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IF YOU BURY A PERSON WITHOUT SHOES, THEY WILL COME
BACK AND HAUNT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
POLISH CUSTOM
IN A POLISH FUNERAL A PIECE OF BREAD IS ALWAYS PUT INTO
THE COFFIN FOR THE PERSON TO EAT ON HIS JOURNEY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM FOR MANY
YEARS IN HER FAMILY AND IS ALWAYS OBSERVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
ITALIANS
SOME ITALIANS PUT MONEY INTO THE POCKETS OF THEIR
DECEASED ONE, SO HE WILL NOT GO TO HEAVEN PENNILESS.
Submitter comment: TRAVELLED
Where learned: OFFICE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
AMERICAN INDIANS HAD THE BURIAL CUSTOM OF PLACING
PENNIES OVER THE EYES OF THEIR DEAD.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN THE DECEASED IS LAID OUT IN THE COFFIN, BEFORE
THE COFFIN LID IS CLOSED, A THIN SCARF IS PLACED
OVER THE FACE SO THE DAMPNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
AS THE PERSON "TRAVELS" TO HEAVEN WON'T BE TOO
HARSH ON HIM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
POLISH CUSTOM
IN A POLISH FUNERAL IT IS THE CUSTOM TO BURY A CANDLE
WITH THE PERSON IN ORDER TO LIGHT THE WAY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A VERY POPULAR CUSTOM AMONG THE POLISH PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
POLISH CUSTOM
A PIECE OF SILVER SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE COFFIN SO THAT
THE DEAD PERSON MAY PAY HIS WAY TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
IRISH SUPERSTITION
THE IRISH BELIEVED THAT SOMEONE MUST STAY AWAKE ALL
NIGHT WITH THE DEAD PERSON AT A WAKE. THEY STAYED
UP ALL NIGHT AND CELEBRATED BY DRINKING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
PURGATORY SUFFERING
THE PURPOSE OF WAILING AND CRYING AT FUNERALS IS THE
FACT THAT THE DECEASED WILL NOT SUFFER AS MUCH
IN PURGATORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
THE HAUNTING HUSBAND
IF A WIDOW DOESN'T SHOW RESPECT FOR HER DECEASED
HUSBAND AT HIS FUNERAL, (SUCH AS CRYING AND PRAYING)
HE WILL HAUNT HER FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
GERMAN CUSTOM
IT IS A GERMAN CUSTOM THAT IF A PERSON DIES, ONLY ONE
PERSON STAYED UP ALL NIGHT WITH THE CORPSE. THE
CLOCK WAS STOPPED AT DEATH TIME AND ALL MIRRORS
WERE COVERED.
Data entry tech comment: JEWISH?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
FRENCH CANADIAN CUSTOM
WHEN THERE IS A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, ALL CLOTHES
INCLUDING UNDER CLOTHES ARE DYEDBLACK AND ARE WORN FOR
A PERIOD OF A MONTH, EXCLUDING THE WIDOW OR WIDOWER,
WHO WEARS IT FOR A PERIOD OF A YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAVAJO INDIAN CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES, A HOLE IS CUT IN THE NORTH SIDE
OF THE HOGAN AND THEY ARE CARRIED OUT. THE HOGAN
IS THEN BURNT.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH, IF IT OCCURS IN THE HOUSE, ONE
OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE DECEASED MUST OPEN THE WINDOW
TO LET THE SOUL OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS PRACTICED IN THE LAST
GENERATION OF HER FAMILY AND SHE HEARD OF THE PRACTICE
FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IRISH CUSTOM
IN IRISH HOMES, WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THE WINDOWS ARE
OPENED TO LET THE DEAD SPIRIT OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Where learned: PARTY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
WHEN A PERSON IS DYING ALL THE DOORS SHOULD BE OPENED
TO ALLOW THE SOUL OF THE DYING PERSON TO LEAVE
PEACEFULLY AND QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS SEEN HIS PARENTS DO THIS WHEN SOMEONE
DIED IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
THERE IS A BELIEF AMONG UKRAINIAN WHICH CONSISTS OF
THE FOLLOWING: WHEN A CASKET IS BEING TAKEN OUT
OF THE HOUSE FOR BURIAL, IT SHOULD BE CARRIED ONLY
THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR. IF THE CASKET IS CARRIED
THROUGH ANY OTHER DOOR, SOMEONE ELSE FROM THAT
FAMILY WILL DIE SHORTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
CANADIAN SUPERSTITION
PEOPLE IN ALASKA AND CANADA WANT TO BE BURIED WITH
THEIR HEAD TO THE NORTH. THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE
MAGNETIC REVERSAL IF THEY WERE OTHERWISE BURIED.
Where learned: OHIO ; ALASKA ; TOLEDO ; CANADA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
HUI HOUSE
THE MAORIS PEOPLE BELIEVED STRONGLY IN THE SPIRIT AND FOR
THIS REASON THEY ONLY HAD ONE DOOR IN THEIR MEETING
HOUSES (HUI HOUSE) ALWAYS OPENING TO THE NORTH SO
THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PERSON WOULD GO DIRECTLY
NORTH TO THE ANCESTRAL BURIAL GROUND. THE HUI HOUSE
WOULD BE COMPARED TO OUR FUNERAL HOMES. WHEN SOMEONE
DIES IN A MAORI VILLAGE IN NEW ZEALAND (MAORI PA) THEY
BRING THE BODY TO THE MEETING HOUSE, WHERE IT IS
LAID IN THE CENTER OF THE END WALL, FACING NORTH. THE
NEXT OF KIN REST CLOSE TO THE DEAD PERSON. AFTER THE
FUNERAL THE PEOPLE RETURN TO THE MEETING HOUSE AND
THE NEXT OF KIN MUST SLEEP AT LEAST ONE NIGHT IN THE
PLACE WHERE THE DEAD PERSON HAD LAIN. THE SHOVELS
WHICH WERE USED TO DIG THE GRAVE ARE PUT INTO RUNNING
WATER FOR A FEW DAYS TO CLEAN THEM FROM THE BAD SPIRIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECALLS A NATIVE BORROWING SHOVELS FROM THE
SISTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKED UPON AS BEING
"TAPOON" OR HOLY AND THEN THEIR SHOVELS WOULDN'T
NEED TO BE PURIFIED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
SLEEPIN' IN THE SOUTH
THE JAPANESE BURY THEIR DEAD FACING NORTH. BECAUSE
OF THIS, THEY WILL NOT PUT THE HEAD OF THEIR BEDS
IN THAT DIRECTION. YOU SEE, THEY DO NOT WANT TO
SLEEP THE WAY THEY WILL LIE WHEN THEY ARE DEAD.
Submitter comment:
MRS. DOI, WHO IS JAPANESE, INHERITED THIS BELIEF
FROM HER ANCESTORS, AND ADHERES TO ITS DICTATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-03-1964