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CHRISTMAS EVE BREAD
OPLATKI-(O PWAT'KEY) - IS UNLEAVE[NE]D BREAD WHICH NUNS MAKE IN
POLAND FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. IT HAS A NATIVITY IMPRINT ON IT. THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND HIS MATE BREAK ONE PIECE INTO TWO HALVES,
THE CHILDREN THEN WISH EACH OTHER HEALTH, WEALTH, ETC. SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE SET A PLACE FOR STRANGERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; UNLEAVENED BREAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
YARN MEN
IN DENMARK AT CHRISTMAS THE DINNER TABLE IS DECORATED WITH LITTLE
MEN MADE FROM RED YARN CALLED "NISSERMAN." THE FAMILY USUALLY MAKES
THESE FIGURES TOGETHER IN PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
Submitter comment:
[Informant is] Danish.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DOLLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Decorations |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LITHUANIAN CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS, IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR ALL LITHUANIANS
TO ATTEND TWELVE O'CLOCK MASS. IN THE MEAL
WHICH FOLLOWS, A PLACE IS PROPERLY SET FOR
EVERYONE INCLUDING A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHO
MIGHT HAVE DIED THE YEAR BEFORE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
POLISH CUSTOM
BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS MEAL EACH
PARTAKER TAKES A PIECE OF EACH OTHER'S
CHRISTMAS WAFER AND WISHES HIM
GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
SING WHILE YOU EAT, AND YOU CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CUSTOM BELIEF
WHEN THE BUTTER STANDS UP IN THE DISH WHEN YOU THROW A PAT OF BUTTER
OFF A KNIFE, THEN COMPANY'S COMING.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DESTINY
IF YOU TAKE A SECOND HELPING OF THE KIND
OF FOOD YOU STILL HAVE ON YOUR PLATE
THIS IS A SIGN OF SOMEONE HUNGRY COMING TO THE HOUSE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
OMEN
THIS WAS COLLECTED 04011967 FROM MY MOTHER WHO WAS
RELATING SOME OF THE OLD WIVES TALES CONCERNING NEW BORN
CHILDREN-TALES SHE HEARD AS A YOUNGSTER.
A BABY'S DIAPERS MUST ALWAYS BE HUNG UNDER A ROOF AND
NEVER OUTSIDE UNTIL AFTER THE BABY IS BAPTIZED THIS IS TO INSURE
GOOD LUCK IN THE BABY'S LIFE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
NORSE BELIEF: IF YOU SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN YOU WILL DIE
AT SEA.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
FLOWERS AT A WEDDING
IF THE BRIDE AT A WEDDING HAS LILIES IN HER CORSRGZ, THE FIRST-BORN
CHILD WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IN HAMTRAMCK
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
HAND ITCHING IS FOR MONEY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
THREE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR----NOBODY THERE---IMPENDING DEATH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
MRS. MURPHY REMEMBERS THAT HER MOTHER WAS A VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
PERSON, ESPECIALLY ABOUT DEATH. THEY HAD A LONG PORCH ON THEIR
HOUSE THAT RAN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF TWO SIDES OF THE HOUSE. ONE
NIGHT MRS. MURPHY'S MOTHER, FATHER, AND UNCLE THOUGHT THEY HEARD
WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A PACK OF DOGS TROTTING ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH
OF THE PORCH. WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO SEE, THEY FOUND NOTHING. THEY
WENT BACK INSIDE AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD IT AGAIN. AGAIN THEY SAW
NOTHING. THIS HAPPENED A THIRD TIME AND THEN CEASED. THE NEXT
MORNING MRS. MURPHY'S LITTLE SISTER DIED. HER MOTHER CLAIMS TO
THIS DAY THAT THE SOUNDS THEY HEARD WERE OMENS OF THE IMPENDING
DEATH OF THEIR DAUGHTER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
THE NIGHT BEFORE MRS. MURPHY'S AUNT DIED, HER MOTHER AND HER
GRANDMOTHER BOTH CLAIM THEY HEARD THREE KNOCKS, AT SEPARATE
TIMES, ON THE FRONT DOOR. UPON INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS
FOUND TO BE NO ONE THERE. THE NEXT DAY, THE AUNT DIED. THEY
BELIEVE THESE KNOCKS WERE DEATH OMENS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
MRS. MURPHY'S MOTHER TOLD THE CHILDREN FOR MANY YEARS THAT IF A
SNAKE WERE FOUND IN THE HOUSE IT WAS A SURE SIGN THAT THERE
WAS AN IMMINENT DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
AN OLD GERMAN LADY WAS LYING ILL IN THE HOME OF HER DAUGHTER
IN ADDISON, MICHIGAN. THE FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
SHE WOULD RECOVER FROM HER AFLICTION. IT WAS THAT KIND OF
AN ILLNESS. THEN ONE DAY A BIRD FLEW AGAINST THE WINDOW -
A SIGN OF DEATH-SURE ENOUGH SHE DIED THAT SAME DAY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DREAMS
A LITTLE GIRL REMARKED THAT SHE HAD DREAMT THAT WHITE HORSES
HAD CHASED HER THROUGH A CEMETERY. THAT VERY DAY SHE HAD
SAID THIS SHE WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR. NATURALLY THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE DREAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS EXPLAINING HER DEATH OR THE OCCURENCE
OF HER DEATH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
KEEP TALKING
A SUDDEN SILENCE IN A CONVERSATION MEANS ONE OF THOSE PRESENT WILL
DIE WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
OMEN
IF A PICTURE FALLS OFF THE WALL SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
LUCK
3 KNOCKS ARE A SIGN OF SOME KIND OF
BAD LUCK COMING SUCH AS DEATH.
IF YOU HEAR 3 KNOCKS - BEWARE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969