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FIG-THUMB IN HAND BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FINGERS.
I WILL GIVE YOU NOTHING OR HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING
IN THE WAY OF PRESENTS.
Submitter comment: CALLED FEEGASMACHUM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Nothing |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
A FIST CLENCHED WITH THE TIP OF THE THUMB EXTENDED
BETWEEN THE FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS MEANS
"FIGA Z MAKIEM" WHICH TRANSLATED FROM POLISH INDICATES
"NOTHING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Nothing |
Date learned: 00-00-1951