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BY RUBBING INDEX FINGERS AND POINTING IN THE DIRECTION
OF A PERSON, ONE INDICATES THAT SHAME HAS FALLEN ON
THAT PERSON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Shame |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING BAD AS A CHILD, THE OTHER
CHILDREN RUB THE FOREFINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND
AGAINST THE FOREFINGER OF THE LEFT HAND AND SAY
"SHAME, SHAME ON (NAME)."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS AND SAW THIS IN 1956 IN NEW YORK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Shame |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
INDEX FINGER OF ONE HAND BRUSHED OVER INDEX
FINGER OF OTHER HAND, MEANING "SHAME ON YOU."
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Shame |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
Superstition: Pregnancy
To Spit on a New-Born Baby:
Whenever a woman looks at another's new-born baby, they must have a little saliva fall on the child. If not, the evil-eye is cast upon the baby.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Written in the bottom left hand corner of the card: [IA25 Mark again for S600 + S644]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY ; CHILD ; CURE ; CURSE ; EVIL EYE ; Newborn ; PREVENTION ; REMEDY ; Saliva
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Shame |