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POLISH CUSTOM--FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
THE WOMEN TAKE FLOWERS FROM THEIR GARDENS TO GET THEM BLESSED.
AFTERWARDS, THEY DRY THEM AND PRESS THEM. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IF
ANYONE GETS SICK, THEY TAKE THESE FLOWERS AND MAKE TEA OUT OF THEM
FOR THE PATIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
GERMAN CELEBRATION ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN JUNE IN GERMANY, ON THE FEAST OF SAINT JOHN, WHICH IS THE LONGEST
DAY OF THE YEAR, THE PEOPLE GO UP ON SMALL MOUNTAINS AND BUILD A
FIRE. THEY SING, EAT, AND DANCE AROUND THE FIRE. WHEN THE FIRE IS
BURNED DOWN, THEY JUMP OVER IT. IT IS NOW USUALLY DONE BY YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP UP THE OLD TRADITIONS.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT IN GERMANY WHERE SHE WAS BORN AND SPENT MUCH OF
HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day |
CUSTOM
IN JAPAN, MAY 5 IS CHILDREN'S DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 5 |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
AN ELEMENT OF JAPAN'S CHILDREN'S DAY
IN JAPAN, INSTEAD OF RECEIVING GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THEY RECEIVE
GIFTS ON A CHILDREN'S DAY.
Data entry tech comment: DATE ASSIGNED CHILDREN'S DAY FROM RESEARCH: MAY 5
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 5 |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
POLISH HOLIDAY, "MATKA BOSKA CZECKTOHOWA"
"OUR LADY, QUEEN OF POLAND", MAY 3RD. PAINTING OF THE LADY IS
REVERED AT THIS TIME. IT IS CALLED THE "BLACK MADONNA" AND KEPT IN
CZECKTOHOWA. IT OFTEN APPEARED IN POLISH HISTORY, BEING INVOKED IN
TIMES OF NEED, SUCH AS WAR. IT IS BLACK WITH AGE AND HAS 3 SCARS
ON THE FACE__THE RESULT OF AN INVADER'S SWORD. ON THIS OCCASION
IT BLED AND DURING GREAT SORROW WEEPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 3 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
CUSTOM OF APRIL 1ST
ON APRIL 1ST A PERSON MUST WALK OUT OF HIS DOOR BACKWARDS IN THE
MORNING TO PREVENT THE APPEARANCE OF FRECKELS ( FRECKLES ) LATER
IN THE SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 April Fools CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 (April Fool's Day) BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY YOU KISS THE BLARNEY STONE FOR GOOD LUCK AND
PROSPERITY.
Data entry tech comment: ST. PATRICK'S DAY: MARCH 17
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.9 |
Date learned: 04-01-1971
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
THE GIBBONS FAMILY EATS IRISH BREAD ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY. THE
BREAD IS MADE WITH SODA, BUTTERMILK, CARWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.9 |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CORN BEEF AND CABBAGE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Submitter comment: IN IRELAND
Data entry tech comment: ST. PATRICK'S DAY: MARCH 17
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.9 |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
IN JAPAN ON MARCH 3RD PROPERLY CALLED HINA MATSURI OR MOMO-NO-TO-
SIKKEN WHICH LITERALLY MEANS THE FEAST OF THE PEACH BLOSSOMS, THERE
IS A FESTIVAL HELD ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS.
EACH HOME CONSTRUCTS AN ALTAR. THE ALTAR IS ARRANGED IN TIERS
AND COVERED WITH RED CLOTH. TINY FIGURES OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
ARE PUT ON THE ALTAR. THE REST OF THE HOUSE IS DECORATED WITH
ORANGE BLOSSOMS. EVERYONE EATS FESTIVE DISHES AND LOTS OF
SWEETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 3 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.9 |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
ST. AGNES EVE, JAN. 20
IF YOU GO TO BED BEFORE TWELVE O'CLOCK ON THE EVE BEFORE THE FEAST
OF ST. AGNES AND LIE FLAT ON YOUR BACK NOT MOVING IN THE LEAST,
YOU WILL DREAM OF YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 20 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
ON JANUARY 15TH ALL OF JAPAN CELEBRATES ADULTHOOD DAY. ANYONE WHO
IS 20 YEARS OR OLDER IS CONSIDERED AN ADULT. THE GOVERNMENT
DISTRIBUTES PRESENTS TO THOSE WHO ARE/HAVE JUST TURNED 20.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 15 |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
KITE FLYING DAY
IN INDIA ON JANUARY 14TH THE INDIAN PEOPLE HAVE KITE FLYING DAY.
THEY BUILD KITES AND FLY THEM BUT WHILE THEY ARE FLYING THEM THEY
TRY TO BRING THE OTHER KITES DOWN. THE LAST KITE LEFT FLYING IS
THE BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 14 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
GRAFFITO
Q. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRIBE OF PYGMIES AND
A WOMENS TRACK TEAM?
A. A TRIBE OF PYGMIES IS A BUNCH OF CUNNING RUNTS,
AND A WOMENS TRACK TEAM IS A BUNCH OF RUNNING C--TS.
Submitter comment: I JUST COLLECT IT, I DONT CENSOR IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
AGRICULTURAL BELIEF
IN A PART OF RUSSIA, WHEN THERE WAS A HEAVY SNOWFALL THE WINTER
BEFORE, THE CROPS THE NEXT YEAR WOULD BE VERY GOOD CROPS. PEOPLE
BELIEVED THIS FOR A LONG TIME. IT TURNS OUT THE LARGE AMOUNT OF
FROZEN WATER WOULD MELT AND FLOW DOWN ONTO THE CROPS. THERE WAS
SOMETHING IN THAT WATER WHICH HELPED THE PLANTS TO GROW.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE MANY STRANGE BELIEFS ABOUT PLANTING AND CROPS. THIS IS
ONE WHICH TURNS OUT TO HAVE A LOGICAL REASON AFTER ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-00-1975
THE EVIL EYE
TWO SIGNS WHICH SHOULD BE WORN TOGETHER ON A CHAIN ARE A HAND WITH
THE INDEX AND LITTLE FINGERS EXTENDED AND AN ITALIAN HORN. THEY
ARE WORN TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE. THE SYMBOL OF THE HAND IS ALSO
DONE WHEN YOU WANT TO WISH PEOPLE THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
THE ITALIAN HORN HAS IN RECENT YEARS BECOME A FAD AND IS WORN BY
MANY PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): GESTURE SYMBOL ; MANU CORNUTA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sign Color SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-00-1975
THE EVIL EYE
UP UNTIL ABOUT 1947, SHIPS SAILING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN HAD A LARGE
EYE PAINTED ON THE SIDE. THIS WAS TO PROTECT THEM FROM EVIL AND FROM
ANY HARM.
Submitter comment: THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THE MANY SUPERSTITIONS DEALING WITH THE SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 11-00-1975
LEGEND
IF YOU NEED MONEY, ONE WAY TO GET IT IS TO WRITE A LETTER TO A DEAD
RELATIVE. ADDRESS THE ENVELOPE AND STAMP IT JUST LIKE YOU WERE
MAILING THE LETTER. THEN PUT IT ON TOP OF A GLASS OF WATER AND
PLACE THEM UNDER YOUR BED. WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IS THAT THE
RELATIVE WILL COME BACK TO YOU AND TELL YOU THE NUMBERS FOR THE
NUMBERS RACKET THE NEXT DAY. SO A LADY DID THIS, SHE WROTE TO HER
DEAD BABY SISTER AND PUT THE LETTER ON A GLASS OF WATER UNDER HER
BED. SHE WOKE UP DURING THE NIGHT WHEN SHE FELT SOMEONE GETTING
INTO BED WITH HER. SHE LOOKED AND IT WAS THE BODY OF AN ADULT WITH
THE HEAD OF HER BABY SISTER. SHE RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE AND RAN
DOWN THE STREET SCREAMING. AND SHE'S BEEN CRAZY EVER SINCE.
Submitter comment:
WHEN MY INFORMANT LEARNED THIS STORY, THE PERSON WHO TOLD IT TO HER
WARNED HER TO BE SURE NOT TO TRY IT. SHE THINKS IT,S A SILLY STORY,
BUT SHE WON'T TRY TO DISPROVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): DECAPITATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-00-1975
LEGEND
THERE WERE 12 NUNS IN A CONVENT WHO MADE A VOW SAYING THAT AFTER THEY
DIED THEY WANTED TO HAVE A ROSARY WITH ONE LIVE PERSON FOR SO MANY
DAYS AND IF THE PERSON STAYED WITH THEM FOR TEN DAYS, THEY WOULD GIVE
THE PERSON THEIR CONVENT. A LADY WENT DOWN THERE NOT KNOWING THE
STORY AND ASKED AN INNKEEPER IF THERE WERE ANY MOTEL ROOMS SHE COULD
STAY IN. HE TOLD HER SHE COULD STAY IN THE CONVENT. SO SHE
STAYED THERE BECAUSE SHE THOUGHT IT WAS DESERTED. THEN THE 12 NUNS
ALL HOLDING CANDLES, WALKED BY HER AND INTO THE CHURCH. SHE
FOLLOWED THEM IN AND WATCHED THEM SAYING THE ROSARY, WITH ONE OF
THEM SAYING IT AND EVERYONE ELSE ANSWERING IT. THIS HAPPENED FOR TEN
DAYS AND EVERYDAY THE NUNS WOULD DISAPPEAR AS SOON AS THE ROSARY WAS
DONE. ON THE FINAL DAY, AS THE NUNS WERE WALKING OUT, ONE OF THEM
HANDED A NOTE TO THE WOMAN. THE NOTE THANKED HER FOR HELPING THEM
FULFILL THEIR VOW. THEN IT SAID THAT THEY GAVE THE CONVENT TO HER.
THIS IS A TRUE STORY. EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT AND KNEW IT WAS
TRUE. THIS HAPPENED IN THE 40'S IN MEXICO. THE WOMAN WENT BACK TO
THE INNKEEPER AFTER THIS WAS OVER AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT. SO THEN HE
TOLD HER ABOUT THE NUNS, VOW.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HAD SEVERAL STORIES WHICH WERE BASED IN MEXICO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 11-00-1975
LEGEND
THERE WAS A GUY WHO USED TO BEAT UP HIS WIFE ALL OF THE TIME.
WHEN HE DIED, SHE HAD NIGHTMARES THAT HE CAME BACK TO HER. AFTER
TWO NIGHTS OF DREAMS LIKE THIS, SHE WENT TO HER PRIEST AND TOLD HIM
ABOUT THE DREAMS. THE PRIEST DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. SHE TOLD HIM THAT
HER HUSBAND KEPT SAYING, "I WANT TO TALK TO YOU," AND HIS FACE HAD
BEEN SURROUNDED BY FLAMES. SO THE PRIEST GAVE HER SOME PAPER AND
TOLD HER TO PUT IT ON THE DESK. THEN NEXT TIME HER HUSBAND
APPEARED SHE SHOULD TELL HIM TO WRITE ON THE PAPER WHAT HE WANTED
TO TELL HER. SO NEXT TIME HER HUSBAND CAME, SHE TOLD HIM TO WRITE
HIS MESSAGE DOWN. HE TRIED TO WRITE IT DOWN AND THE PAPER BURNED
UP BECAUSE HIS ARMS WERE SURROUNDED BY FLAMES, TOO. IT WAS USELESS.
SO YOU KNOW WHERE HE WAS FROM. HE WAS CONDEMNED. EVERYONE IN TOWN
KNEW THIS STORY. IT HAPPENED IN SAN PANCHO, IN MEXICO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY WHICH WAS TOLD AS IF IT WERE TRUE, AND NOT JUST A
LEGEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HELL ; NIGHTMARE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck Q522 Q522.13 |
Date learned: 11-00-1975