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IF YOU COOK WHOLE LEAF GREENS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU WILL GET A LOT
OF MONEY IN THE NEW YEAR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
DON'T LET A WOMAN IN YOUR HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S BECAUSE SHE WILL BRING
BAD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-05-1980
GEORGIA CHRISTMAS TREE CUSTOM
"IT WAS BAD LUCK TO HAVE YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE
UP AFTER NEW YEAR'S EVE"
Where learned: OHIO ; FLORIDA ; ALLIANCE ; EUSTIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-13-1980 ; 00001920S
GEORGIA NEW YEAR'S DAY CUSTOM
"WE'D ALWAYS EAT BLACK EYED PEAS FOR DINNER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY,
SERVED EITHER WITH HAM OR HOG JOWLS, BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING
GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEXT YEAR".
Where learned: OHIO ; FLORIDA ; ALLIANCE ; EUSTIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-13-1980 ; 00001920S
ALABAMA NEW YEAR'S DAY CUSTOM
"THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE SHOULD NEVER DO THE WASH
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING ILLNESS TO
A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
NEW YEAR'S DINNER
THE GREEK NEW YEAR'S FEAST IS SYMBOLIC OF PROSPERITY AND
GOOD FORTUNE.
IT IS ONE TO BE SHARED BY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS IN OPEN HOUSE FASHION.
THE TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR'S DINNER CONSISTS OF SHRIMP COCKTAIL, CELERY
HEARTS, GREEN ONIONS, CUCUMBER SLICES, ROAST SUCKLING PIG AND
PASTISIO.
Submitter comment:
THE GREEK PEOPLE CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S DAY A LOT MORE THAN WE DO.
DOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1980
NEW YEAR'S DREAMS
IN POLAND, IT IS A BELIEF THAT IF YOU DREAM ABOUT MARRYING A
PERSON THREE DAYS IN A ROW; ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, NEW YEAR'S DAY,
AND THE DAY AFTER, YOU WILL MARRY THAT PERSON BEFORE THE NEXT
YEAR COMES.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS ONE POINT TO BE MENTIONED IN REGARDS TO NEW YEAR'S EVE.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SPIRITS ARE RESTLESS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND
THEY WANDER IN AND OUT OF HOUSES. THEREFORE, ON THAT DAY,
POLES ARE CAREFUL NOT TO WAVE SHARP OBJECTS IN THE AIR SUCH AS;
KNIVES, SCISSORS, AND PENCILS, SO AS NOT TO INJURE A SPIRIT AND
GIVE HIM CAUSE TO BE ANGRY WITH THEIR HOUSEHOLD. ALSO, THE POLES
WOULD LEAVE PLATES OF FOOD NEXT TO EMPTY CHAIRS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF
THE HOUSE. IF THEY WOULD DO THESE THINGS, THEY THOUGHT THE SPIRITS
WOULD THEN FEEL FREE TO BLESS THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Date learned: 00-00-1978
NEW YEAR'S CRYING
IT IS A POLISH BELIEF THAT IF YOU CRY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU WILL
CRY EVERYDAY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
NOTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR SETTING A
PATTERN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR MANY POLISH
NEW YEAR'S BELIEFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IF YOU GET SLAPPED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GETTING
IN TROUBLE, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE IN TROUBLE EVERY DAY
DAY OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN FAMILY AS A CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF A BOY IS THE FIRST TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR LONG. IF A
GIRL ENTERS FIRST, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MRS. SULLIVAN HEARD THIS IN COUNTY CLAIR, IRELAND
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-29-1963
IF YOU DRINK CHAMPAGNE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE STROKE
OF TWELVE AND BEGIN TO BURP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, BAD
LUCK IS LEAVING YOUR BODY FOREVER.
Submitter comment: MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
TAKE THE CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN BY NEW YEAR'S EVE,
OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED THIS FROM HER ENGLISH-BORN
HUSBAND AND STILL PRACTICES IT TODAY.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
FIRST FOOTING
THE FIRST PERSON HOME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY PRESENTS A GIFT
TO THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE SO THEY WILL
HAVE GOOD BOUNTY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS CUSTOM IN HIS NATIVE
SCOTLAND AS A CHILD, ABOUT 1899. HE WAS BORN NEAR
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. THE CUSTOM (AT LEAST THE
SAYING OF IT) IS STILL KNOWN IN HIS FAMILY IN THE
UNITED STATES. MR. MALLINSON LIVES IN GARY,
INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 12-25-1963
EAT CABBAGE OR SAUERKRAUT ON NEW YEAR'S FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IF YOU PUT MONEY ON THE WINDOW SILL ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
YOU'LL HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR--YOU'LL NEVER BE
BROKE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS WHO RETAIN THE PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
SOME FRIENDS OF OURS, MR. AND MRS. ED GERRY, ALWAYS
SPEND THE FEW MINUTES BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW YEAR
IN THEIR OWN HOME. THEY LEFT OUR PARTY LAST YEAR
AT 11:40 AND WERE BACK AT 12:20. AND THERE WAS SOME-
THING ABOUT MONEY INVOLVED THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER--
MAYBE THAT THEY DIDN'T PASS MONEY DURING THAT TIME.
Submitter comment:
HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN 1964-5 IN DETROIT,
MICHIGAN. MR. YOUNT'S BROTHER, WALTER, TOLD ME HE
BELIEVED THIS WAS A PRACTICE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
GERMAN PEOPLE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF GREEN STUFF
(VEGETABLES) ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD HEALTH:
CABBAGE, PEPPERS, PICKLES, CELERY, SPINACH, LETTUCE,
AND SAUERKRAUT.
ALSO, THEY HOLD MONEY IN THEIR HAND AT 12:00 ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE. IF THE KIDS ARE IN BED, THEY WAKE THEM
UP AS IT WOULDN'T WORK IF IT WAS JUST IN YOUR POCKET.
THEY DO IT FOR A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HIM BY JOE KELLER FROM HUNTINGTON, WEST
VIRGINIA, WHO NOW WORKS WITH HIM IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-18-1965
WE ALWAYS HAVE SAUERKRAUT AND CORNED BEEF ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY. IT'S AS MUCH A TRADITION AS HAM ON EASTER
AND TURKEY ON CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING.
Submitter comment: FAMILY TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- P552 |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
WE ALWAYS HAD SAUERKRAUT AND PORK ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: PRACTICE AT HOME IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
GERMAN TRADITION, GOOD LUCK FOR NEW YEAR
SAUERKRAUT AND ROAST PORK ON NEW YEARS'. THE PIG
BEING A SMART ANIMAL, ALWAYS POINTS HIS NOSE IN
THE "RIGHT" DIRECTION, WHICH IS A SIGN OF GOOD
LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: WHITEHEAD AND KALES ; MILL STREET PLANT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-21-1967