While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
This is sometimes expressed by different
signs to distinguish the sex of animals, when the difference
in appearance allows of such varied portraiture. An example
is in the signs for the male and female buffalo, given by
the Prince of Wied. The former is, "Place the tightly closed
hands on both sides of the head, with the fingers forward;"
the latter is, "Curve the two forefingers, place them on the
sides of the head and move them several times." The short
stubby horns of the bull appear to be indicated, and the
cow's ears are seen moving, not being covered by the bull's
shock mane. Tribes in which the hair of the women is
differently arranged from that of men often denote their
females by corresponding gesture. In many cases the sex of
animals is indicated by the addition of a generic sign for
male or female.
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Sign Language
Among North American Indians Compared with
that Among Other Peoples and Deaf-Mutes,
1881
