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SOUP PICNIC
EVERY LABOR DAY, FOR AT LEAST FORTY YEARS, BUT NOT SINCE 1971,
THE ROHR FAMILY HELD WHAT THEY CALLED A "SOUP PICNIC." EACH INDI-
VIDUAL FAMILY WOULD BRING A PAN OF VEGETABLE SOUP, AND AT THE PICNIC
SITE (WHICH TRADED OFF FROM FAMILY TO FAMILY YEARLY) THE SOUPS WOULD
BE COMBINED IN A BIG BUTCHERING KETTLE, AND HEATED OVER AN OPEN
FIRE. THE FAMILY MADE A DAY OF IT, AND WOULD EAT THE SOUP BOTH FOR
LUNCH AND SUPPER THAT DAY.
WHEN THE CUSTOM FIRST STARTED, THE MEALS CONSISTED SOLELY OF
SOUP AND CRACKERS. AFTER A FEW YEARS, CORN ON THE COB WAS ADDED,
SINCE MANY OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WERE GROWING IT, AND IT WAS PLENTI-
FUL DURING THE LATE SUMMER. AFTER A FEW YEARS, DESSERTS WERE ALSO
ADDED TO THE TRADITION, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS KEPT AT THAT--NEVER ANY
SIDE DISHES, OR MEAT (OTHER THAN THAT IN THE SOUP ITSELF.) (IN MY
WORDS)
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
Date learned: 11-00-1973
ADVENT CALENDAR
FOR ADVENT ONE OF THE KIDS IN THE FAMILY (USUALLY THE OLDEST)
WOULD MAKE AN ADVENT CALENDAR. THIS CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE
PIECES OF CARDBOARD PUT TOGETHER. THERE WOULD BE A PICTURE ON ONE
SIDE AND CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE PICTURE WOULD BE NUMBERED AND MADE
SO IT COULD BE OPENED. BEHIND EACH NUMBER (ONE FOR EACH DAY
OF DECEMBER) WOULD BE A PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WOULD
GUESS WHAT IT WOULD BE. ALWAYS BEHIND #25 WOULD BE THE
NATIVITY SCENE. ONLY ONE NUMBER WOULD BE OPENED A DAY. THERE
WAS NO REWARD FOR GUESSING THE RIGHT PICTURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
RABBIT
ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IF A PERSON SAYS
RABBIT THE VERY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THE
REST OF THE MONTH WILL BE GOOD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS EACH MONTH, AND HAS
BEEN DOING THIS SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE LIVED
IN CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: 1806 WINKLER MILL RD
Keyword(s): AWAKENING
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LUCK
ON THE FIRST DAY OF ANY MONTH AS SOON AS A PERSON WAKES UP
THEY SHOULD SAY "RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT."
IF THEY FORGET TO DO THIS, AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THEY ARE GOING
TO SLEEP THEY SHOULD SAY "TIBBAR, TIBBAR, TIBBAR"
Submitter comment:
"TIBBAR, TIBBAR, TIBBAR." IS "RABBIT, RABBIT, RABBIT." BACKWARDS.
SAYING THIS BRINGS GOOD LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.
I LEARNED THIS IN PROBABLY JULY OF 1973.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001970S
GERMAN CUSTOM
IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST ALL THE CHILDREN GET LANTERNS
WITH CANDLES IN THEM. AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS DARK, THEY
GO WALKING.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CUSTOM THE INFORMANT WITNESSED WHILE IN
GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
THAI NEW YEAR'S DAY
THE THAI NEW YEAR'S DAY IS ON APRIL 13TH.
IN THE MORNING WE GO TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY AND TO GIVE
FOOD TO THE MONKS. THEN WE CELEBRATE IN THE AFTERNOON
BY THROWING WATER ON EACH OTHER. THE REASON FOR THE
WATER IS BECAUSE APRIL IS THE HOTTEST MONTH IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPRINKLING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 13 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
TILL APRIL'S DEAD, CAST NOT A THREAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Balinese and Chinese custom
One month after the birth of a baby a bracelet is placed on
the baby for good luck and good health.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Superstition
Never eat fish in a month without an "R" in it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALENDAR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 00001930ca
Calendar Rhyme
Thirty days are in September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
But February, it is done
At twenty-eight, though leap one more
Whenever the year divides by four.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MONTHS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month |
OYSTERS WERE NEVER EATEN IN THE MONTHS THAT HAD NO
"R" IN THEM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Consumption ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; Letter ; Oysters ; RITUAL ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WEDDING BELIEF
NEVER GET MARRIED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY BECAUSE THIS
IS A MONTH OF SORROW AND YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.41 |
Date learned: 02-20-1971