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FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY-MEXICO
IN MEXICO, INSTEAD OF A SWEET SIXTEEN BIRTHDAY PARTY,
THERE IS A FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE GIRLS PLAY
GAMES AND THE PARTY IS VERY SIMILAR TO AN AMERICAN
BIRTHDAY PARTY, BUT NO BOYS ARE INVITED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA CUSTOM
AT BIRTHDAY PARTIES IN NEWFOUNDLAND, IT IS THE CUSTOM
TO RUB BUTTER ON THE NOSE OF THE HONORED GUEST.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS NO APPARENT REASON FOR THIS AS FAR AS THE
INFORMANT CAN TELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
ON A BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY HE IS ALLOWED TO PUT HIS
HANDS ON THE TOP OF THE BIRTHDAY CAKE SO THAT THEY
LEAVE A HAND PRINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
ON A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY, YOU SPANK THE PERSON ONCE FOR
EVERY YEAR OF HIS OR HER AGE AND AFTER THAT YOU GIVE
THEM "A PINCH TO GROW AN INCH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ON A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY, WHEN HE GOES TO BLOW OUT THE
CANDLES ON THE CAKE, A SPECTATOR SAYS: "O.K.--SPIT
ON THE CAKE!!"
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS OFTENTIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
EACH YEAR, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE
DECEMBER 17, OUR FAMILY CELEBRATES BOTH MY GRANDFATHER
AND MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAYS WITH A BIG PARTY THE SUNDAY
NEAREST THEIR BIRTHDAYS. COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL GATHER FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, IT WILL BE A
BAD YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-19-1971
A CHILD USUALLY HAS A DINNER PARTY FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.
WHEN ALL THE GUESTS ARRIVE, THEY GATHER AROUND THE
PINATA AND THE BIRTHDAY PERSON GETS THE FIRST SWING
AT BREAKING IT. THE PINATA IS A PAPER MACHE ANIMAL,
USUALLY A BULL, WHOSE INSIDE IS FILLED WITH CANDY,
MONEY, PEANUTS, AND SMALL TOYS. ONCE THE PINATA IS
BROKEN, THERE IS A SCRAMBLE FOR EACH PERSON TO GET
SOMETHING FROM THE PINATA. AFTERWARDS THERE IS A
DINNER.
Data entry tech comment:
SPELLING OF PINATA CORRECTED--SHE HAD PINIATA
CN[ CAMPAGNA, KATH
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
JAPANESE CUSTOM
JAPANESE DO NOT OBSERVE INDIVIDUAL BIRTHDAYS. INSTEAD
IT IS THE CUSTOM TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR AS A BIRTHDAY
FOR EACH PERSON. THUS JAPANESE HAVE TWO WAYS OF
COUNTING THEIR AGES; ACCORDING TO THE JAPANESE CALENDAR
(WHEN THE ADDED BIRTHDAY OF NEW YEAR'S IS INCLUDED
WITH THE ACTUAL DATE OF BIRTH), AND TO THE WESTERN
CALENDAR (THE ACTUAL DATE OF ONE'S BIRTH).
"KAZOETOSHI" IS THE TERM USED ACCORDING TO THE JAPANESE
CALENDAR. (THUS BABIES BY HAVING ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY ARE SUDDENLY ENTERING THEIR SECOND YEAR
BEFORE THE FIRST HAS HARDLY STARTED!).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE WHILE GROWING UP IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
NAVAJO INDIAN CUSTOM
BIRTHDAYS ARE NOT CELEBRATED, BUT A SHEEP IS KILLED
AND A PARTY IS HELD WHEN THE BABY LAUGHS FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
SOME UKRAINIANS STILL BELIEVE IN AN OLD CUSTOM,
WHEREBY INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING ONE'S BIRTHDAY, YOU
CELEBRATE HIS NAME DAY OR RATHER THAT DAY WHEN HIS
PATRON SAINT'S FEAST DAY WAS CELEBRATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
NAME DAY CELEBRATION-BAVARIA
IN BAVARIA, THE PEOPLE DO NOT CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS; THEY
CELEBRATE THEIR NAME DAYS. THIS IS THE FEAST DAY OF
THE SAINT AFTER WHOM EACH PERSON IS NAMED.
ON EACH PERSON'S NAME DAY, HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS
SEND CARDS OR PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE THE CELEBRANT
AS FOLLOWS:
HAVE A NICE NAME'S DAY, GOOD HEALTH, LONG LIFE AND
MAY YOU HAVE EVERLASTING HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; BAVARIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
SLOVAK CUSTOM
INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS, THE SLOVAK PEOPLE
CELEBRATE NAME DAYS BASED ON THE FEAST DAY OF THE
SAINT FOR WHOM THE PERSON WAS NAMED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
GREEK CUSTOM
DAY IN WHICH GREEKS CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF THE SAINT
AFTER WHOM THEY WERE NAMED. IT IS A CUSTOM WHICH
REPLACES THE BIRTHDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT IS A CUSTOM BROUGHT FROM GREECE BY
HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
GELGIAN CUSTOM
IN BELGIUM, PEOPLE ALL CELEBRATE THE NAMES DAY MUCH MORE
THAN THEY DO THEIR BIRTHDAY. THIS MAKES CARD SENDING
RELATIVELY EASY, SINCE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SEND A
CARD TO ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS THAT HAVE THE SAME FIRST
NAME ON THAT SAINT'S FEAST DAY.
Submitter comment: RECORDED ON TAPE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-01-1970
ZLOTE WESELE (POLISH) 50TH ANNIVERSARY
PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MARRIAGE,
THEN HAVE A BIG BANQUET DINNER WITH GOLDEN DECORATIONS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
SREBNE WESELE (POLISH) 25TH ANNIVERSARY
REPETITION OF MARRIAGE VOWS AT CHURCH, AFTERWARDS A
BIG DINNER WITH SILVER DECORATIONS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
25TH ANNIVERSARY ; GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
IT IS A CUSTOM TO GIVE SOMETHING SILVER IN RECOGNITION
OF AN OCCASION MARKING 25 YEARS.
E.G. 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY; 25 YEARS BEING A PRIEST.
IT IS THE CUSTOM TO GIVE SOMETHING GOLD IN RECOGNITION
OF AN OCCASION MARKING 50 YEARS:
E.G. 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY; 50 YEARS AT ONE COMPANY
(GOLD WATCH).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
MEXICAN FEASTDAY CELEBRATIONS
IF A GIRL HAS A STEADY (BOYFRIEND), OR A MOTHER HAS AN
OLDER SON, ON THEIR FEASTDAY THE BOYS COME TO THEIR
WINDOWS AT NIGHT AFTER THEY'VE GONE TO BED TO SERENADE
THEM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT MENTIONED THIS HAPPENED MOSTLY IN SMALL TOWNS
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
ANNIVERSARY
THE BRIDE AND GROOM SAVE THE TOP LAYER OF THEIR WEDDING
CAKE BY FREEZING IT. THEY THEN EAT THIS LAYER ON THEIR
FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wedding cake CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |