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BY WINDING ONE'S ARM AND HAND IN FRONT OF HIM IN A
FORWARD MOTION IS MEANT TO END A BROADCAST. (MEANS:
WIND IT UP).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM T. V. {TELEVISION}
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN YOU ASK YOUR DOORMAN TO GET A
CAB, HE GOES OUT NEAR A BUSY STREET AND WAVES A
FLASHLIGHT UP AND DOWN. IN SOME PLACES THE DOORMAN
TURNS ON A RED LIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING
WHICH BRINGS A CAB.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Instructions Directions SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO A FAMILY, BAPTISM IS A MOST HOLY AND GLORIOUS CELEBRATION.
THEY BRING THE BABY TO THE CHURCH, WHERE THE GODPARENTS,
PARENTS, AND PRIEST STAND AROUND THE BAPTISMAL (FONT).
THE PRIEST READS THE USUAL PRAYERS FOR BAPTISM, BUT ALSO
ADDS WHETHER THE GODPARENTS WILL HELP TO RAISE THEIR
GODCHILD IN AS MUCH OF LITHUANIAN TRADITION AND UPBRINGING
AS POSSIBLE. THEN THE PRIEST POURS SOME WATER ON THE
BABY'S HEAD; ANOINTS HIS FOREHEAD, EYES, MOUTH AND EARS,
WITH OIL; PUTS A LITTLE SALT ON HIS TONGUE AND THEN SUGAR.
AFTER BLESSING THE BABY, HIS PARENTS & GODPARENTS, THE
CEREMONY IS FINISHED.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
BOOKIES GESTURES
IN ENGLAND THE BOOKIES AT RACETRACKS SET UP BLACK
BOARDS ON WHICH THEY WRITE THE ODDS ON DIFFERENT
HORSES. THERE ARE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE ONE
MIGHT PURCHASE A SEAT AND SO THE BOOKIES MUST MAKE
SURE THAT THE ODDS STAY THE SAME IN EACH SECTION.
TO DO THIS THEY HAVE HAND AND ARM SIGNALS WHICH THEY
SEND EACH OTHER TO KEEP AWARE OF THE CHANGING ODDS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CLASPING THE HANDS AND WAVING THEM OVER ONE'S HEAD IS
A SIGN OF VICTORY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KILL FOR PEACE
RADICAL AND LIBERAL ELEMENTS FROM 1967 TO 1969.
THE TWO-FINGERED "V" SIGN IS FOR PEACE.
THE RAISED FIST STANDS FOR REVOLUTION.
THESE SIGNS ARE USED AS A GREETING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.
THE LIBERAL ELEMENT USES THE FIRST SIGN; THE RADICALS
USE THE SECOND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
BY SPREADING THE FINGERS IN A "V" SHAPE, ONE INDICATES
VICTORY. THIS SIGN ALSO INDICATES PEACE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER EXTENDED, PALM OUTWARD, THUMB
TUCKED UNDER OTHER TWO FOLDED FINGERS..MEANING PEACE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
MAILTRUCK
WHEN YOU SEE A RED, WHITE, AND BLUE MAIL TRUCK, YOU
MAKE A WISH AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS UNTIL YOU
SEE A DOG OR ANOTHER MAILTRUCK AND YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 11-22-1968
ESP BELIEF
IF YOU SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME AS SOMEBODY
ELSE, YOU HOOK LITTLE FINGERS WITH EACH OTHER, AND
MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
"LET US ENDEAVOR SO TO LIVE THAT WHEN WE COME TO DIE,
EVEN THE UNDERTAKER WILL BE SORRY."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TAKEN FROM A TELEVISION SPECIAL ON THE LIFE
OF MARK TWAIN A FEW MONTHS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
JESUS MET THE WOMAN
JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL (3 TIMES)
AND HE TOLD HER EVERYTHING SHE'D EVER DONE.
HE SAID, "WOMAN, WOMAN, WHERE IS YOUR HUSBAND? (3 TIMES)
I KNOW EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER DONE."
AND SHE SAID, "JESUS, JESUS, I AIN'T GOT NO HUSBAND. (3 TIMES)
AND YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE."
HE SAID, "WOMAN, WOMAN, YOU'VE GOT FIVE HUSBANDS. (3 TIMES)
AND THE ONE YOU'VE GOT NOW HE AIN'T YOUR OWN."
SHE SAID, "THIS MAN, THIS MAN, MUST BE A PROPHET. (3 TIMES)
HE DONE TOLD ME EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE."
JESUS MET THE WOMAN AT THE WELL (3 TIMES)
AND HE TOLD HER EVERYTHING SHE'D EVER DONE.
Data entry tech comment:
(LIKE THE MAID + THE PALMER" -
CHILD 21)
CHILD BALLAD 21)
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GESTURE
TO TURN ONE'S NOSE UP. THIS HAS REFERENCES AS A SCORN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SNOBBISH ; SNOOTY ; SNUB ; STUCK-UP
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SOMETIMES THERE IS A PERSON IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT IS TELLING EXTRA-BULL STORIES. A GESTURE USED
TO SHOW THIS IS: MAKING A SHOVELING MOTION--THAT
THE BULL IS GETTING PRETTY DEEP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BULL=UNTRUTH, LIE ; DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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THE LITTLE AND INDEX FINGERS RAISED FROM A CLENCHED
FIST WITH KNUCKLES TOWARD BEARER, TELLS RECEIVER
HE IS "FULL OF IT."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
DERISIVE GESTURE USED BY GERMANS AND ITALIANS IN
DISAPPROVAL OF OTHER'S DRIVING HABITS IS:
FINGERS TOGETHER, PALM OPEN, SLIGHTLY WAVERING
IN FRONT OF OWN FACE.
USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY OBSCENITIES, PROBABLY UNIVER-
SALLY EUROPEAN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
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