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CHRISTMAS - FOOD, DRINK
IN UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO
EAT BOILED WHEAT MIXED WITH
HONEY AND POPPY SEEDS DURING
CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION PASSED ON BY RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
CHRISTMAS PARTY
LAST CHRISTMAS, WHEN I WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE FOR A CHRISTMAS
PARTY, THEY HAD A CELEBRATION IN WHICH EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE WAS
GIVEN A PIECE OF BREAD, LIKE MOTZA. EACH PERSON WOULD BREAK OFF A
PIECE OF BREAD AND PUT IT IN ANOTHER'S MOUTH AND, IF IT WAS A GIRL,
WOULD PROCEED TO KISS THE GIRL OR IF IT WERE A MAN HE WOULD SHAKE
HANDS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
EXTRA INCOME
IN POLAND AT CHRISTMAS THE CHOIRMASTER BROUGHT THE RECTANGULAR
HOSTS TO EACH FAMILY. HE WAS ALLOWED TO DO THIS AS A WAY OF
SUPPLEMENTING HIS INCOME, WHICH WASN'T MUCH. EACH FAMILY WOULD GIVE
HIM A GIFT WHEN HE BROUGHT THE WAFER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SHARING BREAD
ONE OF THE CUSTOMS OF THE POLISH PEOPLE AT CHRISTMAS TIME
WAS TO SHARE BREAD (MADE OF FLOUR AND WATER) WITH HONEY. THE
FATHER WOULD START BY GIVING HIS WIFE A PIECE OF HIS BREAD AND
AT THE SAME TIME WISHING HER A MERRY CHRISTMAS. THEN EACH CHILD
WOULD FOLLOW ACCORDING TO AGE. THEN THE WIFE WOULD GO
THROUGH THE SAME PROCEDURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
BEFORE DINNER EVERYONE HAS A PIECE OF A
WAFER SIMILAR TO THE COMMUNION WAFER.
THIS WAFER MAY BE WHITE, PINK, OR BLUE AND
USUALLY HAS AN IMPRINT OF THE NAVITY
SCENE, THE THREE WISE MEN, OR THE SHEPHERDS
ON IT. EVERYBODY TAKES A PIECE OF EACH
OTHER'S WAFER AND WISHES THEM HEALTH,
HAPPINESS, AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
"XMAS (CHRISTMAS) BREAD"
ON CHRISTMAS YOU MAKE A LOAF OF BREAD WITH A COIN IN IT, THE
PERSON WHO GETS THE PIECE OF BREAD WITH THE COIN IN IT HAS
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gabriel, Rosalyn
Keyword(s): BREAD ; CHRISTMAS ; COIN ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
IRISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, IN IRELAND, ALL THE CATHOLIC FAMILIES PUT A
LIGHTED CANDLE IN EVERY WINDOW IN THEIR HOUSE TO LIGHT THE WAY
FOR THE BLESSED MOTHER AND ST. JOSEPH AND SHOW THEM THAT THEY'RE
WELCOME IN THEIR HOMES.
Submitter comment:
PRACTICED IN IRELAND, 1915
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
CHRISTMAS NIGHT (EVE)
ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT (EVE) IN IRELAND, CANDLES ARE LIT AND PUT ON THE
WINDOWS. THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY LEADS THE CHILDREN, FOLLOWED BY
THE MOTHER, INTO EACH ROOM TO LIGHT THE CANDLES. THE ROSARY IS
RECITED DURING THE PROCESSION, AND PRAYERS ARE SAID FOR THE DEAD, THE
LIVING AND "THE BORN TO BE." THEN FOOD IS LEFT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE
BECAUSE JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH MAY DROP IN DURING THE NIGHT FOR
SOMETHING TO EAT. THE KITCHEN DOOR IS LEFT OPEN ALL NIGHT TO RECEIVE
THEM OR ANY OTHER TRAVELER WHO MAY NEED LODGING FOR THE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
SYMBOL OF LAND FERTILITY
DURING THE UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL, A SHEAF OF
STRAW IN THE FORM OF A MAN IS PUT INTO A CORNER AND SYMBOLIZES
LAND FERTILITY. THE "MAN" IS CALLED DIDUKH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SWADDLING CLOTHES
IN POLAND AT THE BIG FESTIVE MEAL ON CHRISTMAS
EVE, THE POLISH PEOPLE PUT STRAW UNDER THE TABLECLOTH TO
REMIND THEM THAT CHRIST WAS BORN IN SWADDLING CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A REMEMBRANCE OF THE STABLE
DURING THE UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL, STRAW IS
SCATTERED UNDERNEATH THE TABLE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE
STABLE WHERE CHRIST WAS BORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, FATHER OF HOUSEHOLD
MUST FEED ALL THE LIVESTOCK THE BEST
FOOD, BECAUSE IT IS BELIEVED THAT
THAT NIGHT LIVESTOCK CAN SPEAK, AND SO
MIGHT COMPLAIN TO GOD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM PARENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
CHRISTMAS
AFTER SUPPER ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
THE MOTHER TAKES 3 TABLESPOONS
OF EACH FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND
PLACES THEM IN A DISH FOR THE
SPIRITS OF THE DECEASED IN THE
FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
CHRISTMAS MEAL FOR THE DECEASED
THERE IS ANOTHER UKRAINIAN CUSTOM WHICH SOME
FOLLOW TODAY STATING THAT AFTER THE TRADITIONAL
CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL, PEOPLE LEAVE THE LEFT-OVERS
ON THE TABLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT IN
ORDER THAT MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WHO WERE DECEASED
MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT THAT ONE NIGHT IN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, FATHER OF THE HOUSEHOLD MUST GIVE ALL BORROWED
THINGS BACK TO THEIR OWNERS (SO THE THINGS COULD CELEBRATE WITH
THEIR OWNERS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM PARENTS IN UKRAINE.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT AND COLLECTOR SHARE SAME SURNAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
THE CHRISTMAS SYMBOL IN THE PHILIPPINES IS A STAR. DURING CHRISTMAS
EVERYONE GOES TO VISIT THEIR GODPARENTS AND KISSES THEIR HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Other ingredients |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS TIME THE WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER. THEY RENT A HALL
AND WHEN ALL HAVE GATHERED EACH FAMILY OF THE CLAN GIVES SOME KIND OF
PERFORMANCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS A GIRL FROM A LARGE POLISH FAMILY
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Other ingredients |
Date learned: 10-27-1967
CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE MOTHER THROWS INCENSE ON BURNING CHARCOAL AND
THE FAMILY PRAYS. (PRAYER IS TO RISE LIKE THE FRAGRANT SMELL)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECIEVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
KEEPING THE WOLVES AWAY
DURING CHRISTMAS THE LITTLE POLISH CHILDREN PUT PEAS ON THE WINDOWSILLS IN THE BELIEF THAT IT WOULD STOP THE WOLVES FROM EATING THEIR ANIMALS AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Beliefs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Feeding animals, spirits of trees |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Christmas Bean Serving
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM, DURING CHRISTMAS
EVE DINNER, FOR ALL THE CHILDREN TO SAVE
ONE SPOONFUL OF BEANS UNTIL THE END OF
THE BEAN SERVING. THEY TAKE THIS SPOON AND
GO TO THE BACKDOOR AND THROW THEM
OUTSIDE.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON IS TO SYMBOLICALLY OFFER
THE WOLF FOOD SO HE WILL NOT COME
TO THE DOOR DURING THE UPCOMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-00-1968