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ON THE FEAST OF ST. BLAZE, CATHOLICS GET THEIR THROATS
BLESSED IN ORDER TO BE PROTECTED FROM CHOKING OR RECEIVING
ANY INJURY TO THEIR THROAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CANDLES ; ST. BLAISE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-08-1985
IT IS SAID THAT WHEN A HEAVY RAINSTORM COMES, IT IS ST. PETER
CRYING AT HEAVEN'S GATE. IF YOU WANT THE RAIN TO STOP, YOU
MUST WALK OUT INTO THE RAIN, HOLD OUT YOUR ARMS IN SUPPLICATION,
AND ASK ST. PETER TO STOP THE RAIN.
Submitter comment:
I WAS IN THE GARAGE WITH MY GRANDFATHER AND TWO OF HIS
FRIENDS WHEN IT STARTED TO THUNDERSTORM. ONE OF HIS FRIENDS
TOLD ME THE ABOVE STORY. I TRIED IT, BUT IT FAILED TO WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
On the feast of St. Barbara (Dec.4), artillerymen wear
red socks.
Submitter comment:
Ray was not sure how this custom came into being, but says
that St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillerymen. Perhaps
because she is the saint to be prayed to for protection from
lightening and fire, the artillerymen feel that she has an
affinity with the explosive power of their weapons.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
Keyword(s): Military, soldiers
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
If you are having trouble selling your house, bury a
statue of St. Joseph, head-down and facing the rear of
the house, until your house is sold. Afterwards you
dig the statue up and permanently display it in a place
of honor in your new home.
Submitter comment:
This belief was heard from Maryann's sister, Leda, who
was having trouble selling her condominium. Leda's real
estate agent suggested that she try this. Within the
month Leda's condo was sold, and now the statue of St.
Joseph is on the mantlepiece of her new home. This
superstition is, evidently, very widely held by Italians.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Rogers Park
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Good luck Objects BELIEF -- Conversions |
If you say a prayer to St. Anthony when you lose something,
he will help you to find it.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Leisner really believes this to be true. Many times
as a young girl I witnessed my mother performing this
ritual, and even now we always know when she has lost
something when we hear her say "St. Anthony help me!"
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): intercession
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00001930S
If someone wants to sell a house and aren't getting
too many offers, bury a statue of St. Joseph in the
backyard. The house will be sold. My boyfriend's
mother did this and their house was sold in a week.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
On the day of an outside party, hang a rosary on
a tree. This will be a token of good luck so that
it doesn't rain. My friend's mother did on the
day of her daughter's graduation party--it did not rain.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-16-1990
On Christmas Eve, we always open our gifts that were brought
by the Christ Child, not Santa.
Submitter comment: This has been a tradition and a belief in our family.
Where learned: HUNGARY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001940S
St. Nicholas Day
The night before December 6th, polish your shoes and put them
in front of your bedroom door. St. Nicholas will come and put
cookies, walnuts, oranges, chocolate, sticks, and coal in your
shoes. The coal is given if you are a bad person or did something
bad.
Submitter comment:
My mother learned this from her parents in the 40s, and now
it's a custom in our family.
Where learned: HUNGARY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001940S
On January first, Greeks celebrate what is known as St. Basil's
Day. It is the equivalent of Christmas here. It begins at twelve
o'clock midnight on December 31. "Vasilopita" - St Basil's Bread - is
served. Baked in the sweet bread is a single gold coin. The person to
receive the slice of sweet bread with the coin is said to have good
luck for the duration of the year. Presents are distributed. Then
snacks and drinks are served to all because in Greece there is no
certain age that must be attained before one is allowed to drink
alcohol.
Submitter comment: St. Basil is the equivalent of Santa Claus.
Where learned: GREECE
Keyword(s): holiday
James Callow Keyword(s): drinking age
Date learned: 00001945CA
It is Greek belief that if one misplaces something from as small
as a ring to as large as a missing child, it can be relocated by
baking an offering known as a "Fanouropita" to St. Fanourio.
(Fanouropita means Bread of St. Fanourio.) Then taking the offering
and donating it to a church. The missing object is then said to
mysteriously turn up.
Where learned: GREECE
James Callow Keyword(s): compare St. Anthony
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Lighting candles for Blessed Lady and other Saints
My mother used to have statues of the Blessed Mother, Joseph,
Anthony, the Madonna, etc, that were about six or seven feet tall.
They were the same size statues as one would find in a Church. We
used to light a candle in front of the Saints and then say a
prayer to that patron Saint in order to help us. We usually
prayed for the health of our family, grades in school, the
happiness of our family, etc. The only two things my mother
always told me to remember were that the prayers would only work
if we prayed for family members, and that we must have a whole-
hearted belief in our faith or the prayers could not work.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; Carlstadt
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1924
Polish Birthday Celebration
It was the custom in Poland, and in some families still exists,
that a birth day is not celebrated. The celebration is for the
feast day of the saint after whom the person was named. For
example, if a boy is named Joseph, he would celebrate St. Joseph's
feast day.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 03-00-1992
Many Irish people climb the mountain Crogh Patrick for penance
on St Patrick's Day. Some of the older generation still climb the
mountain in their bare feet as was traditional. Climbing Crogh
Patrick is done to celebrate St. Patrick's bringing of
Christianity to Ireland.
Where learned: IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Martin Luther King Holiday
This holiday (the 3rd Monday of January) was passed in honor
of a man (born January 15, 1929) who stood for peace and equality
for all. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee (1968) at the
age of 39. It is the first legal holiday honoring a Black or
Afro-American. In 1986, the automotive industry started
celebrating the Monday following Easter (called "Easter Monday")
as its holiday honoring Dr. King. As of this year (1992), the
automotive industry has two "paid holidays" honoring Dr. King.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Black History
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Winter CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Secular hero |
When I was younger it was always a tradition, among the Poles
in Detroit especially, that the day after Christmas, St. Stephen's
Day, a person would take nuts and throw it at another person.
This was done as a greeting in the morning. The symbolism of this
tradition was to remember that St. Stephen was stoned to
death.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
On December 5th, the eve to St. Nicholas Day, I would put my
shoes by the front door in hopes that St. Nicholas would leave me
a present as he passed by my home. I always remember getting a
small present that I wanted or best of all some money. It was
exciting to wake up and find what I thought then was enough money
to make me the richest girl in the world, a lot of pennies,
nickels, dimes, and quarters. My parents warned us that if we were
not good St. Nicholas would only leave a piece of straw or a stick.
I was lucky to have always received a present; however, I remember
my older sister getting only a stick in her shoe. I knew then that
my parents were telling us the absolute truth. I hope to continue
this Polish tradition someday with my children.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Saint Nicholas Eve
December 5 is Saint Nick's Eve. Saint Nicholas used to visit
the people in towns and gave dowry money to the poor so the girls
could get married (gold coins). So now, we put our shoes by the
front door so St. Nicholas will bring us gold-foil-covered
chocolate coins, candy canes, and a small toy, pen or pencil.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001960'S
When you want to sell your house, you should bury a statue (or
small figure) of Saint Francis in the backyard so you can sell your
house.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001950S
At the Jewish Passover meal, the Jewish people leave an empty
chair for the prophet Elijah, in case he happens to come by.
Submitter comment:
From being a Girl Scout Leader, my mom had to do research on a
different country every year, and she remembered this little fact
from one of those years.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001980'S