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IN GERMANY THERE IS THE CUSTOM THAT AFTER A HOUSE HAS
BEEN BUILT OR REMODELED, THE OWNERS GIVE A PARTY FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, NEIGHBORS, AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF BEER AND PLACE
A TANNENBAUM (CHRISTMAS TREE) AT THE TOP OF THE
HOUSE. THE PRIEST COMES AND BLESSES THE HOUSE AND
PRAYS THAT THE FAMILY WILL PROSPER.
Where learned: GERMANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
POLISHING FLOORS
MY GRANDMOTHER STATES THAT, IN HER DAY, SHE WOULD
APPLY MILK TO THE KITCHEN FLOOR FOR POLISHING IT
INSTEAD OF WAX.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
SPRING CLEANING
GIVING THE HOUSE A THOROUGH CLEANING IN SPRING HAS
LONG BEEN AN AMERICAN CUSTOM OR TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
TO REALLY GET WINDOWS CLEAN AND ALSO FREE OF STREAKS,
WASH WITH ONE PART VINEGAR AND TWO PARTS WATER.
DRY WITH NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANT THE CLEANEST WINDOWS.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
SOAP
MOTHER ALWAYS MADE HER OWN SOAP, ESPECIALLY FOR WASHING
CLOTHES. WHENEVER THE MEATS WERE PREPARED, ALL FAT
WAS SAVED, AND GROUND UP VERY FINE, PLACED IN LARGE
COOKING VESSELS, PLACED IN THE OVEN UNTIL ALL THE FATS
WERE FRIED OUT AND IN A LIQUID STATE. THE CLEAN WHITE
FAT WAS USED IN COOKING AND THE LESS WHITE FAT WAS
USED IN MAKING SOAP, BY COMBINING FAT AND "LEWIS LYE"
WHICH IS A STRONG CAUSTIC, WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH
FAT, BECOMES SOAP.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
FORTUNE TELLING
IT HAS LONG BEEN A CUSTOM IN MY FAMILY (STARTED BY
MY DAD) TO PREDICT THE FUTURE BY STUDYING THE
ARRANGEMENT OF TEA LEAVES IN THE BOTTOM OF AN
EMPTIED CUP. THIS IS DONE WITH CONSIDERABLE AIRS
AND CEREMONY.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVIDED SOME INTERESTING STORIES IF NOTHING
ELSE.
THIS CLASSIFICATION RATHER THAN P870 BECAUSE THERE
IS NO BELIEF INVOLVED AND THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THE
CUSTOM, NOT THE PREDICTION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HIS FATHER, LIKE MANY OTHERS IN THE TOWN, KEPT A THIRTY
FOOT LONG HORSEWHIP WITHIN SIGHT OF THE CHILDREN, AS A
METHOD OF SILENT, POTENTIAL THREAT FOR WRONGDOINGS.
ALTHOUGH HE NEVER USED IT ON THE CHILDREN, HE TOOK
IT DOWN FROM THE WALL ONCE IN A WHILE AND CRACKED
IT. THE NOISE WAS ENOUGH TO WARD OFF ANY POSSIBLE
FUTURE PRANKS BY THE CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
WHEN MRS. MURPHY WAS A CHILD, THERE WAS A TRADITION
AROUND HER HOME THAT THE YOUNGEST CHILD WAS TO
BE THE "BLOOD CATCHER" DURING BUTCHERING TIME. THE
CHILD WOULD STAND AT THE HEAD OF THE PIG AND A
KNIFE WOULD BE STUCK IN THE NECK OF THE PIG. THEN
SHE WOULD PUT A PAN UNDER THE BLEEDING WOUND AND
CATCH THE BLOOD. THIS BLOOD WAS LATER USED FOR THE
MAKING OF "BLOOD SAUSAGE," WHICH WAS A COMBINATION
OF THE BLOOD AND PORK PUT IN A CASING. THIS SAUSAGE
WAS ONE OF THEIR STAPLES DURING THE WINTER MONTHS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
DISCIPLINING CHILDREN
IT'S THE POLISH CUSTOM TO CURE CHILDREN OF
TWISTING THEIR HAIR AROUND IN THEIR FINGERS TY
TYING A DIRTY SOCK TO THEIR HAND. (THE INFORMANT,
HOWEVER, REMEMBERS THAT HER MOTHER USED A CLEAN
SOCK IN HER CASE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
COFFEE
YOU NEVER TOOK THE COFFEE POT OFF THE STOVE. YOU HAD
A BIG BLUE AND WHITE GRANITE POT, MAYBE TEN GALLONS,
WITH A SPOUT. THE TREND WAS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAD COFFEE
ON THE STOVE FOR GUESTS.
ALSO YOU WOULD BREAK A WHOLE EGG, WHICH MADE THE
GROUNDS COAGULATE INTO THE POT; MAYBE AS MANY AS
THREE EGGS INTO A BIG POT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER AS A GIRL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
SAUNA BATH
THE FINNISH HAD THE ORIGINAL SAUNA BATH AND STILL HAVE
THEM TODAY IN A LITTLE TOWN IN THE UPPER PENINSULA,
MASS, MICHIGAN. EACH FAMILY HAS THEIR OWN. THEY LOOK
LIKE A LARGE OUTHOUSE. THE WHOLE FAMILY TOOK THEIR
BATH TOGETHER, THE LITTLE ONES SAT ON THE LOWER
BENCHES IN FRONT AND THE PARENTS ON THE ELEVATED
BENCHES IN BACK. THE LITTLE ONES WERE TAUGHT NEVER
TO LOOK BACK AT THEIR PARENTS.
THE SAUNA IS A STEAM TYPE BATH TAKEN IN THE WINTER.
THE PROCEDURE IS AS FOLLOWS: FIRST YOU USE SWITCHES TO
WHIP UP THE CIRCULATION, THEN YOU MAKE STEAM BY
SPRINKLING WATER ON THE LARGE, FLAT HEATED ROCKS
WHICH MAKE UP THE OVEN. FINALLY, AFTER STEAMING
ALL THE DIRT OUT OF THE PORES, YOU GO OUT AND ROLL
IN THE SNOW.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS RECEIVED FROM A FRIEND OF THE INFORMANT'S
WHO ACTUALLY DID THIS WITH HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNG.
Where learned: WHITEHEAD AND KALES ; MILL STREET PLANT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 02-23-1967
CUSTOM, DAILY LIFE.
THE ELDEST MAN AT A TABLE IS ASKED TO CUT THE MEAT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
POLISH CUSTOM
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS A YOUNG GIRL, THERE WAS A SMALL
HOLY WATER FONT AT HER FRONT DOOR. UPON LEAVING THE
HOUSE, ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE EXPECTED TO
"BLESS THEMSELVES." AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED,
MY GRANDMOTHER OR SOMEONE NEARBY WOULD SAY-IN
POLISH-"GO WITH GOD." WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD
RETURN HOME FROM CHURCH, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY
-IN POLISH-"BLESSED BE JESUS CHRIST FOREVER AND
FOREVER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Home SPEECH -- Gesture |
PACZKI DAY
THE DAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY IS KNOWN AS PACZKI DAY,
AND ON THIS DAY MOST POLISH COOKS BAKE PACZKI AND
DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE CHILDREN, AND THESE PACZKI ARE
THEN EATEN AS DESERT AFTER A MEAL ON THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS TRADITION FROM HER YOUTH
WHEN PACZKI, JELLY-BUNS, WERE EATEN ON THAT DAY,
ESPECIALLY TO REMIND THE PERSON OF THE LENTEN DAYS
WHICH LIE AHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pre Lent |
Date learned: 01-09-1964
SWIECONKA
EVERY YEAR ON HOLY SATURDAY, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY TAKES AN EASTER BASKET FULL OF FOOD, USUALLY
HAM, BREAD AND BUTTER, MIXED SALT AND PEPPER, HORSE
RADISH, AND SOME COLORED EGGS, TO CHURCH WHERE IT
IS BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. ON EASTER SUNDAY, THIS
BLESSED FOOD IS SERVED AT THE MAIN MEAL. BEFORE IT IS
SERVED, HOWEVER, THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY, USUALLY
THE GRANDFATHER, CUTS UP THE BLESSED EGGS AND SERVES
A PIECE TO EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, WHILE WISHING
THAT MEMBER A HAPPY EASTER. EACH MEMBER THEN EXCHANGES
WISHES WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS BY MEANS OF A KISS OR
A HANDSHAKE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT AGAIN HAD MERELY TO FILL IN DETAILS AND
SUPPLY THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE NAME SWIECONKA,
FOR THIS TRADITION IS ALSO VERY MUCH ALIVE IN OUR
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 01-08-1964
OPLATEK
EVERY YEAR WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER ON
CHRISTMAS EVE FOR THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER, THE HEAD
OF THE FAMILY, USUALLY THE GRANDFATHER, TAKES A
PLATE OF OPLATEK (COMMUNION-LIKE WAFER) AND GIVES
EVERYONE PRESENT A PIECE OF IT. EVERYONE PRESENT THEN
APPROACHES EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM, STARTING WITH
THE ELDER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY; AND THEY OFFER THAT
PERSON A PIECE OF THEIR OPLATEK WHILE TAKING A
SMALL PIECE FROM THAT PERSON. WHILE THIS IS BEING
DONE, CHRISTMAS WISHES AND WISHES OF GOOD LUCK FOR THE
COMING YEAR ARE ALSO EXCHANGED BY THE PEOPLE SHARING
THEIR OPLATEK. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY AKISS OR A
HANDSHAKE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT, MY MOTHER, HAD ONLY TO FILL IN A FEW
DETAILS AND GIVE ME THE CORRECT SPELLING FOR THE WORD
OPLATEK, WHICH IN AMERICA MEANS WAFER OR ANGEL-BREAD.
THIS TRADITION IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE IN OUR FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 01-08-1964
TURKISH COFFEE WAS ALWAYS SERVED AT MORE SOMBER
AFFAIRS. LIKE IF SOMEONE CAME OVER AFTER A DEATH,
THEY WOULDN'T BRING OUT DRINKS; THEY SERVED TURKISH
COFFEE.
Submitter comment: DONE IN HER FAMILY WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
DON'TS ON THE SABBATH
SABBATH BEGINS AT SUNDOWN ON FRIDAY (JUDAISM). A
PERSON CANNOT TURN ON A LIGHT OR LIGHT UP AN OVEN
UNTIL SUNDAY. ONCE COULD NOT / TELL SOMEONE ELSE TO DO
IT, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT HE WERE
WORKING. (THE SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE WORKING, TOO).
ONLY BEFORE
SUNDOWN ON FRIDAY, COULD ONE EMPLOY SOMEBODY TO DO
SOMETHING FOR HIM; AND, ONLY, BEFORE OR AFTER THE
SABBATH, COULD HE OFFER PAYMENT.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY, BUT DOES NOT PRACTICE
IT TODAY. SHE RECALLED THAT HER FATHER WOULD COME
HOME FROM WORK ON FRIDAY AND THEN RUN SEVERAL BLOCKS
TO THE THEATER TO BUY TICKETS FOR THE SATURDAY
MATINEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 04-00-1965
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CUSTOM
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPANY FOR DINNER, YOU MUST PUT SEVEN
SWEETS AND SEVEN SOURS ON THE TABLE. USUALLY, THE
GUESTS WILL COUNT TO SEE IF THEY'RE ALL THERE AND
IF NOT, HE CHIDES, IN A FRIENDLY WAY, THE HOSTESS FOR
FORGETTING.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1920.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 01-12-1964
CUSTOM
ALWAYS PUT THE HEAD OF YOUR BED TOWARDS THE NORTH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN