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SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD. DONE WITH FOREFINGER AS IF TO
STIMULATE YOUR MIND TO REMEMBER SOMETHING OR TO
THINK BETTER.
Submitter comment:
PICKED IT UP IN JERSEY CITY, N. J. WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8
YEARS OLD IN ABOUT 1954.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
STROKING YOUR CHIN (OR BEARD) IS A SIGN OF THOUGHTFULNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.16 SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
SOME PEOPLE SNAP THEIR FINGER WHEN THEY FORGOT OR FORGET
SOMETHING. THEY USUALLY SAY "HEY, OR UM, SURE,
FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT." THEY TAKE THEIR INDEX FINGER
AND THEIR THUMB, RUB THEM TOGETHER, CAUSING A POP
THAT GOES "SNAP."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
SNAPPING YOUR FINGERS IS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE JUST
REMEMBERED SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD FORGOTTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967