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HAZELWOOD TREE LEGEND.
THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
WHEN MARY AND JOSEPH AND JESUS WERE FLEEING TO EGYPT, THEY CAME
TO A POPLAR TREE THAT WAS BIG AND TALL AND STRAIGHT. MARY
ASKED THE POPLAR TREE TO COVER HER UP AND PROTECT HER FROM
THE RAIN. THE POPLAR TREE WOULD NOT. MARY SAID,'MAY YOU NEVER
HAVE YOUR LIMBS DOWN AND MAY YOUR LEAVES NEVER REST.
THIS IS WHY THE POPLAR TREE IS ALWAYS TREMBLING, IN WIND OR NOT.
THE NEXT TREE THAT MARY CAME TO, WAS THE HAZELWOOD TREE.
THEY DO NOT GROW VERY HIGH, ARE SQUATTY, AND ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF
BRANCHES ON THEM. MARY ASKED THE HAZELWOOD TREE TO COVER HER AND
IT DID. SHE BLESSED THE TREE IN RETURN, SAYING? 'MAY YOU BE BLESSED
FOR ETERNITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHELTERED ME. MAY YOUR LEAVES BE A
MEDICINE TO PEOPLE THAT NEED YOU. HEAL THEM OF DISEASES, AND MAY
YOU GROW FRUIT FOR MANKIND AND BEASTS.' SINCE THEN THE HAZELWOOD
TREE HAS PRODUCED LOTS OF NUTS CALLED FILBERTS.
James Callow comment:
POPLAR BRANCHES REACH UP, AS IF ARMS EXTENDED IN PRAYER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant |
BELIEF
ONE GIRL ASKED A BOY TO MAKE HER A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH.
HE MADE IT, BUT SHE SAID NOT TO CUT IT, LEST THE FLAVOR GO OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; KNIFE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
ONE GIRL ASKS A BOY, 'MAKE ME A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH.'
SO HE MADE IT. HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT IT WHEN THE GIRL SAID, ' DO
NOT CUT IT BECAUSE THAT WAY ALL THE FLAVOR GOES OUT.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): KNIFE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
EXPLANATION OF POPCORN AND PEANUT SELLING AT SPORT EVENTS:
IN ROMAN DAYS, RED HOT PEAS WERE SOLD AT GLADIATOR GAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
ALL THE CHRISTMAS TREES IN POLAND ARE DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS
MADE BY THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE. THESE ARE USED FROM
YEAR TO YEAR. SOMETIMES NUTS AND CRANBERRIES ARE
STRUNG TOGETHER AND THE GARLAND HUNG ON THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE.
THE LIGHTS ARE USUALLY SMALL CANDLES LIT CAREFULLY BY THE LADY
OF THE HOUSE. THE TREE IS ALWAYS DECORATED ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
LONG AFTER THE LITTLE ONES HAVE GONE TO BED.
Submitter comment: RECEIVED BY LETTER FROM POLAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO
Where learned: POLAND ; KRAKOW
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 12-01-1975
RELIGIOUS CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
CALLED THE OPLATKI. IT IS A BLESSED WAFER ON WHICH YOU PUT HONEY AND
A WALNUT. A GOOD WALNUT REPRESENTS GOOD HEALTH. THEY ALSO USED TO
PUT GARLIC ON IT TO CHASE AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS. SHE SAID THAT THIS
TASTED AWFUL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SLOVAK CUSTOM THAT IS HARD TO PRACTICE BECAUSE OF THE
DIFFICULTY IN ACQUIRING A BLESSED HOST.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
AT CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER, MEAT IS NEVER SERVED. INSTEAD, ITALIAN-
AMERICANS DINE ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH AND ROASTED CHESTNUTS.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
ON EASTER, THEY SERVE WHOLE ROASTED BALRY LAMB AND MANICOTTI WITH
TOMATO SAUCE. EVERY HOLIDAY HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL MEAL, BUT THEY ALL
END UP WITH EXPRESSO COFFEE AND FRUIT AND NUT MIX.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
Date learned: 10-00-1976
FOOD
IN MANY ARMENIAN HOMES ONE MIGHT FIND A NUT-LIKE ITEM (LABLABOO)
MIXED WITH RAISINS IN A CANDY DISH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS OBSERVED THIS FOOD IN ARMENIAN HOMES TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
COKE AND PEANUTS
IN THE SOUTH CHILDREN OFTEN BUY A COKE AND A BAG OF PLANTER'S
PEANUTS AND PUT THEM IN THE COKE BOTTLE. THIS CHANGES THE TASTE OF
THE COKE AND THE NUTS. I FIND THIS COMBINATION VERY PLEASING.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Drink |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
RECIPE FOR WALNUT FILLING
GRIND WALNUTS 1 1/2 POUND
3 CUPS OF SUGAR
MIX TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUTS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
RECIPE FOR POTATO DOUGH
ROLL IN STICK SHAPES OR BALLS (POTATO), COOK IN BOILING WATER,
DRAIN - ROLL IN WALNUT FILLING (SEE RECIPE) OR GROUND POPPY
SEED FILLING.
POPPY SEED AND SUGAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 11-14-1971
GORP
GORP IS A HIGH ENERGY FOOD EATEN BY CAMPERS AND HIKERS. IT IS A
MIXTURE OF RAISINS, PEANUTS, M&M CHOCOLATE CANDY AND SOMETIMES BEEF
JERKY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECOMMENDS IT AS A SNACK TOO} SHE SAID IT IS GOOD WHEN YO
ARE DOING STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WIXOM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Meat Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 02-07-1980
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
ON DEC. 26, MIDDLEAGED PEOPLE THREW WALNUTS AT THEIR FRIENDS OR
FAMILIES. PROBABLY USED AS A REMINDER TO GET RID OF OLD YEAR
AND PREPARE FOR NEW ONE.
Submitter comment:
THE OBSERVANCE OF THIS DAY IN HAMTRAMCK WAS PRACTICED BY PARENTS WHO
AWOKE THEIR CHILDREN BY TOSSING A WALNUT TO THEIR NOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
PEANUTS IN THE HOUSE BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DID NOT SPECIFY WHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 03-00-1983
IF YOU EAT AN ACORN, A LOVED ONE
WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
Submitter comment: SHE DID NOT BELIEVE IT THEN OR NOW.
Where learned: JAMAICA ; PRINCETON
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1970 ; 00-00-1985
It is believed in Greece that if an unmarried woman places three
"koufetta," meaning sugar-coated almonds, taken from a priest's tray
(meaning they were blessed) during a wedding, and places them under
her pillow at night while she is sleeping, she will see in her dreams
who she is to marry. The same is true for an unmarried male.
Where learned: GREECE
Date learned: 00001950CA
ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, THE CHILDREN THROW NUTS AT
PEOPLE. THIS DAY IS ST. STEPHAN'S DAY, THE FIRST
MARTYR OF THE CHURCH WHO WAS STONED TO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
GOOD LUCK NUT
NUTS ARE PLACED IN DISHES AS PART OF THE CHRISTMAS
FEAST CELEBRATION IN BULGARIA. EVERYONE IN THE
HOUSEHOLD RETAINS ONE TO BE SAVED UNTIL NEW YEAR'S
DAY. EVERYONE THEN BREAKS OPEN THEIR NUT AND THE
CONDITION OF THE INTERIOR INDICATES THE OWNER'S
FUTURE FOR THE COMING YEAR. A SOUND NUT MEAT
INDICATES PROSPERITY FOR ITS OWNER, WHILE A ROTTEN IN-
TERIOR SAYS THE COMING YEAR WILL NOT BE GOOD FOR
ITS OWNER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS AS A COMMON PRACTICE OF
HIS FAMILY IN BULGARIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BULGARIA
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
ONE GIRL ASKS A BOY,"MAKE ME A PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH."
SO HE MADE IT. HE WAS ABOUT TO CUT IT WHEN THE GIRL SAID," DO
NOT CUT IT BECAUSE THAT WAY ALL THE FLAVOR GOES OUT."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Some BN crossed out [ P400; P500]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Sparks, Pam
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Flavor ; FOOD ; Peanut Butter ; Sandwich
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; KNIFE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Plant food Nut BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 09-26-1965