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FUNERAL LORE
COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION IS BAD LUCK
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CA00001935
BELIEFS
AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR THAT IS MOVING IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: CA00001964
SUPERSTITION
AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR THAT IS MOVING IS A SIGN OF DEATH
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA00001964
TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A DEAD CORPSE IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CA00001965
CHALDEAN COURTSHIP CUSTOM
IF A CHALDEAN IS NOT MARRIED AND IS JUST GOING OUT WITH A PERSON OF
THE OPPOSITE SEX AND UP UNTIL THEY ARE MARRIED A AN EXTRA PERSON
MUST BE WITH THEM ON ANY KIND OF DATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
JEWISH BURIAL CUSTOM
JEWISH PEOPLE DO NOT ALLOW THEIR PEOPLE TO BE CREMATED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001979
DAY OF THE DEAD.
ON MEMORIAL DAY, MAY 31, IN MEXICO IS THE OBSERVANCE OF "DIA DE
LOS MORETOS OR THE "DAY OF THE DEAD". THIS DAY YOU SET
LITTLE TABLE IN THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE WITH LIGHTED CANDLES
PICTURES OF JESUS AND OF THE DEAD RELATIVES. ALSO YOU SET OUT FOOD
FOR THE SPIRITS, USUALLY SOUP
Submitter comment:
THIS IS CONSIDERED A HOLIDAY FOR THE DEAD AND UNEXPECTED HAPPENINGS
ARE USUALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD RELATIVES.
HAVING FUN.
TO THE BEST OF THE INFORMANT'S RECOLLECTION THERE WAS NO OBSERVANCE
OF ANY OTHER HOLIDAY SIMILAR TO THIS .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Date learned: 04-00-1980
NEW BORN CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS NAMED AFTER A DEAD RELATIVE, NEVER ONE
THAT IS LIVING. THERE ARE NO JUNIORS OR SENIORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-06-1972
DRESSING AT FUNERALS AND THEREAFTER
WHEN A GREEK MAN DIES, HIS WIDOW WILL WEAR BLACK FOR
THE REST OF HER LIFE, MOURNING HER DECEASED HUSBAND.
Submitter comment:
THIS STYLE OF DRESS APPLIES TO SENIOR CITIZENS OF GREEK
DESCENT. YOUNGER WIDOWS PRACTICE THIS, BUT ONLY FOR A
MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS. THE OLDER PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED
TO WEAR BLACK FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, AND THEY THINK
THAT IF A WIDOW DOES NOT DO THIS, THEN THEY FEEL THAT
SHE IS DISGRACING HER DECEASED HUSBAND.
THIS IS A GREEK-AMERICAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
DEATH SUPERSTITION
IF YOU GO TO COMMUNION ON NINE FRIDAYS IN A ROW, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE A HAPPY DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THIS AROUND 1910 IN POLAND. SHE IS VERY
RELIGIOUS AND PLACED HIGH REGARD ON THIS CUSTOM. PERHAPS NINE IS
A LUCKY NUMBER AND ACTS AS A MEDIUM FOR A GOOD DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
TOAST: VERSE
MAY HE/SHE BE IN HEAVEN ONE-HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS
THAT HE/SHE IS DEAD.
Submitter comment: THIS TOAST IS GIVEN AT A GATHERING AFTER A FUNERAL SERVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WIDOW ATTIRE
AFTER THE DEATH OF A WOMAN'S HUSBAND, SHE WEARS BLACK EVERY DAY FOR A
YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1980
GREEK FUNERAL SERVICE
A SPECIAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR DEPARTED SOULS IS CALLED MNEMOSIMON.
AFTER THE MASS IS READ, A DISH OF BOILED SWEETENED KERNELS AND FRUITS
CALLED KOLLIVA, IS DISTRIBUTED IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE DEAD. THE
KOLLIVA IS BLESSED BY THE PRIEST AND THEN EATEN AT THE CHURCH BY
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. THE BOILED WHEAT GERM SYMBOLIZES RESURREC-
TION AND IS TRADITIONALLY OFFERED FORTY DAYS AFTER DEATH AND ONE
YEAR AFTER DEATH.
IT IS NOT SERVED AT ANY OTHER TIME.
Submitter comment:
THE GREEK MEMORIAL SERVICE IS DIFFERENT THAN OURS, EXCEPT FOR THE
MEAL AFTERWARDS. THEIR MEAL CONSISTS OF DIFFERENT FOOD THAN OURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RESURRECTION SYMBOL
Date learned: 00-00-1980
CEMETERY BELIEFS OF THE BLACK CULTURE
THERE IS A GENERAL REFUSAL AMONG BLACKS TO ENTER A CEMETERY.
OFTEN RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED WILL NOT EVEN ENTER THE
CEMETERY FOR THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST THOUGHT THAT CAME TO ME UPON HEARING THIS
BELIEF IS HOW THE BLACKS TAKE A FEAR FELT BY PEOPLE OF ALMOST ALL
ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, ONE STEP FURTHER. IT WOULD BE INTRIGUING TO
INVESTIGATE WHERE THE ROOTS OF THIS BELIEF LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
MACEDONIAN GREEK ORTHODOX FUNERAL
THE FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX IS MUCH LIKE ANY
OTHER RELIGION ITSELF, BUT MANY SYMBOLS ARE USED. THE PALLBEARERS
MUST WEAR WHITE GLOVES SO THEY DO NOT
STAIN THE SOUL OF THE DEAD PERSON
WHEN THE PROCESSION GETS TO THE CEMETERY EVERYONE IS GIVEN A CANDLE,
THE SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE. THE PALLBEARERS ARE GIVEN THREE
REMEMBRANCES OF THE DECEASED LIKE A PAIR
OF SOCKS, A PITCHER, AND A TOWEL
ALSO AT THE CEMETERY THEY EAT BREAD AND
DRINK WINE. THE BROTHERS OF THE
DECEASED CAN NOT SHAVE FOR SIX WEEKS AFTER
THE DEATH BECAUSE THE SHAVINGS
WILL FALL IN THE EYES OF THE DEAD PERSON
AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
THE GATES OF HEAVEN.
THE PALLBEARERS AND FAMILY MUST MEET AT THE
CEMETARY THREE, SIX, NINE, AND
TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PERSON.
AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER
AS LONG AS THE MOTHER WANTS. AT EACH
MEETING THE PALLBEARERS ARE AGAIN GIVEN
SOME ARTICLES IN REMEMBRANCE AND BREAD AND WINE IS HAD. ALSO
EACH PERSON IS GIVEN A CANDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Date learned: 00-00-1979
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IRISH WAKE STORY
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
MCCARTHY ACCOMPANIED SOME FRIENDS TO VIEW THE BODY OF MIKE
CLANCY. AT THAT TIME, THE BODY WAS ALWAYS LAID OUT AT
HOME, SO AFTER PAYING THEIR RESPECTS IN THE LIVING ROOM,
THEY WENT TO THE KITCHEN FOR A DROP OR TWO. THEY SOON
WERE IN THE BASEMENT WHERE A FEW BARRELS WERE ON TAP
AND BEFORE LONG THEY WERE WELL UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
STORIES WERE TOLD, SONGS WERE SUNG, ROASTS TO THE
DECEASED WERE DRUNK WELL INTO THE MORNING.
HALLAHAN WIPED AWAY THE FOAM AND LAMENTING SAID,
"SURE, AND IT'S TOO BAD WE HAVE TO BURY CLANCY IN THE
MORNING." MC CARTHY, BY NOW NOT REALIZING WHAT THE
OCCASION WAS, SHOUTED WITH JOY, "LET'S NOT BURY CLANCY
AT ALL-AT ALL. LET'S STUFF HIM AND KEEP THE PARTY
GOING!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
FUNERAL CUSTOM
THE FOLLOWING IS AN ARMENIAN CUSTOM:
FORTY DAYS AFTER THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD (MAUIN),
ON A SUNDAY, THE FAMILY GOES TO CHURCH. A SPECIAL
SERVICE IS SAID IN HONOR OF THE DEAD. THEN THE
PRIEST GOES TO THE CEMETERY TO PRAY AT THE
GRAVESITE. AFTER THIS THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS GO
TO A DINNER GATHERING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS OBSERVED THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
DEATH CUSTOM
WHEN AN OLDER WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY ILL THE MEXICAN PEOPLE
HAVE A DEFINITE CUSTOM. THE PERSON WHO IS SERIOUSLY
ILL ASKS SOMEONE (A WOMAN) TO BE HER "COM PADRAZCO"
OR GODMOTHER. THIS PERSON THEN HAS TO BUY THE ILL
PERSON A GOWN. THE GOWN IS WORN UNTIL THE PERSON
RECOVERS OR WITH HER IN HER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED OF THE CUSTOM IN MEXICO IN A 1968
VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
HAWAIIAN DEATH CUSTOM
IN THE 'OLDEN DAYS' WHEN A MAN'S WIFE DIED, HE
WOULD POKE HIS EYE OUT WITH A STAKE AND POUND
HIS HEAD AGAINST A ROCK UNTIL ALL OF HIS TEETH
FELL OUT FOR MOURNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-08-1971
IF THE HUSBAND OF AN OLD ITALIAN WOMAN DIES, THE WOMAN
WILL WEAR BLACK CLOTHING FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT AND MYSELF HAVE SEEN MANY EXAMPLES OF THIS
SUTOM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001960S