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Mrs. Peacock views her neighbor in WoodviUe, Raymond Johnson, as one of the finest examples of Rappahannock hand-wavers. “He not only waves, he gives you a sweet smile when you pass,” says Mrs. Peacock.
Mr. Johnson reflected on the origins of his hand-waving habit one day recently, as he relaxed in an easy chair in his den, puffing on his pipe. “I used to know everybody in the county. If I didn’t know you, I would have known your father and grandfather,” he said.
He was born in 1905 on Red Oak Mountain and has always lived within three miles of his birthplace. “Waving is probably a carry-over from the horse and buggy days,” he said. “Each time you met someone on the road, you would stop and talk a couple of minutes and then drive on until you met someone else.” 1I When people took to cars in the 1920s, the pace of life seemed to speed up too. Instead of visiting in the road, people would smile and wave as they passed, recalls Mr. Johnson.
It was the neighborly thing to do.
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