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SARDINIAN EASTER
ON EASTER IN SARDINIA, AT 8 A.M., TWO PROCESSIONS BEGIN. THE
FIRST WITH HALF OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN,
PROCESS(ES) WITH THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
WHICH IS DRESSED IN BLACK. THE SECOND GROUP COMES FROM THE
CEMETERY WITH A STATUE OF CHRIST. THE GROUPS MEET IN THE TOWN
SQUARE WHERE THE MOURNING GARB IS REMOVED FROM THE VIRGIN. BOTH
PROCESSIONS THEN PROCEED TOGETHER TO THE CHURCH WHERE MASS IS
CELEBRATED. DURING THE CONSECRATION, FIREWORKS ARE SET OFF TO
SYMBOLIZE JOY.
Data entry tech comment: COMMAS ADDED BY THE KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CUSTOM
ON EASTER MORNING, APPROXIMATELY 5:00 A.M., THE PRIEST APPROCHES
( APPROACHES ) THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CHURCH AND KNOCKS 3 TIMES
WITH A CRUCIFIX.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A SIGN THAT CHRIST HAS RISEN WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED LIKE
THE TOMB WAS OPENED.)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SYMBOLIC ACTION
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
UKRANIAN ( UKRAINIAN ) EASTER
ON EASTER SUNDAY, NO ONE WOULD ENTER THE CHURCH UNTIL THE CLERGYMAN
WOULD TAP THE DOOR OPEN WITH A CROSS, AS THEY BELIEVED THAT ALL THE
SOULS OF THEIR DECEASED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE IN THE CHURCH
WITH CHRIST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TRAVELLED
Where learned: OFFICE
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
EASTER CELEBRATION
AT 4:00 A.M. ( , ) A BAND MARCHES AROUND THE TOWN AND WAKES
EVERYBODY UP, THEN EVERYONE GETS DRESSES ( DRESSED ) UP IN SUNDAY
CLOTHES, AND MEETS IN THE PLAZA. THERE IS A HIGH TOWER AND SOMEBODY
SINGS AND A LITTLE GIRL TIED TO A ROPE AND DRESSED AS AN ANGEL IS
EASED DOWN THE TOWER. ON THE GROUND IS A STATUE OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY WITH A BLACK VEIL SYMBOLIZING MOURNING, AND THE LITTLE
GIRL CHANGES IT TO WHITE TO SHOW THAT HER MOURNING IS OVER. THEN
EVERYBODY GOES TO CHURCH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
EASTER CUSTOM
(WE) ALWAYS WENT DOWN TO THE MARONITE CHURCH TO MARCH IN THE
PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: FAMILY DID THIS WHEN YOUNG.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 505 W GREENDALE AVE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
EASTER
THE RESSURECTION ( RESURRECTION ) IS TOLD BY THE PEOPLE ON EASTER
BY DEPICTING OR ACTING IT OUT. AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
THE PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH. THE MEN ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE WOMEN
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. A STATUE OF CHRIST IS CARRIED AROUND THE
CHURCH AND OUTSIDE WHERE THE MEN FOLLOW IN PROCESSION. THE
WOMEN PROCESS AROUND ANOTHER WAY UNTIL THE MEN AND WOMEN COME TO A
POINT WHERE THEY MEET. THIS IS TO REPRESENT CHRIST MEETING MARY.
THE CHILDREN ARE AT THE SPOT WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN WERE TO MEET
ALL DRESSED UP AS THE ANGELS. THIS CUSTOM CAME FROM THE SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, AFTER MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY, BOYS AND GIRLS GATHER
AROUND THE CHURCH, AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AND MERRIMENT AS POSSIBLE.
ALL TYPES OF GAMES ARE PLAYED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECIEVED ( RECEIVED ) INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS
ACQUAINTANCES AND RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
ROUTINE ACTIVITY
INFORMANT STATED THAT CERTAIN TIMES EACH DAY WERE DESIGNATED AS
PERIODS OF SILENCE. HOWEVER, ON CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND PENTECOST,
THE COMMUNITY OBSERVED GRAND CONGE DAY. ON THESE THREE DAYS THE
SISTERS COULD FEEL FREE TO TALK ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT ; 19711 HAWTHORNE
Keyword(s): VOW OF SILENCE
Date learned: 03-01-1970
CUSTOM
NO MATTER HOW POOR YOU ARE YOU SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING NEW ON EASTER,
IF IT IS ONLY A SHOELACE. THIS IS TO SYMBOLIZE SPRING ( ; ) THE
NEWNESS OF EVERYTHING.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EASTER CUSTOM
NO WORK WAS DONE ON EASTER SUNDAY. EVEN THE MEALS WERE PREPARED
THE DAY BEFORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CUSTOM THAT WAS PRACTICED WHEN INFORMANT WAS LIVING AT
HOME. SHE HEARD IT FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 22439 W RIVER RD ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): WORK TABOO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
ON EASTER, IF THE FIRST WORD YOU SAY IS RABBIT, THE REST OF THE
YEAR WILL BE GOOD.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; STUDENT UNION ; 25300
Keyword(s): LUCK ; RITUAL SPEECH
Date learned: 03-30-1971
EASTER
IF THE FIRST PERSON WHO WALKS IN THE DOOR ON EASTER IS A MAN, IT'S
BAD LUCK; IF IT'S A WOMAN, IT'S GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
POLISH EASTER
ON EASTER MORNING, THE FAMILY WOULD ALWAYS HOPE FOR ITS FIRST VISITOR
TO BE A VERY YOUNG PERSON OR A CHILD AS THAT WOULD DENOTE THAT GOOD
FORTUNE WOULD FOLLOW ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN POLAND
Where learned: STORE
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-27-1967
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR? I DIDN'T COME TO STAY. I ONLY CAME
TO TELL YOU THIS IS EASTER DAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GREETING BY THE CHURCH DEACON TO THE CONGREGATION AT
EASTER MASS.
Keyword(s): RITUAL SPEECH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.663 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
FORMULA SPEECH;
ON EASTER SUNDAY, ONE ROMANIAN, INSTEAD OF SAYING "HELLO," SAYS
"CHRIST HAS RISEN." THE OTHER PERSON RESPONDS, "HE HAS RISEN
INDEED."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CUSTOM FOR GENERATIONS. SHE
DOES NOT KNOW WHY IT IS DONE EXCEPT POSSIBLY TO STRESS THE THEME
OF THE SEASON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19378 BURGESS
Keyword(s): GREETING ; RITUAL SPEECH
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
SALUTATION
THE UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL GREETING FOR THE EASTER SEASON IS
"KHRYSTOS VOSKRES" (CHRIST IS RISEN) TO WHICH THE REPLY IS, "VOISTYNO
VOSKRES" (HE IS RISEN INDEED). THIS SALUTATION SUPERCEDES (SIC) ALL
FROM EASTER MORNING TO ASCENSION DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 4340 BERNICE
Keyword(s): RITUAL SPEECH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
EASTER CUSTOM
IT IS A LONG, TRADITIONAL CEREMONY IN MY FAMILY, WHICH IS ITALIAN,
TO ASK THE BLESSING OF ALL OLDER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ON EASTER
SUNDAY. THE FAMILY LINES UP ACCORDING TO AGE, AND THEN EACH
INDIVIDUAL, AS HIS TURN APPROACHES, KISSES THE HAND AND ASKS THE
BLESSING OF THE PEOPLE OLDER THAN HIM. HE THEN TAKES HIS PLACE IN
LINE, WITH THOSE YOUNGER THEN ( THAN ) HIMSELF DOING THE SAME, AND
ON DOWN THE LINE UNTIL THE END.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAS BEEN PRACTICED BY MY FAMILY EVERY EASTER SUNDAY FOR AS LONG
AS I CAN REMEMBER. IT IS CONSIDERED THE TIME FOR FORGIVING ALL SINS.
AND FORGETTING ALL DISAGREEMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14412 CAMDEN ; 48213
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
TOAST
( POLISH WORD OMITTED BECAUSE ALPHABET COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ) --
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION "WAFER"). THIS IS BOTH A CHRISTMAS EVE AND
EASTER CUSTOM, BUT IS PRIMARILY RESERVED FOR THE POLISH LENTEN MEAL
AT EASTERTIME. THE CUSTOM IS THAT AT THIS MEAL THE OLDEST MEMBER OF
THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY (IN INFORMANT'S CASE, HIS GRANDFATHER) CRACKS
OFF A BIT OF THIS SPECIAL WAFER AND GIVES IT TO THE PERSON NEXT TO
HIM WISHING THEM ( HIM ) "GOOD HEALTH", "HAPPINESS", ETC.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-02-1971
AT EASTER BREAKFAST OR DINNER A THIN WAFER IS DIVIDED AMONG ALL THOSE
PRESENT AT THE TABLE. EACH PERSON BREAKS OFF A PIECE OF WAFER
FROM EACH OTHER. THE WAFER REPRESENTS THE COMMUNION WAFER AND EACH
PERSON RESOLVES TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE WITH THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW
CHURCH YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE PRACTICES THIS EACH TIME SHE HAS RELATIVES
OVER FOR EASTER DINNER. INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT ORIGINATED
BUT CONSIDERS IT MEANINGFUL AND BEAUTIFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Morning mealsBreakfast |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
POLISH EASTER CUSTOM
FOR EASTER BREAKFAST, THE FATHER TAKES A THIN WAFER WITH A FANCY
DESIGN ON IT. HE BREAKS IT IN HALF, THEN HE TAKES A PIECE. HE
PASSES IT ON TO THE OTHERS AND THEY ALL TAKE A PIECE.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO IS POLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CARPOOL ; EAST SIDE
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |