Lei (garland) dancer who dared to give a lei to a US soldier along with a kiss, leading it to become a tradition of lei distribution in modern times. To this day, leis remain a notable aspect of Hawaiian culture. Traditionalists give a lei by bowing slightly and raising it above the heart, allowing the recipient to take it, as raising the hands above another's head, or touching the face or head, is considered disrespectful. By tradition, only open lei are given to a pregnant or nursing woman. If due to allergies or other reasons a person cannot wear a lei which
Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 it has been added as attributed in Northumbrian Minstrelsy by Bruce and Stokoe, 1882 Geordie dialect words Joseph Ritson Ritson's Northern Garlands 1810 Ritson's Bishopric Garland or Durham Minstrel 1792 Ritson's Yorkshire Garland 1809 Ritson's North-Country Chorister 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 Ritson's Northumberland Garland or Newcastle Nightingale 1809 (or to give its full title – "The Northumberland Garland; or Newcastle Nightingale: A matchless collection of famous songs [As originally edited by the late John Ritson, Esq.] ----Old Tyne shall listen to my tale, and echo, down the bordering vale, The liquid melody prolong. Akenside ---- Newcastle