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NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
HANSEL MONDAY - FIRST MONDAY OF THE NEW YEAR IN IRELAND.
ADULTS GIVE A GIFT OF MONEY TO CHILDREN AND DO NOT ASK FOR ANYTHING
IN RETURN. GOOD LUCK TO GIVE AND RECEIVE.
Submitter comment:
NORWEGIAN ORIGIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-30-1972
CHRISTMAS
GREEKS BELIEVE THAT BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND TWELFTH NIGHT BAD
SPIRITS ARE OUT WALKING AROUND. TO WARD
OFF THE BAD SPIRITS THEY PUT A CROSS IN CANDLE SMOKE OVER THEIR DOORWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 11-28-1972
JAPANESE FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY,
THE BOYS IN JAPAN FLY KITES (TAKOAGE). I DID THIS WHEN I WAS A
BOY AND SO DID MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR MANY,
MANY YEARS. FLYING KITES MEANS HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Date learned: 02-04-1968
JAPANESE FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY,
THE GIRLS IN JAPAN PLAY SHUTTLECOCK (HANETSUKI) WHICH IS A
POPULAR OUTDOOR GAME SINCE MANY YEARS LONG AGO IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Date learned: 02-04-1968
JAPANESE FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY,
THE PEOPLE EAT RICE CAKE SOUP (OZONI) SITTING IN FRONT OF THE
ALCOVE (TOCONOMA) WHICH IS DECORATED WITH LARGE RICE CAKES AND
OTHER SYMBOLS OF GOOD OMEN.
Submitter comment:
(AT HOME)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Date learned: 02-04-1968
JAPANESE FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY,
THE OLD PEOPLE VISIT THEIR FAVORITE SHRINE TO PRAY FOR GOOD FORTUNE
FOR THE FORTHCOMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39815 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39816 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.101 BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
JAPANESE FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY,
JAPANESE PEOPLE YOUNG AND OLD PLAY INDOOR GAMES OF CARDS
(KARUTATORI) AT THEIR HOMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Date learned: 02-04-1968
CUSTOM
THE NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED FOR 7 DAYS IN JAPAN. DURING THIS TIME,
GREETING CALLS ARE MADE ON FAMILY FRIENDS, AND EACH ENTERTAINS THE
OTHER WITH ELABORATE AND TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR DISHES WHICH ARE ALL
PREPARED BY THE NEW YEAR AND CONTAINED IN TRADITIONAL LACQUERED
BOXES. LITTLE BOYS FLY PAINTED KITES; GIRLS PLAY BATTLEDORE AND
SHUTTLECOCK, WHILE AT SOCIAL GATHERINGS (WHERE BOYS AND GIRLS,
UNTIL THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION, PLAYED TOGETHER IN AN OTHERWISE
SEGREGATED SOCIETY) POEM CARD GAMES ARE PLAYED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT GREW UP IN JAPAN BEFORE THE END OF WORLD WAR II.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): VISITING
Date learned: 08-01-1964
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
BEGINNING THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS UNTIL THE FEAST OF THREE KINGS,
CHILDREN IN POLAND WOULD GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE CAROLING. THE OLDER
"KOLEDNIKI" WOULD DRESS AS ANGELS, DEVILS, MULES, ETC., AND THEY
USUALLY RECEIVE DONATIONS OF MONEY. THE YOUNGER ONES WOULD
USUALLY RECEIVE EITHER A SCOOP OF WHEAT, RYE OR OATS WHICH THEY WOULD
TAKE TO THE STORE AND REDEEM FOR MONEY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S CHILDREN IN THEIR YOUTH DID PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM
IN THIS COUNTRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST
Keyword(s): MUMMING
Date learned: 02-07-1971
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND JANUARY 6 (THE OFFICIAL FEAST DAY OF THE
WISEMEN), POLISH PEOPLE, IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE THE VISITION OF THE
WISEMEN TO CHRIST, CHALK THE FRONT DOORS OF THEIR HOMES WITH THE
LETTERS K, M, AND B. THESE INITIALS SIGNIFY THE NAMES OF THE MAGI:
KASPAR, MELCHIOR, AND BALTHASAR. THE INITIALS ARE ALSO A SIGN OF THE
POLISH FAMILY'S WELCOMING ANY VISITORS WHO WISH TO STOP IN DURING THE
THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. ALSO BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND JAN. 6, FIVE OR SIX
MEN DRESS UP IN WISEMAN COSTUMES AND PARADE DOWN THE STREETS. THEY
USUALLY CARRY THE HEAD OF A BEAR CARVED OUT OF WOOD. THIS HEAD IS
MOUNTED ON A LONG STICK AND HELD UP BY ONE OF THE MEN. THE LOWER
CHIN OF THE BEAR HEAD IS MOVABLE AND CONTROLLED BY PULLING A STRING.
THE MOVEMENT OF THE LOWER CHIN CAUSES A CLAPPING SOUND WHICH ATTRACTS
THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN ON THE STREET. THESE
COSTUMED PARADERS GO FROM HOME TO HOME ALONG THEIR ROUTE COLLECTING
GROCERIES AND LIQUORS. THESE IMPROMPTU ACTORS DO THIS TO GET ALL
THE PEOPLE IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
Date learned: 10-11-1969
EPIPHANY
AMONG THE MINNESOTA SWEDES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY FROM CHRISTMAS
DAY ONWARD A ROUND OF DINNER PARTIES OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WAS
ATTENDED UNTIL EPIPHANY OR THE 12TH DAY ENDED THE SEASON'S
FESTIVITIES.
Where learned: HOME ; ROUTE 1 ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER ; BOX 121
Date learned: 03-28-1970
SERBIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE SERBIAN COMMUNITY OF DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA OBSERVED
THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BY SPREADING
STRAW ON THE FLOOR, THE KITCHEN TABLE, AND THROUGHOUT THE
KITCHEN TO REPRESENT JESUS' MANGER. A BURNING CANDLE WAS
PLACED ON THE TABLE AND IT WAS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR THE
ENTIRE YEAR IF THE CANDLE WENT OUT. MY MOTHER WITNESSED
THE PRACTICE IN DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1947.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER'S NAME IS MARY MORSILLO GINGERICH,
BORN OCTOBER 3, 1937, FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 09-00-1982
Japanese custom
A three day celebration is held for New Year's, no type of
work is performed, only celebrations.
Where learned: JAPAN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39815 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39816 |
Date learned: 00-00-1925
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY (TET) AND FOR THREE DAYS AFTER, IF
YOU BREAK CHINA, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39815 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39816 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 4 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.42 |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
IT IS BELIEVED THAT AFTER A SERIES OF READINGS AND A
CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION ON THE EVE OF ST. GENEVIEVE
(JAN. 3), YOU WILL SEE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND. THIS
WILL OCCUR AFTER YOU HAVE INVOKED THE SPIRIT OF SAINT
GENEVIEVE. THE METHOD BY WHICH YOU SEE THE MAN YOU
ARE TO MARRY, IS TO HOLD A MIRROR OVER YOUR RIGHT
SHOULDER IN A DARKENED ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39816 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse P862.9 |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
THE FIRST TWELVE DAYS OF JANUARY RULE THE TWELVE MONTHS. IF
YOU WILL NOTICE, THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF JANUARY ARE
USUALLY FAIRLY WARM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
Date learned: 07-20-1968
THE FIRST TWELVE DAYS OF THE YEAR TELL DAY FOR MONTH WHAT THE
YEAR WILL BE LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT RAINS THE 2ND OF JANUARY,
THEN FEBRUARY WILL BE A RAINY MONTH, IF THE 3RD OF JANUARY IS
SUNNY, THEN MARCH WILL BE SUNNY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 08-00-1968
THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH INDICATE THE WEATHER FOR
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Date learned: 06-17-1973
NEW YEAR'S DAY --WEATHER
WHATEVER THE WEATHER IS THE FIRST TWELVE DAYS OF
THE NEW YEAR DECIDES WHAT THE WEATHER WILL BE FOR
EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PILOT DAYS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39815 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 3 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- NOT SURE CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-22-1969