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BACHELOR PARTY CUSTOM
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THE GROOM IS USUALLY GIVEN A VERY LARGE JAR OF
VASELINE AS A HONEYMOON PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LUBRICATION FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bachelor parties |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
Belief
The pishtace are nocturnal murderers of Indians. The pishtaco murder Indians in order to obtain human fat to be sold as lubricants for machinery and to be used in pharmacuticals.
The legend derives from 16th and 17th centurey Spanish practices of using human body fats as treatment for wounds and diseases. the people who tell this tale are poor Indians and the pishtaco are usually wealthy industrial men in the area. The tale helps draw lines of social class.
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; Smith, Anthony Oliver ; The Pishtaco: Institutionalized Fear in Highland Peru
Keyword(s): BODY ; Cultural ; Culture ; Fat ; FEAR ; HORROR ; INDIAN ; INDUSTRY ; Kill ; Lubrication ; Machinery ; MEDICINE ; MURDER ; Native American ; Peru ; Peruvian ; Pharmaceutical ; Pishtaco ; Poor ; Social Class ; Wealthy
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |