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ONE HUNGARIAN BURIAL CUSTOM IS FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED TO PLACE SOME SMALL
PERSONAL TRINKET IN THE CASKET.
Submitter comment:
DIANE'S RELATIVES ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE ARE HUNGARIAN
AND SHE HAS SEEN THIS CUSTOM OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
ALL SAINTS EVE
ON ALL SAINTS EVE SHE ALWAYS LIGHTS A CANDLE SO THAT
ALL THE SPIRITS OF RELATIVES WILL RETURN.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS DID THIS AND NOW IT IS
PASSED ON IN MY FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
IRISH AND POLISH FUNERAL CUSTOMS
BOTH SIDES OF MY FAMILY HANDLE FUNERALS ESPECIALLY
POST FUNERAL ACTIVITY IN THE SAME MANNER. THE FUNERAL
IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY A SEMI-FESTIVE BANQUET WITH PLENTY
OF BEER AND LIQUOR. REGARDLESS OF THE AGE OF THE
DECEASED OR THE MANNER OF DEATH, IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME.
THE BODY IS NO LONGER LAID OUT AT HOME THOUGH AND THE
BANQUET HELD IN A RENTED HALL. FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, I
SUPPOSE, UNTIL EVERYBODY GETS THERE, WE DO NOTHING BUT
DRINK. THEN WE EAT, USUALLY THE SAME FARE WE WOULD
FIND AT A WEDDING. LATELY CATERERS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED
FOR THE FOOD, WHEREAS WOMEN OF THE FAMILY OR NEIGHBORS
USED TO FURNISH THE FOOD. THE LAST FUNERAL I ATTENDED
WAS A 9:00 A.M. MASS. WE GOT TO THE HALL ABOUT 11:00
A.M. WE LEFT THE HALL AT 5:30 P.M. WE SPENT THE
AFTERNOON AS IF WE WERE AT A WEDDING, EXCEPT THERE WAS
NO DANCING. IF THERE HAD BEEN DANCING, THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN NO WAY FOR AN INTRUDER TO KNOW WE WERE HAVING
A FUNERAL BANQUET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FUNERAL CUSTOM--NEGRO AND POLISH
THE INFORMANT, A LIFE-LONG FRIEND OF MINE, AND A
SUCCESSFUL SUPERVISOR IN PUBLIC UTILITIES WAS
COMMENTING ON THE WAY HE WAS LATE FOR OUR MONTHLY
BRIDGE GAME. IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF THE MEN AT THE OFFICE,
A SUBORDINATE, HAD DIED AND HE REPRESENTED THE COMPANY AT
THE FUNERAL PARLOR. MERELY IN PASSING, HE SAID THAT HE
SAW SOMETHING AT THE FUNERAL PARLOR WHICH REALLY SHOCKED
HIM. THE DECEASED WAS A NEGRO AND MY FRIEND HAD NEVER
ATTENDED A NEGRO WAKE BEFORE. WHAT BOTHERED HIM THE MOST
WAS THE NEGRO CUSTOM OF KISSING THE DECEDENT BEFORE THE
LID ON THE CASKET IS CLOSED. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN
BEING PRIVY TO THIS STRANGE "FOLKWAYS," KNOWING THAT
WE, HIS FRIENDS, HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR
SITUATION. HOWEVER, I FELT IT MY DUTY TO INFORM HIM
THAT THE KISSING OF THE DEAD BODY WAS NOT EXCLUSIVELY
A NEGRO CUSTOM. IN MY FAMILY WHEN WE ALL LINE UP FOR
A LAST LOOK AT THE DECEDENT, WE AT LEAST TOUCH THE HAND
OF THE BODY AND SEVERAL IF NOT MANY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY
KISS THE FACE OR THE HAND. THIS PRACTICE HAS BEEN
DISCOURAGED IN MORE RECENT YEARS BUT FUNERAL DIRECTORS
ARE REALLY POWERLESS TO PREVENT IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
AS THE CORTEGE ARRIVES AT THE GRAVE SITE, THE CASKET IS
PLACED IN POSITION TO BE LOWERED. EACH PARTICIPANT IS
GIVEN A SINGLE FLOWER FROM THE VARIOUS BASKETS BROUGHT
FROM THE FUNERAL PARLOR. AFTER THE PRIEST GIVES A
BLESSING THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR THANKS EVERYBODY FOR
THEIR COOPERATION AND THEN IF THE DECEDENT IS POLISH,
THE "VITI KROWLEVA" IS SUNG. (THAT IS A PHONETIC
SPELLING). THE "VITI," AS IT IS CALLED, IS THE POLISH
VERSION OF "HAIL HOLY QUEEN." IT IS A CHARMING,
HAUNTING, PLEADING MELODY WHICH USUALLY PRODUCES MUCH
WAILING AND FAINTING AMONG THOSE CLOSE TO THE DECEDENT.
THE "VITI" HAS BEEN DISCOURAGED IN RECENT YEARS FOR
SEVERAL REASONS; IT PRODUCES TOO MUCH EMOTIONAL IMPACT,
LEADING AS I SAID TO FAINTING AND SOMETIMES HYSTERIA; THE
WOMEN WHO USUALLY BEGIN THE SONG HAVE DIED OFF AND THE
YOUNGER GENERATION OF WOMEN WHO MIGHT KNOW THE SONG ARE
RELUCTANT TO BEGIN SINGING; VERY FEW MEMBERS OF MY
GENERATION KNOW ENOUGH OF THE WORDS TO JOIN IN. AFTER
THE "VITI" HAS ENDED AND THE WOMEN ARE REVIVED, THE
GUESTS FILE PAST THE CASKET AND DEPOSIT THE SINGLE
FLOWER UPON IT. OPPOSITE THE BEREAVED, THE PALLBEARERS
STAND UNTIL ALL HAVE LEFT, THEN THEY DEPOSIT THEIR
FLOWER AND THEIR GRAY GLOVES ON THE CASKET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MOSLEM BURIAL
DURING WORLD WAR II THE AMERICANS FOUGHT THE GERMANS
AND ITALIANS IN NORTH AFRICA. THE MOSLEMS WERE CAPTURED
BY OUR ENEMIES AND MADE TO FIGHT US. THESE MOSLEMS HAD
A UNIQUE WAY OF BURYING THEIR DEAD: THEY DUG A HOLE
ABOUT FOUR FEET DEEP AND STOOD THE CORPSE UP ON ITS
FEET, THEN BURIED HIM COMPLETELY, LEAVING HIS CHEST
ON UP ABOVE THE GROUND LEVEL. THE REST OF THE CORPSE
WAS COVERED BY A MOUNT OF DIRT. WHEN IT RAINED VERY
HARD, THE GROUND WOULD WASH AWAY AND UPPER PART OF THE
CORPSES WERE VISIBLE, MAKING A VERY GORY SIGHT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME AT OUR HOUSE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
MOURNING FOR THE DEAD WAS A VERY SERIOUS THING IN MY LIFE.
IF A RELATIVE, A CLOSE ONE ESPECIALLY, DIED, WE WERE
FORBIDDEN TO GO TO THE MOVIES OR LISTEN TO THE RADIO FOR
SIX MONTHS, AND MY MOTHER WOULD WEAR BLACK AND THE
CHILDREN WOULD WEAR A BLACK BAND SEWN ON THEIR COATS
FOR A YEAR.
Submitter comment:
IN MY CASE, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF ABOUT FIVE YEARS WHEN
AT LEAST HALF OF THE TIME THERE WAS NO RADIO PLAYING
AT OUR HOUSE AND WE CHILDREN DIDN'T GO TO THE MOVIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-17-1965
LEBANESE WAKES
THE WAKES WERE ALWAYS AT A HALL. AT THE WAKES, THE
MOURNERS WOULD STAY ALL NIGHT AT THE HALL; THERE WERE
ALWAYS WAILERS--DIFFERENT WOMEN WOULD BEGIN WAILING
AND LAMENT THE (DEATH) OF THE RECENT BELOVED. MOST
OF THE MOURNERS THEN WOULD TAKE UP THE CHANT OF THE
ORIGINAL WAILER AND WAIL.
Submitter comment: HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS DID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
MOURNING DRESS: WE WERE ALWAYS TO WEAR BLACK AT WAKES
AND FUNERALS. THE WIDOWS WORE BLACK AND A BLACK VEIL
FOR ONE FULL YEAR. THE WIDOWERS WORE A BLACK BAND ON
THEIR SLEEVES, INDICATING THEIR MOURNING.
Submitter comment: COMMON PRACTICE AMONG FRIENDS AND RELATIVES AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
BURIAL CUSTOM OF NAVAL AIRFORCE
IN THE NAVAL AIRFORCE A SQUADRON IS USUALLY MADE UP OF
FOUR OR FIVE PLANES. WHEN ONE OF THE MEMBERS DIES, THE
OTHERS FLY OVER THE BURIAL SERVICE IN FORMATION, MINUS
THE DECEASED MEMBER LEAVING AN EMPTY PLACE IN THE
FORMATION.
Submitter comment:
TOLD AT WHITEHEAD AND KALES MILL STREET PLANT AND NOTED
ON ALL TV STATIONS AT FUNERALS OF THE ASTRONAUTS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; WORK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
INDIAN BURIAL PRACTICE
MR. HUMFREVILLE REPORTS THAT THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO
WRAP THEIR DEAD IN ANIMAL HIDES AND PLACE THEM HIGH
IN TREES. THEN THEY WOULD KILL ALL THE ANIMALS WHICH
BELONGED TO THE DEAD PERSON AND LEAVE THEM UNDER THE
TREE.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN BURIAL PRAYER
MR. HUMFREVILLE REPORTS THAT WHEN THE DAUGHTER OF "SPOTTED
TAIL" DIED, SHE WAS BURIED HIGH ON A SCAFFOLD. AFTERWARDS
HER BODY WAS PLACED IN THE GROUND (A CUSTOM WHICH WAS
RARE) AND A SIOUX INDIAN WHO WAS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
SAID THIS PRAYER OVER HER BODY: "WE BURY YOUR BODY AS
THE SUN GOES DOWN AND AS THE SUN RISES IN THE MORNING,
SO YOUR SPIRIT WILL GO TO OUR GREAT CREATOR WITH THE
RISES OF THE SUN, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SPIRIT LAND,
AND THERE KEEP YOU UNTIL ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SHALL JOIN YOU. YOU WILL BE IN LIFE AGAIN WITH THEM,
AND LIVE FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT WANT OR CARE."
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIOUX BURIAL PRACTICE
THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO BURY THEIR DEAD WITH LARGE
QUANTITIES OF FOOD SO THAT THE PERSON WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH TO EAT ON THE WAY TO THE "HAPPY HUNTING GROUND."
IF ASKED WHY THE FOOD WAS NOT CONSUMED, THEY WOULD
MERELY ANSWER THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY ATE THE
SPIRIT OF THE FOOD. THUS NEITHER THE BODY OR THE FOOD
DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE INDIANS BURIED THEIR DEAD WITH THEIR MOUTH OPEN IN
ORDER TO LET OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS. THIS IS WHY
THE INDIANS FEARED HANGING SO MUCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1966
TO KILL A SNAKE
I HAVE LONG HAD A KIND OF DREAD FEAR OF SNAKES, ANY KIND
OF SNAKE. I'M SURE THAT MY FEAR WAS NOT HELPED OUT BY
SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNEW. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD BY A
CERTAIN MR. H., WHOSE OPINION I RESPECTED VERY HIGHLY AT
THE TIME, THAT REGARDLESS WHAT YOU DID TO TRY TO KILL
A SNAKE, IT WOULD NEVER DIE UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN.
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE MY HORROR AS I WOULD TRY DESPERATELY
TO KILL LITTLE GARTER SNAKES THAT I FOUND. I WOULD HACK
THEM INTO LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PIECES AND THEN STAND
BACK FEARFULLY AS I WAITED FOR THE DISMEMBERED
PIECES OF SNAKE TO REGROUP ITSELF AND ATTACK ME. AND
EVEN THOUGH NONE OF THEM EVER DID, I STILL RETURNED TO
THE SCENE OF MY ENCOUNTER, RIGHT AFTER SUNSET. I NO
LONGER BELIEVE IN THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
GOERGE WASHINGTON DIED FROM HAVING TOO MUCH BLOOD
WITHDRAWN FROM HIM BY BLOOD SUCKERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-24-1967
CONTRARY TO WESTERN CUSTOM, WEARING BLACK IN MORUNING,
THE CHINESE WEAR WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
IN EAST INDIA THE CUSTOM OF CREMATING THE REMAINS OF THE
DECEASED IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HOWEVER, YEARS AGO WHEN
THE BODY WAS PLACED ON THE FLAMING PYRE, THE FAITHFUL
WIFE WOULD SHOW HER UNDYING DEVOTION BY JUMPING ONTO
THE PYRE. ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO
WAS AT THAT TIME ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, ACTUALLY
SAW SUCH A DEATH CEREMONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
WHEN A DEATH OCCURS IN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY, THE
DECEASED MUST BE BURIED BEFORE SUNDOWN OF FRIDAY OF
THE SAME WEEK, SO THAT BUSINESS WILL NOT INTERFERE
WITH THE SABBATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
AMONG ORTHODOX JEWRY IT IS CUSTOM TO BURY THE DECEASED
EXACTLY AS HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, I.E., WITH NEITHER
MORE NOR LESS THAN WHAT HE HAD AT BIRTH. THE NUDE
BODY OF THE DECEASED IS WRAPPED IN A SHROUD, CALLED
A "WINDING SHEET," AND BURIED IN A PLAIN WOODEN
COFFIN. CENTURIES AGO, HOWEVER, THE DECEASED WAS NOT
PLACED IN A COFFIN, BUT LAID TO REST IN THE SHROUD.
THIS CUSTOM PERTAINS ONLY TO ORTHODOX JEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967