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THE FASCIST SALUTE WAS AN OPEN HAND SYMBOLIZING
FRIENDSHIP AND PEACE BY SHOWING THEY HAD NO
WEAPONS. THE COMMUNIST SALUTE OF A CLOSED
FIST CAME AS A DIRECT OPPOSITE OF THIS SALUTE.
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Salutes |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SALUTE
THE SALUTE EVOLVED FROM ANCIENT ROME. AS A MEANS
OF GREETING, THE ROMANS PUT THEIR HANDS UP TO
SHOW THAT THEY WERE FRIENDS AND HAD NO WEAPONS.
THIS STARTED BECAUSE BRUTUS KILLED CAESAR WHO
WAS SUPPOSEDLY A FRIEND. IT THEN EVOLVED INTO A
WAY OF GREATING A FRIEND AND FINALLY INTO A SALUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Salutes |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CLENCHED FIST, HAND RAISED TO EYE OR SHOULDER LEVEL WITH
KNUCKLES TOWARD BEARER INDICATES "BLACK POWER." THE SIGNAL
IS GIVEN TO BLACKS BY BLACKS AS A UNIFYING GESTURE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Salutes SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
CLAP CHEER--CLASS A, B, AND C.
USED BY BOY SCOUTS FOR SHOWING APPRECIATION OR IN LIEU OF
APPLAUSE.
CLASS A: NO. OF CLAPS WITH PAUSES AT COMMA: 4, 2, 2, 4,
2, 2, 4, 4, 1
CLASS B: 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 4, 4, -
CLASS C: - - - - - - - - 1
"-" INDICATES WHERE NO SOUND IS MADE; HANDS ARE NOT BROUGHT
TOGETHER FULLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: 10-18-1968
APPLAUSE: INSTEAD OF CLAPPING ONE'S HANDS, SNAPPING OF
FINGERS WAS SUBSTITUTED, PARTICULARLY IN COFFEE HOUSES
OR THE LIKE.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: 00001959-1960
TOO GOOD FOR WORDS
WHEN TWO INDIVIDUALS (USUALLY ATHLETES) SLAP THE PALMS
OF THEIR HANDS TOGETHER, THEY ARE MAKING A GESTURE OF
MUTUAL CONGRATULATION. IF BOTH HANDS OF BOTH PERSONS
ARE SLAPPED THE MEANING IS REINFORCED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts 686 Seconds / Twice / Two SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
A GESTURE THAT SHOWS VICTORY OR GREAT SATISFACTION
IS WHEN TWO PEOPLE SLAP EACH OTHER'S HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GIVE ME SOME SKIN
THIS IS A GESTURE WHICH STARTED AMONG NEGROES, BUT
HAS RAPIDLY SPREAD TO MANY WHITE MEN AS WELL. (OF
COURSE, THE ONLY PLACE I HAVE SEEN THIS HAS BEEN
IN DETROIT). THE HAND OR HANDS OF ONE MAN (I HAVE
NEVER OBSERVED WOMEN DOING THIS) IS (ARE) THRUST
OUT PALM UPWARDS AND IS (ARE) SLAPPED BY THE HAND
(HANDS) OF THE OTHER. IT IS USED TO EXPRESS A FEELING
OF "SOUL" BETWEEN THE TWO MEN--A FEELING OF INTENSE
AGREEMENT WITH THE OTHER'S MOOD.
THIS IS PERFORMED WITH VARIATIONS. SOMETIMES, ONE MAN
TURNS AROUND AND EXTENDS HIS HANDS (PALMS UP) OUT
BEHIND HIM TO BE SLAPPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM
JAPANESE DO NOT APPLAUD AT A PERFORMANCE OF A CLASSIC
DRAMA. RESTRAINT IS THE KEYNOTE OF EVERYTHING OF A
HIGH CHARACTER, AND THE GREATEST TRIBUTE THE AUDIENCE
CAN PAY AN ACTOR OR SINGER IS PROFOUND SILENCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE WHILE GROWING UP IN
JAPAN AND HAS ATTENDED SUCH PERFORMANCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation SPEECH -- Instructions Directions Silence |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
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
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