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Polish Christmas Eve
ALL MEMBERS OF A FAMILY GATHER AT GRANDPARENTS'
HOUSE FOR A POLISH SUPPER FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION OF A PIECE OF OPLATKI, A LARGE COMMUNTION WAFER, RECEIVED FROM THE PARISH PRIEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OPLATKI?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
ONE DAY THE POLLACKS AND THE ITALIANS WERE HAVING A FOOTBALL GAME.
THERE WAS NO SCORE. THERE WAS A FACTORY NEARBY AND WHEN THE LUNCH
WHISTLE BLEW, THE POLLACKS LEFT THE FIELD TO EAT- FIFTEEN MINUTES
LATER THE ITALIANS SCORED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ITAL BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-7197
ADVENT WREATH
DURING ADVENT WE ALSO HAD AN ADVENT WREATH. THIS WAS ALWAYS MADE FROM
THE GREENS FROM THE EVERGREEN OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE, FOUR
WHITE CANDLES
AND HUNG WITH RED RIBBON. EVERY SUNDAY, ANOTHER CANDLE WAS LIT WHILE
SOMEONE READ THE GOSPEL FOR THAT DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, BEFORE WE COULD GET OUR GIFTS, EVERY CHILD HAD TO
DO SOMETHING FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY (MAKE UP AND READ A POEM
OR STORY, SING A SONG, PLAY THE PIANO, ETC.). MY MOTHER'S PART IN
THE PROGRAM WAS TO PLAY "SILENT NIGHT" ON THE PIANO. MY DAD'S PART
WAS TO PASS OUT PRESENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
James Callow comment:
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
IT USED TO BE TRADITION IN OUR FAMILY TO HAVE ADVENT CARDS. ONE
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WOULD MAKE CARDS WITH A PICTURE AND A NAME
OF A SAINT ON IT. WE WOULD PICK ONE FROM A HAT AND HAVE TO TELL ABOUT
"OUR" SAINT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE CATCH WAS THAT THE FIRST LETTER
OF THE NAMES COMBINED WOULD SPELL A WORD (EX. "CHRISTMAS") AND WE
WOULD TRY TO FIGURE WHAT IT WAS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing BELIEF -- P645 |
Date learned: 10-07-1977
ON THREE KINGS' DAY, JANUARY 6, OUR FAMILY BURNED INCENSE AND WROTE
WITH BLESSED CHALK ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOME THE INITIALS OF THE THREE KINGS. THIS WAS THE DAY THAT WE TOOK OUR CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
WE HAD A SMALL WOODEN MANGER MADE FOR OUR FAMILY BY A FRIEND.
DURING ADVENT, EVERY TIME ONE OF THE CHILDREN WOULD DO A GOOD DEED,
HE OR SHE COULD PUT IN A SMALL PIECE OF YARN. BY CHRISTMAS EVE IT
WOULD BE QUITE SOFT FOR "BABY JESUS."
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
PUTTING A PILE OF STRAW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE, THEN THE MAIN
COURSES OF FOOD (IN LARGE BOWLS) ARE PLACED ON THE STRAW. IF THE
STRAW STICKS TO THE BOWL, THEN THAT PARTICULAR FOOD WILL BE
PLENTIFUL THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON HALLOWEEN, I REMEMBER MY BROTHERS GOING OUT AND COLLECTING TWIGS,
BRANCHES, FLOWERS, ETC. THESE THEY TOOK OUT AT NIGHT AND WOULD PUT ON THE WINDOW SILLS
OF THEIR GIRLFRIENDS' HOUSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent. |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, JUST BEFORE EATING, EACH PERSON IS GIVEN A LARGE
PIECE OF WAFER (BLESSED AT CHURCH) TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, WISHING
GOOD HEALTH AND LUCK FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
WHEN WE LIVED ON THE FARM, ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER DINNER, SANTA CLAUS (MY FATHER OR MOTHER) CAME AND PASSED OUT ORANGES, WALNUTS, COOKIES,
ETC. (NO TOYS). I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS A POLISH CUSTOM OR NOT.
James Callow comment:
COLLECTOR DOES NOT SPECIFY DAY. BOGGS NUMBERS ARE
ADDED BY ME TO COVER POSSIBILITIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
CHRISTMAS EVE
AS THE DINNER IS BEING SERVED ON CHRISTMAS EVE, YOU TURN TO THE
PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU, TAKE HIS OR HER HEAD, SLOWLY SHAKE IT
BACK AND FORTH AND SAY "GOOD LUCK" ADDING THE NAME OF THE FOOD
BEING PASSED AROUND THE TABLE AT THAT TIME. FOR INSTANCE--"GOOD LUCK, POTATOES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Other ingredients BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
WHEN I WAS A KID, OUR FAMILY MADE ADVENT CALENDARS AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
THIS CALENDAR CONSISTED OF A PICTURE WITH DOORS AND WINDOWS THAT OPENED.
ON EACH DOOR OR WINDOW WAS A DAY FROM 1 TO 25, THE DATES IN DECEMBER
BEFORE CHRISTMAS. LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER WITH THINGS TO DO WERE
PLACED BEHIND THE DOORS AND WINDOWS. EACH DAY SOMEONE WOULD OPEN THE
DOOR OR WINDOW FOR THAT DAY AND DO WHAT THE SLIP OF PAPER SAID.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
CHRISTMAS SONGS ARE NEVER SUNG OR PLAYED, IN OUR FAMILY, UNTIL AFTER
ADVENT STARTS. THIS IS ON OR ABOUT THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
AT CHRISTMAS TIME A MANGER SCENE IS SET UP. THE INFANT, HOWEVER, IS NOT
PLACED IN THE CRIB UNTIL CHRISTMAS MORNING AND THE THREE WISE MEN ARE NOT PLACED WITH THE SCENE UNTIL
"THREE KING'S DAY" (JANUARY 6).
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, AFTER MIDNIGHT MASS, OUR FAMILY ATE WHAT WE CALLED
ANGEL BREAD. (IT WAS A KIND OF UNLEAVENED BREAD THAT HAD BEEN BLESSED.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN THE EVENING ON CHRISTMAS EVE A KNOCK WOULD BE HEARD AT THE DOOR.
UPON OPENING IT CANDY WOULD BE THROWN INTO THE ROOM BY WHOM WAS
BELIEVED TO BE ST. NICHOLAS. IT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE
HOUSE HAD BEEN GOOD AND COULD EXPECT A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS THE
NEXT MORNING.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-14-1972
A MERRY-GO-ROUND AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK BROKE DOWN. THE OWNER SENT
AWAY FOR THE PARTS TO FIX IT, WHICH COST ABOUT TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AFTER THE OWNER PUT THE NEW PARTS IN, HE TRIED OUT THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.
IT WENT AROUND BACKWARDS. EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE TO IT DIDN'T CHANGE
A THING, IT STILL WENT AROUND BACKWARDS. SO THE MERRY-GO-ROUND WAS
BELIEVED TO BE HEXED, AND NO ONE WOULD GO NEAR IT. FINALLY THE
OWNER TURNED THE HORSES AROUND THE OPPOSITE WAY TO REMOVE THE HEX
ON THE MERRY-GO-ROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS TALE FROM A MAN HE WORKED FOR AT A CARNIVAL.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-12-1972
FLUNK NOW, AVOID THE RUSH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
IT IS BAD TO BURY AFTER SUNSET.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BURIAL ; Dead ; SUNSET ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 09-08-1972