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FIXED DATE BELIEF
PUT A DIME IN YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE AND THE PERSON WHO GETS
IT WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK (AND GET TO KEEP THE DIME).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-28-1970
ORIENTAL CUSTOM
ORIENTALS CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS ON THE TET
FEAST DAY; EVERYBODY AGES ON THE SAME DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
HER MOTHER PUTS NEW PENNIES INTO THE BATTER IN MAKING A
BIRTHDAY CAKE. THOSE WHO RECEIVE PENNIES IN THEIR PIECE
OF CAKE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
THE PERSON WHOSE BIRTHDAY IT IS GETS TO PICK THE MENU,
THE DRINKS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE NIGHT. THE
BIRTHDAY GIFTS ARE GIVEN DURING THE MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHEN YOU BLOW OUT THE CANDLES ON
THE BIRTHDAY CAKE, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH;
IF YOU DO NOT TELL ANYBODY YOUR WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
BIRTHDAY MEAL
IT IS THE CHINESE CUSTOM TO EAT NOODLES ON ONE'S
BIRTHDAY. THE LONG NOODLES SIGNIFY A LONG LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MEXICAN BIRTHDAY
AT A MEXICAN BIRTHDAY PARTY, ONE CAN ALWAYS FIND A
PINATA. THIS IS AN ANIMAL-SHAPED CONTAINER THAT IS
FILLED WITH CANDY AND COINS. IT IS USUALLY MADE OF
BRIGHTLY COLORED PAPER. THE MAIN FIGURES USED ARE
THE BULL AND HORSE. A PINATA CAN EITHER BE MADE IN
THE HOME OR ONE CAN BUY IT IN A LOCAL STORE. IT IS
HUNG FROM THE CEILING AND EACH CHILD AT THE PARTY
RECEIVES A TURN TO TRY TO BREAK THE PINATA. THE CHILD IS
BLINDFOLDED AND USES A STICK FOR HIS FEAT. ONCE THE
PINATA IS OPENED THE CANDY AND COINS FALL TO THE FLOOR
AND THE CHILDREN GET ON THEIR KNEES, TRYING TO GET
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
EVERYTIME THERE IS A BIRTHDAY IN THEIR FAMILY, THEY
PUT EACH PRESENT OVER THE PERSON'S HEAD WHOSE BIRTHDAY
IT IS SAYING, "HEAVY, HEAVY HANG OVER YOUR HEAD, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?" THE PERSON THEN GUESSES
ASKING, "EAT IT, DRINK IT, PLAY WITH IT, WEAR IT?"
AFTER GUESSING THEY OPEN THE PRESENT. IT DOESN'T
REALLY MATTER IF THEIR GUESSES WERE APPROPRIATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
THAI CUSTOM
DO NOT SAY THE NAMES OF THE DEAD BECAUSE IT WILL
STOP THOSE THAT ARE STILL ALIVE FROM BEING
CHANGED TO ANOTHER STATE OR FORM OF BEING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
NEVER EAT BREAD WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES BY, BECAUSE
YOUR TEETH WILL FALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
IRISH CUSTOM
IN OLD IRISH FAMILIES, AFTER ANYBODY DIES, THE FAMILY
THROWS A PARTY IN COMMEMORATION OF HIM.
Submitter comment:
JOHN TOLD ME THAT HIS GUESS IS THAT THEY DO THIS IN
ORDER TO SHOW THAT THEY REALIZE THAT BAD THINGS WILL
HAPPEN AND THAT MANY GOOD THINGS WILL OCCUR AND LIFE
WILL GO ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
IRISH WAKE
IN THE OLD DAYS, AFTER SOMEONE DIED, THE PEOPLE USED
TO WAIT AND WATCH FOR THREE DAYS TO SEE IF THE PERSON
WOULD WAKE UP FROM A FIT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: SOMETIME CELEBRATING WAS INVOLVED IN THE HOPE
THAT THE PERSON WOULD WAKE UP. JIM TOLD ME THIS CUSTOM
AFTER HE HEARD JOHN GRIFFIN'S VERSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
ITALIAN-AMERICAN CUSTOM
WHEN THE FUNERAL IS OVER, ITALIAN-AMERICANS GO TO THE
HOME OF THE DECEASED FOR A FEAST.
Submitter comment: ACQUIRED CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
EGYPTIAN PHAROAHS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED WITH FOOD, WINE, WATER, WIVES AND SERVANTS
FOR THEIR AFTER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
UNCIVILIZED INDIANS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
GREEK CUSTOM
IF A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF A WIDOW AFTER 40, SHE WILL WEAR
BLACK FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. THIS PARTICULAR FACT
IS PERTINENT TO THE GREEKS.
Submitter comment: JAMES'S MOTHER TOLD HIM OF THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
IN THIS RELIGIOUS CEREMONY THE MONK TAKES A LEAF AND
POURS WATER TO THE GROUND WHERE THE DEAD ARE BURIED.
THE LEAF MAY ALSO CONTAIN FOOD. THIS IS TO INSURE
FOOD TO THE DEAD AND A BELIEF IN LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
INDIANS PUT FOUR POLES INTO THE GROUND. THEN THEY PUT
THE WRAPPED UP OBJECT ON THE STRETCHER, TIED TO THE
FOUR POLES. THEY SUPPLY THE BODY WITH FOOD AND DRINK
ON HIS TRIP TO THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS.
Submitter comment: DID A PAPER ON THE SUBJECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
SWEETHEART SONG
OF ALL THE GIRLS OF COLLEGE YEARS
THERE IS ONE THAT I'VE LOVED LONG.
FOR ME SHE WEARS THE GOLDEN HEART.
FOR HER I SING THIS SONG.
SIGMA PHI EPSILON SWEETHEART
WONDERFUL SIG EP GIRL
TRUE IS THE HEART THAT YOU'RE WEARING,
YOU SET MY HEART IN A WHIRL.
VIOLETS AND ROSES,
MY HEART DISCLOSES,
SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME TRUE.
MY SIGMA PHI EPSILON SWEETHEART
WONDERFUL SIG EP GIRL
Submitter comment:
AS THE MEMBERS STANDING IN A CIRCLE SING THIS SONG, THE SWEETHEART
FOR THAT YEAR IS ESCORTED AROUND AND KISSES EACH OF THE GUYS.
THIS IS NOT SUNG TO A FAMILIAR TUNE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1980
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
THE STORY OF THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY ORIGINATED DURING THE 100
YEARS WAR OF THE TURKS AND HUNGARIANS. A LITTLE BOY WANTED TO
BE A DRUMMER BUT HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE. ONE NIGHT HE WENT OUT
AND STARTED TO BEAT ON HIS DRUM. IT JUST HAPPENED THAT THIS WAS THE
SAME NIGHT THE TURKS HAD PLANNED TO ATTACK A
HUNGARIAN HAMLET. THE DRUM AROUSED THE PEOPLE IN TIME FOR THEM
TO NOTICE THE INVASION AND PUT UP A DEFENSE WHICH STARVED (SIC) OFF
THE ATTACK.
Submitter comment: HANK LEARNED AS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-01-1967