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Melody asks a good question concerning ritual,
Why do illiterates use an °
their own names? Why not
‘X” when they can’t write
an “O” or a “T”, etc? Many
modern bits of social and religious ritual once had a
very logical origin.
usefulness and now persist
tom!
But they have since outlived their
through the inertia of cus-
CASE 0-566: Melody F., aged 14, is a high school fresh-
man,
“Dr. Crane,”
they can’t write their names?
“Why not use
letter, such as an ‘O’ or a ‘T’,
ete?”
STRANGE HERITAGE
We have many strange car-
ry-overs from the past.
Originally, they often had
a very logical purpose.
Now they may simply be
retained and passed onward
as a bit of ritual that has
been hallowed by being link-
ed with churches or parents
or ancestor worship.
For example, even if he
could write. Why?
Because that was the sign
of the Christian cross and
thus was regarded as proof of
his good faith, as well as of
his wish to incur divine fav-
or.
“King’s X" was also a com-
mon childhood cry when a
player wished to be freed mo-
mentarily from likelihood of
being caught in a game of
tog"
And many people even yet,
when they tell a fib, will hold
their hands behind their back
with two fingers crossed to
represent an “X".
This is supposed. to free
them them from blame for
she asked when I addressed her assembly
! on practical psychology, “why do people use an ‘X’ when
some other their fibbing!
Girls, another heirloom of
ing your boy friend walk on
the side nearest the street,
the past is the custom of hav-
This comes from the Mid-
dle Ages. For a knight could
then withdraw his sword
more quickly in defense of
his Lady Fair.
Doffing the hat likewise is
a carry-over from lifting the
visor of his armor to reveal
his identity to lady friends
and thus relieve their fears.
And the buttons on the cuff
of a man’s coat sleeve are
supposed to be a social relic
from Frederic the Great, of
Prussia.
For up till that time, when
army recruits were drafted,
it was a “come as you are
party.”
They brought their own
varied weapons and were
dressed in whatever clothing
they happened to be wearing.
But Frederic decided «in
the thick of battle, his sol-
diers would be less likely to
kill each other in the dust
and confusion, if they wore
identical costumes.
So he decreed standard un-
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