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"LAUGH AND GROW FAT," IS AN OLD SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING,
WHICH HAS LED MANY TO BELIEVE THAT FAT PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS HAPPY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
Christmas Presents
Open smallest gift on Christmas Eve. The rest are
opened on Christmas Day.
Date learned: 00001972CA
He has more money than Carter has Liver Pills.
Submitter comment:
I learned this saying from my father. He used to say this and
the word "money" could be anything. It is an all-purpose saying to
compare quantity with Carter and his liver pills.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001970S
This is a tradition that has been handed down from my mother
and which I have in turn handed down to my children. The
tradition is that if a certain vegetable is being served to eat
and a certain person does not like that vegetable he or she has
to eat as many of the vegetables as he or she is old. For
example, if I hated peas and I am 11 years old, I would have to
eat 11 peas. This only applies to kids until they are 18 years
old. It was a good way of getting children to eat their
vegetables.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
Date learned: 00-00-1966
I (POINT TO I) THINK (POINT TO YOUR HEAD) YOU (POINT TO ANOTHER PERSON) STINK (HOLD YOUR NOSE).
Submitter comment: THIS INVOLVES ALL GESTURES--NO SOUNDS OR WORDS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
HOW SHORT YOU ARE
AN ENLISTED MAN'S GESTURE INDICATED THE LENGTH OF TIME
LEFT IN SERVICE. IT CONSISTS IN EXTENDING THE THUMB
AND FOREFINGER, REST OF THE FINGERS CLOSED IN A FIST.
THE AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO FINGERS IS
PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 09-14-1968
WHENEVER MY MOTHER WANTED US TO COME TO HER AND SHE
DIDN'T WANT TO YELL, SHE USED THE AIRMAN'S SIGNAL
OF ROTATING HER ARMS TOWARD HERSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 03-27-1970