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PLANTING CUSTOM
SOW SEEDS IN TRAYS IN HOT BEDS ON VALENTINE'S DAY, FEBRUARY 14TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
Keyword(s): PLANTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day |
MARCH 21, THE OFFICIAL FIRST DAY OF SPRING, IS FAMILY DAY. SONGS
ABOUT FAMILIES ARE PLAYED ON THE RADIO AND T.V. CHILDREN WRITE
COMPOSITIONS IN SCHOOL ABOUT THE FAMILY. THEY DISCONTINUED
MOTHER'S DAY BECAUSE FAMILIES WITHOUT MOTHERS WERE LEFT OUT.
Submitter comment: (THIS HAPPENED IN) EGYPT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MOTHER'S DAY IN EGYPT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 21 |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
FEAST OF ST. JOHN (EVE OF JUNE 24)
ON THE EVE OF THE FEAST OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (JUNE) THE YOUNG PEOPLE
GET TOGETHER AND BUILD A LARGE BONFIRE. THERE IS MUCH SINGING AND
DANCING. THEN THE BOYS TAKE TURNS JUMPING OVER THE FIRE. THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO CLEANSE THEM FROM ALL EVIL. (UKRAINIAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): PURIFICATION THROUGH FIRE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 23 |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
DEVIL'S NIGHT
OCTOBER 30, THE DAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN, IS DEVIL'S NIGHT.
THE KIDS WHO ARE TOO OLD TO GO BEGGING SOAP OR WAX WINDOWS, THROW
EGGS, OR RING DOORBELLS.
ANOTHER TRICK IS TO WRAP FRESH DOG CRAP IN NEWSPAPER, PUT IT ON
SOMEONE'S PORCH, IGNITE THE NEWSPAPER, AND RING THE DOORBELL. THE
OCCUPANT USUALLY TRIES TO EXTINGUISH IT BY STAMPING ON THE NEWS-
PAPER.
SOMETIMES FIRECRACKERS ARE PUT IN MAILBOXES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
A FOLKTALE ABOUT A HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE FELLOW, JUST ABOUT SO TALL, ME AND THESE
FRIENDS OF MINE WENT OUT ON DEVILS NIGHT AND DECIDED WE WAS GONNA
HAVE US SOME FUN. WELL WE TOOK US AN OLD TIRE, TIRES WAS HARD TO
GET IN THOSE DAYS, AND WE FILLED THAT OLD TIRE WITH COW MANURE.
THEN WE TIED A LONG ROPE TO IT AND PUT IT OUT IN THE ROAD. NOW
TIRES WAS HARD TO GET IN THOSE DAYS AND THERE WAS SURE TO BE
SOMEONE WHO WOULD STOP TO PICK IT UP. WELL WE HID IN THE BUSHES
AND WAITED AND SURE AS YOU MAKE HEAD CHEESE FROM PIGS A CAR STOPPED
TO PICK IT UP. AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT TWO FELLAS, ALL DRESSED
UP 'CAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO TOWN, STOPPED THEIR CAR AND WAS
GANNA PICK UP THAT OLD TIRE WHEN WE GIVE IT A GOOD PULL. WELL
THEY WEREN'T GONNA LET US KIDS OUT SMART THEM SO THEY PICKED UP THAT
OLD TIRE AND GAVE IT A GOOD PULL AND WE LET IT GO AND THEY FELL
WITH THAT TIRE ON TOP OF THEM AND GOT ALL MESSED UP AND THAT OLD
TIRE WASN'T NO GOOD ANYWAY. (SIC)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
HALLOWEEN PRANK
ON HALLOWEEN, THE YOUNG BOYS AROUND THE FARMS IN PENNSYLVANIA
PLAY A JOKE ON THE FARMER. AT NIGHT, THEY TAKE HIS BUGGY APART
AND TAKE THE PIECES UP TO THE ROOF OF THE BARN. THEY PUT THE BUGGY
TOGETHER AND LEAVE IT PERCHED ON THE FARMER'S ROOF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
HALLOWEEN CUSTOMS
ON HALLOWEEN THE INFORMANTS MOTHER AND HER FRIENDS USED TO GO
"WINDOW-RATTLING." A WINDOW RATTLER IS MADE BY CUTTING NOTCHES
AROUND BOTH ENDS OF A SPOOL, AND WRAPPING STRING AROUND IT.
THEN YOU PUT A PENCIL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE SPOOL. WHEN YOU HOLD
THE RATTLER AGAINST A WINDOW AND PULL THE STRING A LOUD NOISE IS
PRODUCED, SCARING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IS 45, IRISH-AMERICAN, LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF
LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
IT IS THE CUSTOM IN CZECHOSLOVOKIA ON HALLOWEEN FOR THE BOYS TO
DUMP A BUCKET OF ( WATER ON ? ) UNSUSPECTING GIRLS AS A TRICKSTER
PRANK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
HALLOWEEN TRICK
PUT DOG MANURE INTO A PAPER BAG; THROW IT ONTO SOMEONE'S PORCH,
THEN LIGHT THE BAG AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR. RUN BEHIND SOME BUSHES AND
WAIT FOR SOME LAUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
HALLOWEEN
ANOTHER GAME IS BLIND FOLDING YOUR PARTNER AFTER HE PICKED OUT A
PICTURE OF A PRETTY GIRL THEN ASKING HIM TO KISS THE PICTURE
AFTER THE BLINDFOLD IS ON. IN THE MEANTIME A SAUCER OF FLOUR IS
SLIPPED OVER THE PICTURE AND HE ENDS UP WITH A WHITE FACE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
HALLOWEEN
ANOTHER TRICK IS TO TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN PIN A CUP OF WATER INTO
THE TOP OF A DRAPE.
WHILE YOU ARE STANDING ON A CHAIR TRYING TO PIN THE CUP OF WATER YOUR
AUDIENCE ACCIDENTLY GETS A CUP OF WATER ON HIS HEAD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
UPON THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN CHILDREN USUALLY WOULD GET
IN TROUBLE SIMPLY BY HAVING FUN. IN THE OLD DAYS CHILDREN WOULD
DISASSEMBLE HORSE'S CARRIAGE AND THEN REASSEMBLE THE CARRIAGE ON
THE ROOF OF THE OWNER'S BARN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE AND OTHER CHILDREN OFTEN PERFORMED THIS
ACT TO SOMEONE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
HALLOWEEN
IT WAS A CUSTOM IN PLYMOUTH, INDIANA 20 YRS. AGO TO KNOCK DOWN
FARMERS' OUTHOUSES ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. A GROUP OF FOUR OR MORE
TEENAGERS WOULD DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
I WAS TAUGHT IN GRADE SCHOOL THAT ANYONE BORN BETWEEN DECEMBER 21
AND DECEMBER 26 WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE
SPIRITS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): SPIRITS
Date learned: 11-11-1969
DAYS OF REST
IN POLAND THEY CONSIDERED THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AS HOLY AS
CHRISTMAS. ON BOTH OF THESE DAYS THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY
WORK. ALL THE COOKING HAD TO BE DONE AND READY BEFORE THESE TWO DAYS
AND THEY COULD ONLY WASH AS MANY DISHES AS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAD TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS IS THE FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN WHO WAS THE
FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR. IN ORDER TO PAY RESPECT TO HIM THE FAMILY
IS TO THROW NUTS AT EACH OTHER BEFORE THE MAIN MEAL BECAUSE HE WAS
STONED TO DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY ACTUALLY DOES THIS EACH YEAR ON DECEMBER 26TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
ST. STEPHENS DAY
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, FRIENDS TAKE BAGS OF WALNUTS OR HICKORY NUTS
AND GO TO VISIT FRIENDS. THEY THROW THE NUTS AT THE VISITED IN
THE SAME MANNER THAT ST. STEPHEN WAS STONED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 09-18-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
EVERY DECEMBER 28, OR ST. STEPHENS DAY, THE IRISH PEOPLE WOULD
PARADE AROUND THE VILLAGES CARRYING A HOLLY TREE WITH A WREN'S NEST
IN IT. THEY WOULD CHANT " THE WREN, THE WREN, THE KING OF ALL BIRDS
WAS CAUGHT IN THE FIRE ON ST. STEPHENS DAY; UP WITH THE KETTLE
AND DOWN WITH THE PAN, A PENNY OR THREEPENCE TO BURY THE WREN."
Submitter comment:
THIS PROCESSION WOULD BE IN COSTUME AND THE PEOPLE WOULD HOLD OUT
THEIR POTS FOR DONATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
ROCKY HELLO
ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, ST. STEPHENS DAY, YOUR NEIGHBORS COME
OVER AND THROW NUTS AT YOU.
Submitter comment: SYMBOLIC OF ST. STEPHEN'S STONING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
HUNT THE WREN
ON ST. STEPHENS DAY CHILDREN GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR IN FANCY DRESS
SINGING AND DANCING FOR THE PEOPLE. THE CHILDREN ARE GIVEN
CHRISTMAS CAKE AND MONEY AS A REWARD.
Submitter comment: DONE IN IRELAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1970