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FUNERAL CUSTOM
AFTER AN IRISH FUNERAL, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO HAVE A BIG
CELEBRATION WITH FOOD AND LOTS OF DANCING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
BELIEF
LITTLE WHITE BRUISES UNDER YOUR NAILS ARE BEAUTY MARKS.
Submitter comment:
CHRIS LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER. SINCE THEY ARE OF POLISH DESCENT,
IT IS A POLISH BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
ITALIAN FUNERAL CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR ITALIANS TO SEND A WREATH
OF FLOWERS WITH A CLOCK INSIDE THE WREATH. THE
CLOCK IS STOPPED AT THE TIME THE PERSON DIED.
THIS WAS DONE AT MISS TRUPIANO'S UNCLE'S FUNERAL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
INDIA DEATH CUSTOM
IF A WOMAN'S HUSBAND DIES, SHE MUST TAKE OFF ALL
HER JEWELS AND WEAR BLACK. SHE MUST BREAK THE BLACK
BEADED CHAIN, BREAK THE GLASS BANGLES ON HER
BRACELET, AND TAKE THE RED DOT OFF HER FOREHEAD
REPLACING IT WITH A BLACK ONE. MM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN INDIA, MOURNERS ARE HIRED TO
MOURN AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
FOR NINE DAYS AFTER A PERSON'S BURIAL, PEOPLE TAKE
TURNS STAYING AT HIS HOUSE CONTINUALLY, JUST SITTING
AROUND TALKING. IT IS BELIEVED THAT HIS SPIRIT STAYS
ON EARTH FOR NINE DAYS BEFORE STARTING FOR HEAVEN AND
THEY ARE KEEPING IT COMPANY. THIS IS A UKRANIAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
PROVERB
OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
WHEN AT FIRST WE PRACTICE TO DECEIVE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISHONESTY ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER, EVEN TO A FAMILY BURIAL SPOT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
AMONG THE UKRANIANS, OLD FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED HAVE
AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN THE FUNERAL. THEY GATHER
IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH, HOLDING LIGHTED CANDLES,
AND ACCOMPANY THE PROCESSION WITH THE BODY INTO THE
CHURCH. THEY STOP THREE TIMES IN THE PROCESSION,
STOPPING AT THREE OF THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS. THEY
ACCOMPANY THE BODY OUT OF THE CHURCH AS WELL.
AT THE WAKE, AS WELL AS THE FUNERAL, ALL OLD FRIENDS
OF THE DECEASED NORMALLY GO TO THE CASKET AND MAKE
A BLESSING OVER THE BODY. THUS, THIS FUNCTION OF
BLESSING IS NOT RESERVED ONLY FOR THE CLERGY, BUT ALSO
FOR FRIENDS OF THE DEAD PERSON.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
CHINESE DEATH CUSTOM
EACH YEAR THE CHINESE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY
MUST BURN A MODEL HOUSE TO HONOR THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
A GAME IN TAIWAN WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE GAME PLAYED IN
THE STATES, MUSICAL CHAIRS. SIX CHILDREN ARE PLAYING
TOGETHER AND SIT IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS CHOSEN
TO BE THE GHOST. THIS PERSON SINGS A SONG (SIMPLE
CHILDREN'S SONG) AND WHEN HE STOPS SINGING THE PERSON
TO WHOM HE IS CLOSEST IS THE GHOST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS GAME IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN ; LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
SUPERSTITION
CUTTING NAILS ON SUNDAY RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT VIEWS CUTTING THE NAILS AS A WAY TO WARD OFF SPIRITS,
PRIMARILY EVIL SPIRITS. CUTTING THE NAILS ON SUNDAY, THE DAY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS TO WARD OFF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-14-1979
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SPIN A CHAIR AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR
SOMEONE WILL GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
HERE, A COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN A SPINNING CHAIR AND A SPINNING
MIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LUNCHROOM
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-14-1979
SUPERSTITION
SNEEZING, WHILE EATING, IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SEEN AS BAD LUCK BECAUSE IT WAS LOOKED UPON AS THE
RELEASE OF GERMS THAT WOULD CAUSE ILLNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-14-1979
WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD, HE AND HIS BROTHERS
WOULD HOLD THEIR BREATH WHEN THEY PASSED A CEMETERY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHINESE YEARS
THE CHINESE ASSIGN NAMES OF ANIMALS TO EACH YEAR.
THE TEN ANIMALS USED ARE:
HORSE, LION, RABBIT, OX, DRAGON, MONKEY (1968), TIGER,
SNAKE COCK, PEACOCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IRISH SEW ON SUNDAY TABOO
IF YOU SEW OR KNIT ON SUNDAY IN IRELAND, THEN IN
ORDER TO GET TO HEAVEN YOU FIRST WOULD HAVE TO UNDO
EVERY STITCH WITH YOUR NOSE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
EATING CUSTOM
WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED WITH ME, SHE WOULD ONLY PUT
JAM ON THE END PIECE OF BREAD (THE CRUSTY PIECE).
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I
WOULD RUN HOME FROM SCHOOL TO GET THE END PIECE OF
BREAD WITH THE JAM ON IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
SPANISH PROVERB
NOTHING DRIES SO FAST AS A TEAR
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, DR. ESPINOSA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSOLATION ; SORROW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING THAT SPARKLES IS GOLD BECAUSE THE SUN COMING
THROUGH A HOLE SPARKLES BUT IS NOT GOLD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT ALL IS GOLD THAT GLITTERS LIKE GOLD
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HIPOCRISY ; ILLUSION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971