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POLISH CUSTOM: AFTER THE DAY OF THE WEDDING, THE
PARENTS OF THE BRIDE OR THE GROOM INVITE THE
WEDDING PARTY OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR DINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.152 |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
WINTER CUSTOM
BUILDING SNOWMEN; USING CHARCOAL (EYES) AND
CARROTS (NOSE), AND SCARVES FOR DECORATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Winter |
EASTER BUNNY, BASKET, EGGS; LILLIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Elements |
Date learned: 10-07-1968
EASTER CUSTOM
EACH YEAR FAMILIES COLOR EASTER EGGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
THE DAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY, VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD
LIKE BUTTER, BREAD, SALT, EGGS, SAUSAGES, WHICH
ARE INTENDED FOR EASTER DINNER, ARE TAKEN TO CHURCH
AND ARE BLESSED.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM, WHOSE MEANING IS UNKNOWN
TO ME, BUT IS PERFORMED EVERY YEAR, THE DAY BEFORE
EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
ON HOLY SATURDAY A BASKET OF FOOD IS TAKEN TO CHURCH
IN THE AFTERNOON. A PRIEST BLESSES THE FOOD IN THE
BASKET. YOU THEN EAT THIS BLESSED FOOD FOR
BREAKFAST EASTER SUNDAY MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
SWIECONKA
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM TO HAVE THE FOOD FOR EASTER
SUNDAY BLESSED BY THE PRIEST ON HOLY SATURDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-00-1968 ; CHILDHOOD
CHINESE FIREDRILL
THIS IS A JEST, WHICH TAKES PLACE BETWEEN TWO OR MORE
CARS, AT A RED LIGHT. BOTH CARS STOP AT THE LIGHT
WHILE THE OCCUPANTS AND DRIVERS PROCEED TO SWITCH
CARS AND TAKE OFF WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS, IN DIFFERENT
CARS. THIS CAN BE VERY CONFUSING TO DRIVERS IN THE
FOLLOWING CARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
KISSING GAME
MEMBERS WHO ALREADY KNOW THE GAME FORM A LINE AND
MARCH AROUND THE ROOM SAYING, "CHOO-CHOO," AS A
TRAIN. MEMBERS WHO DON'T KNOW THE GAME WAIT
EXPECTANTLY IN ANOTHER ROOM. ONE OF THE UNSUSPECTING
MEMBERS IS CALLED TO GO TO THE END OF THE TRAIN.
THE "CHOO-CHOO" STARTS AS THE FIRST PERSON KISSES
THE SECOND, THE SECOND KISSES THE THIRD, ETC. THE
LASP PERSON EXPECTING A KISS, IS GIVEN A LIGHT SLAP
ON THE FACE. THE TRAIN, OF COURSE, IS ARRANGED SO THAT
THERE IS A BOY-GIRL, BOY-GIRL, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
HOW MANY MILES TO BANTRY BAY?
LEADER: HOW MANY MILES TO BANTRY BAY?
GROUP: 3,000
LEADER: MAY I GO THROUGH OUR GOLDEN GATES?
GROUP: NO! WHERE'S YOUR MAN AND WHERE'S YOUR BOAT?
LEADER: (HITS HIS CHEST) HERE'S MY MAN, (HITS THE
PERSON NEXT TO HIM) AND HERE'S MY BOAT, SO OPEN
YOUR GATES AND LET US THROUGH!
TO PLAY THIS GAME, THE CHILDREN FORM A LINE HOLDING
HANDS; THE LAST TWO CHILDREN IN THE LINE MAKE THE
BRIDGE, THE FIRST ONE IS THE LEADER. AFTER PULLING
THE LINE THROUGH THE BRIDGE, THE LEADER TAKES THE LAST
PLACE IN LINE AND THUS THERE IS A NEW LEADER TO START
THE GAME AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAW THIS GAME BEING PLAYED BY HER
SECOND GRADE CLASS AT OUR LADY OF GRACE SCHOOL, DEAR-
BORN HEIGHTS, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 11-12-1970
NAME FAMOUS PEOPLE
EXCERPT IS READ FROM A BOOK, AND THE FIRST LETTER OF
EACH WORD IS WRITTEN IN ONE COLUMN, AND THEN IN A
SECOND COLUMN. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME THEN, IS TO
THINK OF PEOPLES' NAMES HAVING INITIALS THAT
CORRESPOND TO THE LETTERS OF THE COLUMN.
EXAMPLE:
IN VERTICAL ORDER: T H E Q U I C K B R O W N
(NEXT TO THE LETTER C IS THE NAME CONRAD)
IN VERTICAL ORDER IN THE NEXT COLUMN: F O X JUMPED
NEXT TO THE LETTER P IS THE NAME PATRICK (DISC JOCKEY)
THE REST OF LAST COLUMN READS: O V E R
NEXT TO THE LETTER R IN THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE NAME
ROY AND NEXT TO THE O IN THE WORD OVER IN THE SECOND
COLUMN IS THE NAME ORBISON (A SINGER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): NAMING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
MURDER
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED IN A DARKENED BASEMENT. A SLIP OF PAPER WAS PUT IN A BO; FOR EACH PERSON IN THE
ROOM. ONE PIECE MARKED WITH AN X, HE WAS THE
MURDERER, ONE MARKED WITH AN O, HE WAS THE LAWYER.
THE PERSON WHO DREW THE O LEFT THE ROOM. THE PERSON
DRAWING THE X PRETENDED TO MURDER SOMEONE IN THE ROOM
AND THEY PRETENDED TO DIE. ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM WOULD CALL "MURDER." THE LAWYER WOULD ENTER
THE ROOM AND ASK EACH PERSON 3 QUESTIONS, THEN GUESS
WHO HAD COMMITTED THE "MURDER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BUTTON, BUTTON
FOR THIS GAME, THE CHILDREN GET IN A CIRCLE AND FOLD
THEIR HANDS, AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO PRAY. ONE
CHILD IS A LEADER AND HAS A BUTTON INSIDE HIS
FOLDED HANDS. HE GOES AROUND THE CIRCLE PUTTING HIS
HANDS INSIDE THE HANDS OF THE OTHER CHILDREN, SINGING
"BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON." WHILE
GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE, HE DROPS THE BUTTON INTO THE
HANDS OF ANOTHER CHILD. THE GROUP MUST THEN GUESS WHO
HAS THE BUTTON.
THE ONE WHO GUESSES RIGHT IS THE NEW LEADER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
BALL GAME
PLAYER SINGS THIS SONG WHILE THROWING THE BALL
AGAINST A HOUSE OR WALL:
PLAINSIES: PLAYER SIMPLY THROWS BALL AGAINST WALL
AND CATCHES IT.
CLAPSIES: PLAYER THROWS BALL AGAINST WALL, CLAPS
ONCE, CATCHES BALL.
TWIRL AROUND: THROW BALL, TWIRL ONE HAND OVER OTHER,
CATCH BALL.
TO-BACKSIES: THROW BALL, TOUCH SHOULDERS, CATCH BALL.
RIGHT HAND: THROW BALL AND CATCHES IT WITH RIGHT HAND.
LEFT HAND: THROWS BALL AND CATCHES IT WITH LEFT HAND.
HIGHS-A-TEENS: THROW BALL HIGH AGAINST WALL, CATCH
IT ON REBOUND.
LOWS-A-TEENS: THROW BALL LOW AGAINST WALL AND CATCH IT.
UNDER-THE-LEG: LIFT LEG AND THROW BALL UNDERNEATH.
AND TWIRL AROUND: THROW BALL BY SWINGING ARM AROUND
YOUR BACK--AGAINST THE WALL AND CATCH IT WITH BOTH
HANDS.
THIS PROCEDURE IS THEN REPEATED DOING EACH STEP
TWICE, THEN THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, ETC. IF
PLAYER MISSES A STEP OR DROPS THE BALL, HE MUST
START OVER. GAME MAY BE PLAYED ALONE OR AGAINST
OTHER PLAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-12-1970
RAIN ON THE ROOF
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH A BALL. EACH PERSON IS
GIVEN A NUMBER. THE FIRST PERSON THROWS THE BALL
UP TO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND CALLS OUT A NUMBER.
THE PERSON WITH THAT NUMBER MUST THEN HIT THE BALL
BACK UP ONTO THE ROOF AND CALL OUT ANOTHER PERSON'S
NUMBER. THIS KEEPS ON GOING UNTIL SOMEONE MISSES,
THEN THEY START ALL OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
BREAKING A BOTTLE OF WINE TO LAUNCH A SHIP WAS
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
Submitter comment: GOOD LUCK FOR A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE LOSS OF A MOP OR BUCKET OVERBOARD WAS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IT IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE
GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON
THEIR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Morning before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-00-1968