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AMISH "SINGLE-MARRIED" DISTINCTION
IF YOU ARE SINGLE YOU HAVE TO RIDE IN AN OPEN
CARRIAGE. ONLY AFTER MARRIAGE CAN YOU RIDE IN A
CLOSED CARRIAGE. IF THERE IS A SINGLE GIRL LIVING
IN A HOUSE THE DOORS AND SHUTTERS ARE PAINTED
PINK (SHE THINKS). OTHERWISE, THEY ARE BLUE OR
WHITE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT 1920.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-12-1964
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
WHEN THE COUPLE ENTER THE DOOR AT THE RECEPTION, THEY
ARE GIVEN WHOLE WHEAT BREAD. THIS IS BROKEN INTO
LITTLE PIECES AND GIVEN TO EACH OTHER. THIS
SYMBOLIZES THE SHARING OF THEIR FIRST BREAD TOGETHER.
THERE IS SALT ON THE BREAD. THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT
MARRIED LIFE WILL HAVE SOME BITTERNESS.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
PREGNANT WOMEN
DON'T HAVE INTERCOURSE AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF PREGNANCY;
YOU'LL GIVE BIRTH TO A DEFORMED CHILD.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER AND RELATIVES (SOURCE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PREGNANT WOMEN
DON'T REACH WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT YOU'L;L STRANGLE YOUR
BABY.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM) HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
AFTER THE MARRIAGE, IN THE HALL, THEY FORM A LINE AND
AT A CERTAIN POINT, THERE'S A TABLE WHERE THEY HAVE A
BOX FOR MONEY AND WHISKEY AND AS THE PEOPLE GO AROUND,
THEY GIVE A DONATION AND THEY DRINK THE WHISKEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM BECAUSE SHE WENT TO A POLISH
WEDDING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
THE AMISH PEOPLE
THE AMISH PAINT THEIR FENCES AND DOORS BLUE WHEN THEY
HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE FOR MARRIAGE.
THE MEN DO NOT SHAVE AFTER THEY ARE MARRIED; THEY
GROW BEARDS.
Submitter comment:
THIS INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MY MOTHER, WHO WORKS WITH
THE INFORMANT. WHERE THE INFORMANT OBTAINED THE
INFORMATION IS NOT CERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; FORD MOTOR CO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-02-1965
A LIGHT IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE
IF A GIRL LIGHT(S) A CIGARETTE IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE IN
VENICE , ITALY, IT MEANS SHE IS LOOKING FOR A MAN
TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A TOURIST VISITING ITALY.
Where learned: ITALY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
DURING THE RECEPTION, ALL THE GUESTS FORM A CIRCLE
AROUND THE BRIDE AND GROOM. THE BRIDE IS SITTING ON
THE GROOM'S LAP. THE MAID OF HONOR TAKES OFF THE
BRIDE'S VEIL AND PUTS AN APRON ON HER.
Submitter comment:
SHE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM SINCE SHE WENT TO A POLISH
WEDDING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
AT A POLISH WEDDING, THE BRIDE'S VEIL IS TAKEN OFF AT
MIDNIGHT. THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT SHE IS NO LONGER A
BRIDE, BUT IS A MARRIED WOMAN, SINCE HER WEDDING
DAY IS OVER. THEY SING A SONG CALLED "TWELVE ANGELS."
THIS IS SUNG IN POLISH AND IS ABOUT ANGELS WHO CARRY
DIFFERENT THINGS, HAVING TO DO WITH THE WEDDING DAY;
FOR EXAMPLE A WREATH OF LEAVES, WHICH IS THE BRIDAL
CROWN.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
MY FATHER, SECOND GENERATION IRISH, WAS QUITE
SURPRISED WHEN HE AND MY MOTHER RETURNED TO MY
POLISH GRANDMOTHER'S HOME AFTER MY PARENT'S
WEDDING CEREMONY AT CHURCH. A BAND WAS PLAYING IN
FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS WAITING JUST
INSIDE THE DOOR. IN ONE HAND SHE HELD A CRUCIFIX, IN
THE OTHER A LOAF OF BREAD. AS THE COUPLE ENTERED
THE VESTIBULE, MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED THEM TO CHOOSE
EITHER THE CRUCIFIX OR THE BREAD. MY FATHER, OF COURSE,
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND POLISH BUT HE GOT THE IDEA ANYWAY.
HE AND MY MOTHER CHOSE THE CRUCIFIX. MY MOTHER SAID
THE CUSTOM WAS MERELY SYMBOLIC AND NOBODY EVER CHOSE
THE BREAD. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS CUSTOM BEING
PERFORMED AMONG MY POLISH COUSINS OF MY GENERATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-20-1967
AN OLD POLISH WEDDING (TRADITIONAL)
THE CEREMONY STARTS WITH THE EVENING PRIOR TO THE DAY
OF THE WEDDING, WHICH IS KNOWN AS DZIEWICZY WIECZAR
OR THE "VIRGIN EVENING." AT THE BRIDE'S HOME SHE IS
SURROUNDED BY HER GOOD FRIENDS (GIRLS) WHO HAVE COME TO
HELP HER WITH THE FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR HER WEDDING
DAY. THEY PREPARE FOOD, SING, AND MOST IMPORTANT,
MAKE A CROWN OF FLOWERS, WHICH THE BRIDE WILL WEAR THE
NEXT DAY. THIS MAY BE MADE OF FRESH FLOWERS, OR JUST
GREENS.
PRIOR TO THIS NIGHT, ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEDDING
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY TWO OLDER HONORED PERSONS, ONE
FOR THE BRIDE AND ONE FOR THE GROOM. THESE ARE KNOWN
AS THE STARASTA FOR THE MAN AND THE STAROSCINA FOR THE
GIRL. THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES LAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT OF
THE DAY OF THE CEREMONY, AND THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
DECISIONS BEFORE AND ON THIS DAY.
THEN COMES THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING DAY. THE BRIDE
AND HER MOTHER ARE UP EARLY, AND THE BRIDE DONS HER
WHITE PETTICOATS SO THAT THE FIRST RAYS OF THE SUN
TOUCHING HER WHITE UNDERGARMENTS WILL GIVE ITS WARM
BLESSING FOR A GOOD AND FRUITFUL MARRIAGE. FOR THE
POLISH GIRL IS BORN FOR MARRIAGE, AND THIS IS HER
SACRED DUTY. AFTER THE SUN'S BLESSING, THE BRIDE
COMPLETES HER DRESSING, AND RETIRES TO A ROOM IN THE
HOUSE NOT TO BE SEEN (UNTIL) LATER.
MORNINGS ARE PREFERRED FOR WEDDINGS TO SYMBOLIZE "THE
BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY FOR THE UNITED COUPLE."
THE BRIDE IS SURROUNDED BY HER FRIENDS IN THE FINAL
HOURS OF MAIDENHOOD, SO TOO IS THE BRIDEGROOM
SURROUNDED BY HIS FRIENDS. THEY, TOO HAVE BEEN
MAKING MERRIMENT IN HIS LAST HOURS AS A BACHELOR.
BUT THE TIME HAS NOW ARRIVED, AND HE AND HIS STARASTA
AND FRIENDS HEAD FOR THE HOME OF HIS BRIDE, BUT DO
NOT YET ENTER THE GATE. THEY CALL TO THE GIRLS AND
TO THE STARASCINA, WHO COME OUT IN THE YARD, BUT
REMAIN INSIDE THE FENCE, WHILE THE TWO HONORED
MATCHMAKERS THROW JESTS AT EACH OTHER: "WE CAME
BECAUSE WE HEAR YOU HAVE A NEW CALF FOR SALE," OR,
"WE HEAR YOU SELL FLOWERS HERE," ETC. ETC.
FINALLY, THE BRIDEGROOM AND HIS FRIENDS ARE INVITED
INTO THE HOUSE, AND PROCEED IN WITH SINGING AND
MUSIC. THE STARASTA AND STARASCINA HAVE A DRINK
TOGETHER, AND THEN THEY START SINGING TO THE BRIDE,
"COME OUT OF YOUR ROOM TO US."
THE BRIDE THEN JOINS THEM IN THE LIVINGROOM OF HER
HOME, WHERE SHE AND HER HUSBAND-TO-BE EXCHANGE GIFTS.
HER GIFTS FOR HIM ARE GENERALLY THINGS WHICH SHE HAS
MADE, SUCH AS ELABORATELY EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS;
AND HIS TO HER, A TRADITIONAL PAIR OF BOOTS.
AFTER THIS, THE PARENTS OF BOTH THE BRIDE AND GROOM
GIVE THEIR BLESSING TO THE COUPLE. THIS IS GENERALLY
DONE IN AN APPROPRIATE PART OF THE ROOM SUCH AS UNDER
A RELIGIOUS PAINTING. THE COUPLE ALWAYS KNEELS.
AFTER THIS, THERE IS A SPEECH BY THE STARASTA WHO
THEN ANNOUNCES TO ALL THE HOUR HAS ARRIVED TO PROCEED
TO THE CHURCH. IF THE CHURCH IS CLOSE IN THE VILLAGE,
WHICH IS GENERALLY THE CASE, THE WEDDING GROUP WALK
TO CHURCH.
MARRIAGES OUTSIDE ONE'S OWN VILLAGE ARE GENERALLY
FROWNED ON.
THE CEREMONY ITSELF IS THE TYPICAL ROMAN CATHOLIC
CEREMONY, AS THIS IS THE FAITH OF MOST OF THE PEOPLE.
FOLLOWING THIS CEREMONY (THE ENTIRE CEREMONY IS CALLED
THE WESELE), THE PARTY RETURNS TO THE HOME OF THE
BRIDE, WHERE SHE AND HER NEW HUSBAND ARE MET AT THE
DOOR BY THEIR PARENTS WITH A GIFT OF BREAD AND SALT
AS A SYMBOL OF PROSPERITY, SO THAT THEY SHOULD NEVER
BE HUNGRY.
FROM NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT, THERE IS EATING, DANCING AND
SINGING. THEN THE FORMAL PART OF THE CEREMONY TAKES
PLACE. THIS IS CALLED "OCZEPINY" OR THE TIME FOR THE
REMOVAL OF HER CROWN OF FLOWERS.
NOW COMES THE REAL TRANSITION FROM THE MAIDEN TO THE
COMPLETION AS A MARRIED WOMAN. THIS IS REMOVED BY
HER FRIENDS, WHO HELPED HER MAKE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
AND IN ITS STEAD, THEY GIVE HER A WHITE HAT WHICH IS THE
SYMBOL OF A MARRIED WOMAN. THIS IS THE END OF THE
FORMAL CEREMONY. AT THIS TIME, THE BRIDE IS EXPECTED
TO CRY.
DAYS, AND SOMETIMES DAYS AND DAYS OF CELEBRATION
FOLLOW. THEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE BRIDE TO BID
FAREWELL TO HER CHILDHOOD HOME AND GO WITH HER HUSBAND
TO HER NEW HOME, WHICH IN ALMOST ALL CASES IS THE HOME
OF HIS PARENTS.
SINCE THERE IS SADNESS IN ALL FAREWELLS, SHE GENERALLY
GOES ABOUT THE HOUSE TOUCHING OR KISSING THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN SO MUCH PART OF HER LIFE UNTIL THIS
HOUR. SHE THEN CROSSES THE THRESHOLD OF HER PARENTS'
HOME IN DEPARTURE, AROUND WHICH THERE ARE MANY
SUPERSTITIONS, SUCH AS THE CUSTOM OF OUR OWN
BRIDE, WHEN SHE IS CARRIED OVER THE THRESHOLD OF HER
NEW HOME.
Submitter comment:
JAN SEJDA WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT ALL CUSTOMS IN THE
OLD TRADITIONS, SUCH AS THIS CEREMONY, VARY SOMEWHAT
WITH THE LOCALITY AND WITHIN THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO SHARE THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
WHEN SOMEBODY DIED NO ONE WOULD GO TO THE FUNERAL. THEY
WENT THE ROUNDS INSTEAD. (THEY DID THIS TO NOTIFY
PEOPLE OF THE DEATH BECAUSE THERE WERE NO NEWSPAPERS
TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW.) THE ROSARY WAS SAID IN THE
DEAD MAN'S HOUSE. NO ONE WOULD GO TO THE BURIAL WITHOUT
A BLACK SUIT OR BLACK DRESS. THE PEOPLE WERE VERY FRIENDLY
AND IF A FAMILY DID NOT HAVE A BLACK SUIT FOR THE OCCASION,
THEY WOULD BORROW IT; THIS WAS VERY COMMON. ALSO BLACK
WAS WORN FOR WEDDINGS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE THEN ONLY HAD ONE GOOD
SUIT AND IT WAS BLACK AND HE ALSO SHOWED ME SOME WEDDING
PICTURES OF HIS RELATIVES WHO WORE BLACK ON THEIR WEDDING
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
LUCKY PENNY
A POLISH TRADITION: ON THE WEDDING DAY, THE FATHER PUTS
A PENNY IN HIS DAUGHTER'S SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK AND A HAPPY
MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
CHAPERONE DATE
A VERY COMMON DATING PRACTICE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
IS THAT WHEN A COUPLE GOES OUT ON A DATE, A CHAPERONE
(PREFERABLY THE GIRL'S MOTHER OR RELATIVE) MUST
ACCOMPANY THEM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
CANDLE CEREMONY
IN SIGMA, SIGMA, SIGMA SORORITY AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, WE
HAVE A CANDLE CEREMONY IN HONOR OF THE DEGREE OF THE RELATION-
SHIP BETWEEN A MEMBER AND HER BOYFRIEND. ONLY ONE OTHER
MEMBER KNOWS ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP. THIS MEMBER MAKES
THE OTHER MEMBERS FORM A LARGE CIRCLE IN WHICH A CANDLE
IS PASSED AROUND. THE FIRST TIME THE CANDLE GOES AROUND,
NOTHING HAPPENS. IF THE CANDLE IS BLOWN OUT BY THE SECRET
MEMBER, THE SECOND TIME AROUND, THAT MEMBER IS GOING
STEADY; THIRD TIME AROUND, MEANS SHE'S PINNED, FOURTH
TIME AROUND MEANS SHE'S ENGAGED. USUALLY THIS CEREMONY
TAKES PLACE AT MEETINGS, PARTIES OR ANNUAL DINNER DANCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEDDING CUSTOM
I REMEMBER WHEN MY SISTER AND I WENT TO MY AUNT'S WEDDING.
SHE SAID SHE HAD ON SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED AND SOMETHING BLUE. MY AUNT SAID
THAT WITHOUT THOSE THINGS, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE GOOD LUCK
THROUGH HER MARRIAGE AND SHE WOULD BE STARTING OUT ON THE
WRONG FOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IN THE NIGERIAN TRIBE HAUSA, THE COUPLE DOES NOT BEGIN TO LIVE
TOGETHER UNTIL TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Number P686.1.14 |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
WEDDING
A TAIWANESE WEDDING CUSTOM INCLUDES THE HUSBAND BREAKING THE JAW
OF HIS WIFE, AND THE WIFE PULLING OUT THE THREE FRONT TEETH OF
HER HUSBAND. THIS IS DONE SO THAT EACH SPOUSE WILL APPEAR
UNDESIRABLE TO THE OPPOSITE SEX AFTER MARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: TRANSMITTED TO INFORMANT BY TAIWANESE VISITOR
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-10-1981
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
ONE OF THE CUSTOMS AT WEDDINGS WAS TO TRY TO SMASH A DISH BY THROWING
SILVER DOLLARS AT IT. THE BRIDE AND GROOM WOULD SIT AT A TABLE WITH
PLATES SPREAD OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE MEN AT THE WEDDING WOULD
COME BY, ONE AT A TIME, AND THROW A SILVER DOLLAR AT THE PLATE. IF
IT BROKE, THE "THROWER" WOULD GET TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. IF IT
DIDN'T, THE NEXT GUY WOULD TAKE A TURN.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS BROUGHT OVER FROM POLAND AND WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR
IN THE YEARS FROM 1900 TO 1930. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO RAISE MONEY
FOR THE NEWLYWEDS. IT DIED OUT IN THE LATE 1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-22-1982
BELLING.
WHEN SOMEONE GETS ENGAGED, ALL THE TOWNSPEOPLE FIND A NIGHT WHEN
THEY'RE TOGETHER AND TAKE TIN CANS AND POTS AND STUFF TO MAKE NOISE.
THIS BRINGS THE COUPLE OUT AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TREAT EVERYBODY
TO GET THEM TO GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, WINIFRED MIRTO, LEARNED THIS CUSTOM IN INDIANA BUT
BELIEVES IT ORIGINATED ELSEWHERE, PROBABLY IN PENNSYLVANIA
WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA-DUTCH. THE TREAT THE COUPLE USUALLY GAVE WAS
CANDY BARS, BUT IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO WHATEVER THEY COULD AFFORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-04-1982