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LEAVE TAKING
IN THE SOUTH, THE PEOPLE WERE WARMER AND MORE
DEMONSTRATIVE, THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE READY TO
LEAVE FOR HOME, THEY WOULD KISS EVERYONE IN THE
HOUSE GOODBYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REGIONALISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Love Affection SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
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
MOCK HANDSHAKE
WHILE SHAKING HANDS ONE SQUEEZES THE OTHER'S
HAND AND SAYS, "HI, I'M FROM THE MICHIGAN MILK
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION."
Data entry tech comment: GIVING THE MILKING HANDSHAKE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
ORIGIN OF THE HANDSHAKE
EMMISARIES WOULD GRASP THE RIGHT FOREARM OF THE ONE THEY WERE
MEETING IN ORDER TO AVOID HAVING A POSSIBLE ADVERSARY HAVE
ACCESS TO HIS WEAPONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
CUSTOM
THE THAI HAVE A TRADITIONAL WAY OF GREETING CALLED THE "WAI."
THIS HOLDS THE SAME SIGNIFICANCE AS THE AMERICAN HANDSHAKE,
BUT ALSO SIGNIFIES RESPECT, THANKS, OR APOLOGY. A PERSON
"WAIS" BY PLACING HIS HANDS TOGETHER IN A PRAYERFULL MANNER
AND LIFTING THEM TO HIS FACE WITH THE THUMBS BELOW THE
CHIN AND THE INDEX FINGERS AGAINST THE FOREHEAD, AND THE
HEAD SLIGHTLY BOWED. REFUSING TO RETURN A "WAIS" HAS THE
SAME EFFECT AS REFUSING A HAND SHAKE.
Where learned: THAILAND
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
HAWAIIAN GESTURE
IN HAWAII THEIR TRADITIONAL GREETING IS "ALOHA" TO NEW ARRIVALS.
THIS CONSISTS OF PUTTING A LEI OF FLOWERS AROUND THEIR NECK
AND GIVING THEM A KISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): GARLAND OF FLOWERS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 04-05-1971
ITALIAN GESTURE
WHEN ITALIANS MEET AND GREET EACH OTHER, THEY KISS EACH
OTHER ON BOTH CHEEKS.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMMON EUROPEAN GESTURE.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AMERICANS WILL SAY "I SHAKE HANDS;" GERMANS WILL SAY
"ICH GEBE DIE HAND" WHICH MEANS "I GIVE THE HAND."
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN BELGIUM, YOU ALWAYS SHAKE HANDS WHENEVER YOU MEET SOME-
ONE, EVEN IF IT IS NOT JUST THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE SEEN
THE OTHER PERSON THAT DAY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 11-01-1970