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Fans - Alexander F. Tcherviakov
The Language of the Fan in the Eighteenth Century
To yawn behind one’s fan: Go away, you bore me.
To lift the fan towards the right shoulder: I hate you.
To lower the closed fan towards the floor: I scorn you, I despise you.
To lightly touch the closed fan to one’s right eye: When shall I see you?
To signal towards oneself with the fan closed: I always want to be with you.
To threaten with the fan closed: Do not be too bold, audacious.
To raise the fan with the right hand: Are you faithful to me?
To hide the eyes behind one’s fan: I love you.
To offer a fan: You please me very much.
To conceal one’s left ear with the closed fan: Do not disclose our secret.
To hold the fan over one’s heart: I am yours for life.
To slowly close one’s fan: I agree completely, I accept all that you say.
V. Pokrovski: Elegance in the Satirical Literature of the Eighteenth Century, p.43 Moscow, 1903.
The Language of the Fan in the Nineteenth Century
To completely open one’s fan: I am thinking it over.
To place one’s hand over the heart while holding the fan open in front of the eyes: I love you.
To indicate the floor near oneself with the fan: Come close to me.
To press the open fan with both hands against one’s breast while slowly lifting the eyes: I humbly request forgiveness.
To lightly touch one’s mouth repeatedly with the closed fan: Could I speak with you in private?
To completely open one’s fan and wave it in the direction of one’s interlocutor: I would hope to always be with you.
To look at one’s closed fan: I think of you all the time.
To hold lightly with the left hand the closed fan over one’s heart: Are you faithful to me?
The number of unopened blades indicates the time of a rendezvous: At the agreed hour.
To turn the inside face of the fan towards one’s interlocutor: I shall not be able to come.
To move the end of the fan on the palm of one’s hand, as if writing a letter: I will let you know by mail.
To wave away one’s interlocutor with the closed fan: I do not like you.
To direct the open fan towards the floor: I despise you.
To open and close the fan repeatedly: You are too bold, audacious.
To angrily close the fan and turn it feverishly in one’s hand: I am angry with you.
To press one’s chin against the closed fan: I am sulking.
To write with the finger on the outside of the fan: Let me know by mail.
To look at one’s open fan while rocking the head from side to side: You do not want to know me at all.
To turn with the right hand the end of the closed fan held in the left hand: You are being deceived.
To hold the two ends of the closed fan between the palms: I require an answer.
To indicate a seat with the fan closed: Sit next to me.
To indicate a seat with the fan open: That’s enough! You are boring me.
To point several times to one’s forehead with the fan closed: Are you