT, BACK TO LEFT.
Where learned: FRANCE
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-00-1977
KNOCK ON WOOD.
Submitter comment: KEEPS AWAY EVIL SPIRITS OF WHAT YOU HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-00-1979