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JAMAICAN SPIRIT BELIEF
WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING OR MOVING INTO A HOUSE, KILL ANY ANIMAL AND
SPRINKLE ITS BLOOD AROUND THE HOUSE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THE
SPIRITS TO LEAVE IT ALONE. OFTEN MEN WON'T WORK ON HOUSES BEFORE
THIS IS DONE.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
LENTEN RESOLUTIONS
IT IS CUSTOMARY DURING LENT FOR MANY CATHOLICS TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS.
THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE USUALLY DENIALS SELF-INFLICTED, SUCH AS
GIVING UP CERTAIN FOODS OR GIVING UP TELEVISION.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED THIS FROM HOME LIFE)
Where learned: OHIO ; 2507 ROWLAND NE ; CANTON ; 44714
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
LENTEN CUSTOM
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM AMONG CHRISTIANS DURING THE LENTEN SEASON
TO GIVE-UP OR ABSTAIN FROM SOMETHING THEY REALLY ENJOY.
CIGARETTES, CANDY, ETC.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT, THE BYZNATINE ( BYZANTINE ) FAITHFUL ABSTAINED FROM
CUSTOMARY FOOD, IN THE OLD WORLD. MEAT WAS FOR SURVIVAL, AND FASTING
WAS KEPT VERY STRICT.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS NO LONGER KEPT IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
LENTEN FAST--RUSSIAN
DURING THE FORTY DAYS BEFORE EASTER, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WERE NOT
ALOWED TO EAT MEAT, FISH, MILK OR CREAM. THEY WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TO EAT VEGETABLES SUCH AS POTATOES, SAURKRAUT ( SAUERKRAUT ),
ETC.
NOTE: TOLD TO MY MOTHER BY HER NEIGHBOR MRS. MARY YASHIN
WHO GREW UP IN SARATOV, RUSSIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
LENT
MOST FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF SOUP DURING LENT IN PLACE OF MEATS.
ACQUIRED THIS EVERY LENT.
Where learned: OSGOOD ROAD, ASSUMED ; MILFORD ; NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
LENT
ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY OF LENT THE INFORMANT'S FATHER
ATE ONLY HERRING, POTATOES, AND CABBAGE, ALL WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF
WATER.
Where learned: 1971 MORRELL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
LENTEN CUSTOM
IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THERE WAS A CUSTOM THAT ADULTS (PERSONS OVER
21) MUST FAST FROM EATING IN BETWEEN MEALS AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF 2 FULL MEALS DURING THE DAY FOR THE PERIOD
FROM ASH WEDNESDAY TO EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; 42 SANDS ST ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LENTEN CUSTOM
THE CATHOLIC CUSTOM IS TO FAST DURING THE 40 DAYS OF LENT AS CHRIST
DID ON MT. SINAI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13619 MAPLERIDGE
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
LENTEN CUSTOMS:
IT IS A CUSTOM TO GIVE UP SOMETHING DURING THE LENTEN SEASON TO SHOW
PENANCE AND SELF SACRIFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
LENTEN CUSTOMS
GIVING UP CANDY OR SOMETHING ELSE OF PLEASURE FOR THE LENTEN PERIOD.
Submitter comment: FAMILY PRACTICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 3135 PEBBLE LN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE UP SOMETHING WE ENJOY OR LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS PRACTICED DURING EVERY LENTEN SEASON IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5334 CANTON ; 48211
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HOLY WEEK
IN UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY NOT TO EAT MEAT ALL WEEK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.30 |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
EASTER
HER GRANDMOTHER NEVER EATS FROM HOLY THURSDAY TO EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
SLOVAK EASTER CUSTOM
STRICT FAST ON GOOD FRIDAY AND HOLY SATURDAY. THIS APPLIES ONLY TO
ADULTS AND ONLY UNTIL NOON. THE ADULTS MAY HAVE COFFEE OR MILK
AND A PIECE OF BREAD, SOMETIMES BUTTERED. THEN THE FAST IS RESUMED.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 663 Holy Saturday |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
BLACK FAST
ON GOOD FRIDAY, THE GROWN-UPS REALLY OBSERVED THE "BLACK FAST". THEY
ATE ONLY DARK BREAD AND BLACK COFFEE. THE CHILDREN HAD MILK, ( ; )
WE WERE NOT REALLY HUNGRY BUT HAD MEAGER MEALS.
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
GOOD FRIDAY SUPPER
ON GOOD FRIDAY, ONE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE MEAL. HE SHOULD SPEND THE REST
OF HIS DAY CONTEMPLATING THE SERIOUS OCCASION WHICH THE DATE
REPRESENTS. THE MEAL SHOULD CONSIST OF COOKED NOODLES, PRUNES, AND
SMALL SQUARES OF BREAD. THIS AGAIN SHOULD REPRESENT THE SEVERITY
OF CHRIST'S DEATH AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO MANKIND.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM OF THE PEOPLE OF WESTPHALIA. MR.
STOERKEL IS FROM THIS AREA OF GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 00001940S LATE
HOLY WEEK ( GOOD FRIDAY )
IN UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY NOT TO EAT DAIRY PRODUCTS ON HOLY FRIDAY
(ALONG WITH MEAT).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
A RELIGIOUS TRADITION
"ON GOOD FRIDAY AT HOME WE WERE ALLOWED TO EAT ONLY
APPLES AND SODA CRACKERS FROM MIDNIGHT HOLY THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
GOOD FRIDAY, AND WE COULD ONLY DRINK WATER."
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD AT HOME.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
HOLY WEEK CUSTOMS ( GOOD FRIDAY )
ON GOOD FRIDAY, NO DAIRY PRODUCTS OR PRODUCTS MADE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS,
NO MEAT, AND NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MAY BE CONSUMED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 4906 CHARING CROSS ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR