Thursday, April 27, 2006


THE LANGUAGE OF THE FAN

Since I moved here to the South five years ago, I am learning some traditions about the "Southern Ladies". I have always been fascinated with them for years. I have read books and books about their lifestyles. Now I have discovered the, "language of the fan". Lazy Daisy and I were downtown with "Happy at Home". We went into this beautiful lace shop that I have been in before. Lazy Daisy had bought a fan there before. I had always admired it so this time I decided to indulge myself and bought one also. With this one we both received instructions..... Here they are:




  • With Handle to Lips...........................................................KISS ME
  • Carrying in the Right Hand in front of face....................FOLLOW ME
  • Carrying in the Left Hand................................................DESIROUS OF ACQUAINTANCE
  • Placing in on Left Ear........................................................YOU HAVE CHANGED
  • Twirling in Left Hand........................................................I WISH TO GET RID OF YOU
  • Drawing across Forehead.................................................WE ARE WATCHED
  • Carrying in Right Hand.....................................................YOU ARE TOO WILLING
  • Drawing Across Cheek.......................................................I LOVE YOU
  • Drawing through Hand......................................................I HATE YOU
  • Twirling In Right Hand.....................................................I LOVE ANOTHER
  • Closing It.............................................................................I WISH TO SPEAK TO YOU
  • Drawing across eyes..........................................................I AM SORRY
  • Letting it rest on right cheek...........................................YES
  • Letting it rest on left cheek..............................................NO
  • Open and shut...................................................................YOU ARE CRUEL
  • Dropping.............................................................................WE ARE FRIENDS
  • Fanning slowly...................................................................I AM MARRIED*****
  • Fanning Fast......................................................................I AM ENGAGED
  • Open Wide.........................................................................WAIT FOR ME

***This one I have already learned!!

Now you have the list!! Next time you have that fan in your hands and need to send a message to that special someone just make a copy and make it into a paper airplane, throw it at him and he will get the message!! Easy enough!!

3 comments:

YellowRose said...

Now I must get a fan!!!! :) A beautiful one at that! ;) I went in a beautiful little lace shop when I was in Savannah....they had such gorgeous items! Yours is lovely!

Jennifer said...

Oh, I got tickled today thinking about this. Kathy was fanning in such a way at the fire station that I thought she was signaling, "I'm single, available, and you're just the man for me". I commented that she needed to slow the fanning down, and she said that the actual signal she was sending was, "I'm having a hot flash". What a hoot!!
I miss you ladies terribly. Waaaaaaaahhhh!
Jen :)

Maggie Ann said...

That is new to me...smile. We'd have to make a copy for our guys to read or else they'd never 'get it'. This was interesting..I learned something!