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| | The '''two-fingers salute''' is a [[salute]] used by some [[Cub Scouts]] sections in various scouting organisations around the world. |
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| [[Image:PolishSalute.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Two-fingers salute in Poland]] | |
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| {{Otheruses4|formal saluting with two fingers|the offensive gesture or the 'peace' sign|V sign}}
| | The salute is given using the middle and index fingers, while bending the other fingers at the second knuckle, and with the palm facing the signer. This salute is used by and by [[Cub Scout]]s. The two fingers represent the two rules of the [[Cub Scout law]]. It is also said that the fingers symbolise the two ears of a wolf. Furthermore the two fingers are a bit easier to salute with compared to the [[three-finger salute]], which is used by (other Cub Scout sections and) the older age groups in Scouting. This makes it more convenient for the younger children. |
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| The '''two-fingers salute''' is a [[salute]] given using only the middle and index fingers, while bending the other fingers at the second knuckle, and with the palm facing the signer. This salute is used by [[Polish Armed Forces|Polish]] military and uniformed services and by [[Cub Scout]]s. | | == Trivia == |
| | * The two-fingers salute is also used by Polish military and uniformed services. |
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| == Two-fingers salute in Poland ==
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| The salute is only possible while wearing a hat with the emblem of the Polish eagle. The salute is performed with the middle and index fingers extended and touching each other, while the ring and little fingers are bent and touched by the thumb. The tips of the middle and index fingers touch the peak of the cap. You only point to the Polish national emblem-the White Eagle on the military hat or rogatywka; two fingers mean: Honor i Ojczyzna ( Honour and Fatherland )
| | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-fingers_salute Two-finger salute] on en.wikipedia.org (version of march 2007) |
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| The two-fingers salute appeared in Polish military forces probably before or during the [[Napoleonic wars]], or [[Tadeusz Kościuszko|Kościuszko]]'s [[Kosciuszko Uprising|uprising]] in [[1794]]. Legends attributing creation of the salute to the [[Battle of Olszynka Grochowska]] during [[November Uprising|November's insurrection]] [[1830]]-[[1831]] are apparently inaccurate since at an earlier time than this, the Tsar's [[Congress Poland|Viceroy in Poland]] [[Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia|Grand Duke Constantine]] was reported to say that "Poles salute him with two fingers because in the other three they are holding a stone ready to throw at him". All legends, however, attribute the two-fingers salute to an incident when a soldier saluted his superior (most legends specify a general) with a wounded hand, from which his ring and little fingers had been detached as a result of a [[shrapnel]] explosion. In remembrance all Poles salute using only two fingers.
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| The two-fingers salute is said to have caused problems for Polish units serving with the Allies on the western front during World War II. Allied officers thought that Polish soldiers saluting with two fingers were deliberately being disrespectful (or [[drunkenness|intoxicated]]) when giving them what they saw as a [[Cub Scout]]'s salute. As a result many soldiers were [[arrest]]ed, until the misunderstanding could be explained. This led to the temporary use of the full hand salute when saluting foreign officers.
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| == Cub Scouts' two-fingers salute ==
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| Some [[Cub Scout]] sections in various [[Scouting]] organizations around the world also use the two-fingered salute. This is done to represent the two rules of the Cub Scout law. Other Cub Scout sections, and the older age groups in Scouting, salute with a [[Three-finger salute (Scouts)|three-fingered salute]].
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| == See also ==
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/cs-salute.html The Cub Scout salute] | |
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The two-fingers salute is a salute used by some Cub Scouts sections in various scouting organisations around the world.
The salute is given using the middle and index fingers, while bending the other fingers at the second knuckle, and with the palm facing the signer. This salute is used by and by Cub Scouts. The two fingers represent the two rules of the Cub Scout law. It is also said that the fingers symbolise the two ears of a wolf. Furthermore the two fingers are a bit easier to salute with compared to the three-finger salute, which is used by (other Cub Scout sections and) the older age groups in Scouting. This makes it more convenient for the younger children.
Trivia
- The two-fingers salute is also used by Polish military and uniformed services.
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