CRACKERS AND BONNET STRINGS.

CRACKERS AND BONNET STRINGS. I remarked recently to Mary Jane that the word in sign language for crackers is made by using the left elbow. As with many of my remarks made in earnest, I got a good laugh. Google allowed me to show that I was right, as can be seen here. (The site also says, “History note: An old European custom was to crumble the crackers in this manner into a soup bowl that was placed under the left elbow.”) I was told that the word for father can be related to a gesture which tips the bill of a cap, and the word for mother can be related to touching the strings of an imaginary bonnet. The site illustrates these words.