Katherine Brown – Page 17

short

SHORT: Holding the “G” hands in front and elbows resting against the sides, bring the forefingers toward each other.

short, small

LOW (stature): Prone palm lowered at side.

CAN, indicating ABILITY, POWER: Extend “S” hands forward from the sides, thumb ends up with elbows against sides; bring both hands down with a jerking motion. The sign for “strong” is very similar. The difference lies in the way the hands are moved. For “strength” they are moved somewhat sidewise with a slight circular motion. POWER,STRENGTH: Hold out the fists in front from the sides, elbows at sides; lift the fists toward the right, and throw them over the left with a circular or swinging motion and bring them down;keep them in the same relative position as to distance and direction of motion all the time.(pg 68) STRONG: Hold out the “S” hands to the front from the side; moving them slightly to one side, describe a small arc or circle, making a show of using considerable force. The motion is something like slinging a sledge hammer. The sign for “strong” is somewhat similar to that for “can;” in the latter no circular motion is given to the hands but they are brought straight down.

clean

SMOOTH: Draw the right open palm, turned down, across the left open palm turned up. NICE, CLEAN, PURE: Place the right open hand upon the open left, crosswise and palm to palm, and letting the right hand rest near the ball of the thumb; pass the right hand along the length of the left. When made in connection with “ghost” or sacred subjects this sign means “Holy.”

pretty

PRETTY, BEAUTIFUL: Place the right “5” hand before the face, while the hand describes a small circle, close the fingers and thumb until the hand has assumed the “&” position, when finishing the circle. The fingers move in a larger circle than the wrist, which is kept nearly stationary.

poor

POOR: Holding the left arm over against the body in front, grasp the under part of the sleeve with the right hand and pull it down once or twice.

rich

RICH: Back of right finger tips on the left supine palm to indicate “Money” and right prone or supine hand elevated from left to indicate heap of money. (Precious: “Rich” then right supine is placed under left supine to lift it up against the heart.)

skinny (thin)

LEAN: Right thumb and index, pressing into cheeks respectively, drawn down to show hollow cheeks. (Thin) (Light: i.e. not heavy).

fat

FAT: Indicate fat cheeks by holding open bent hand or hands before the cheeks, palms inward. (Sometimes cheeks are inflated at same time).

tall

TALL: Right vertical index, palm leftward, pushed up along front of left vertical hand, left palm outward. (The slower and larger the sign, the greater the height indicated.)