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DAYS OF THE WEEK
THE BYZANTINE UKRAINIAN CHURCH COMMEMORATES A DIFFERENT
GROUP OR PERSON EACH DAY OF THE WEEK. MONDAY IS DEDICATED
TO THE HOLY ANGELS. TUESDAY IS ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST DAY.
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY ARE DEDICATED TO THE LORD'S CROSS.
ST. NICHOLAS AND THE APOSTLES ARE HONORED ON THURSDAY.
SATURDAY IS IN HONOR OF ALL THE SAINTS. SUNDAY IS IN HONOR
OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. THE VARIOUS MASS PARTS
CHANGE TO HONOR THE VARYING GROUPS EACH DAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001950S
DAYS OF THE WEEK
VARIOUS BELIEFS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
MONDAY IS CONSIDERED A WORK DAY. THEREFORE, IF NEW YEAR'S
DAY FALLS ON A MONDAY, THE ENTIRE YEAR WILL BE HARD.
TUESDAY IS CONSIDERED A HAPPY DAY. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY
ARE FAST DAYS COMMEMORATING GOOD FRIDAY AND THE WEDNESDAYS
OF LENT. THURSDAY IS ASSOCIATED WITH GOOD LUCK AND IS THE
DAY ASSOCIATED WITH MATCHMAKING. IF YOU ARE BORN ON THIS
DAY YOU WILL BE RICH. SATURDAY IS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF
THE DEAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
Date learned: 00001950S
TRADITIONAL UKRAINIAN WISH
FOR VARIOUS HAPPY OCCASIONS UKRAINIANS SING A TRADITIONAL
GREETING CALLED "MNOHAYA LEETA" OR "GOD GRANT YOU MANY
YEARS." IN THE GREETING, WISHES ARE EXTENDED FOR MANY
HAPPY YEARS, FREE OF ALL ILLS AND FOR ETERNAL SALVATION.
THEY BEG GOD TO GRANT THESE PETITIONS TO THE HONORED
INDIVIDUAL. THIS GREETING IS SUNG FOR BIRTHDAYS, FEAST
DAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, MARRIAGES, VOYAGES, PROMOTIONS,
AND ANY OTHER JOYOUS OCCASION.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001950S
UKRAINIAN FOLK DANCE
THE TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCE FOR UKRAINIANS VARIES WITH
THE AREA FROM WHICH YOUR ANCESTORS CAME. MOST FOLK DANCES
ARE DONE IN CIRCULAR PATTERNS AND LINES. THE MUSIC IS 2/4
TIME AND GIVES INSIGHT TO THE LIFE STYLE. SOME DANCES ARE
PERFORMED BY GIRLS ONLY WHILE OTHERS ARE FOR BOYS. ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR DANCES, THE HOPAK, IS PERFORMED BY HIGH
JUMPS AND LOW BENDS AND SOMETIMES WITH SWORDS. MOST THEMES
ARE ROMANTIC OR MILITARISTIC AND PERFORMED IN FULL COLOR
COSTUMES.
Submitter comment:
MANY PARISHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
CONTINUE TO MAKE UKRAINIAN DANCE CLASSES AVAILABLE TO THEIR
PARISHONERS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Form Grouping Movement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dancing |
Date learned: 00001950S
UKRAINIAN TRADITIONAL DRESS
THE BASIC COSTUME INCLUDED A BLOUSE WITH FANCY COLORFUL
EMBROIDERY, A COLORED SKIRT, A VEST, BEADS, BOOTS, AND A
COLORFUL HEADPIECE. THE COLOR OF EACH PART, THE MATERIAL,
AND THE DESIGN VARIED WITH EACH SECTION OF UKRAINE. BROWNS
AND ORANGES WERE COMMON TO THE HUTSULS WHILE OTHERS USED
FLOWERY PATTERNS AND REDS. THE BLOUSE, USUALLY EMBROIDERED
ON THE FRONT AND THE LONG SLEEVES, SOMETIMES HAD A VEST.
RED BEADS WERE A COMMON ORNAMENT AND USUALLY OF MANY STRANDS.
THE SKIRT, OFTEN OF A HEAVY MATERIAL, SOMETIMES COVERED AN
UNDERSKIRT OF OFF WHITE WITH AN EDGING. THE BOOTS WERE RED
OR BLACK. THE HEADPIECE, A WREATH PLACED ON THE HEAD,
WAS ADORNED WITH COLORFUL ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND LONG
COLORFUL RIBBONS HANGING FROM THE BACK.
Submitter comment:
MANY UKRAINIAN GIRLS STILL HAVE THEIR OWN NATIVE COSTUME.
THEY ARE WORN FOR FORMAL PERFORMANCES OF NATIVE DANCES.
VARIOUS MODIFICATIONS ARE USED FOR CHOIRS AND CONCERTS.
MEN AND WOMEN WEAR EMBROIDERED SHIRTS AND BLOUSES WITH
BLACK PANTS AND LONG BLACK SKIRTS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress |
Date learned: 00001950S
UKRAINIAN NATIONAL FLAG
THE TRADITIONAL FLAG IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS HORIZONTALLY
WITH THE TOP HALF BEING LIGHT BLUE AND THE BOTTOM YELLOW.
THE BLUE REFLECTS THE SKY AND THE YELLOW SIGNIFIES THE
GOLDEN WHEAT FIELDS OF UKRAINE. THE FLAG IS DISPLAYED IN
UKRAINIAN CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND HALLS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001950S
BELIEF
"IF AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IS ROCKING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED TO GET REAL UPSET IF SOMEONE MADE THE
CHAIR ROCK DELIBERATELY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ROCKING CHAIR
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001965CA
TRADITION
"ON CHRISTMAS EVE MY FAMILY AND I GO TO MIDNIGHT MASS AND THEN
WE COME HOME AND HAVE ITALIAN SAUSAGE COOKED IN WINE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER. SHE SAID
SHE BELIEVES HER FATHER STARTED THIS SINCE HE IS ITALIAN.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Date learned: 00001965CA
"ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MARDI GRAS MY MOTHER MAKES FOSHNUTS
(WHICH IS A TYPE OF FRIED DOUGHNUT) FOR GOOD LUCK."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER WILL ONLY MAKE THEM ON THAT DAY.
SHE SAID THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY CRAVE AND WANT THEM, HER
MOTHER WILL NOT MAKE THEM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): GOOD LUCK
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 00001965CA
BELIEF
"IF A BRIDE'S VEIL GETS TORN, IT MEANS THAT THE MARRIAGE WILL BE
A HAPPY ONE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS STORY. HER MOTHER TOLD HER THAT SHE BORROWED A VEIL FOR HER WEDDING. WHEN SHE RETURNED THE VEIL
SHE FELT REAL BAD BECAUSE SHE HAD RIPPED THE VEIL; HOWEVER, THE
LADY SHE BORROWED IT FROM WAS REAL HAPPY BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT SHE
(INFORMANT'S MOTHER) WAS GOING TO HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER SAID THAT SHE KNEW PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY RIPPED
THEIR VEIL ON PURPOSE SO THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00001965CA
"MY PARENTS WERE GIVEN AN ANNIVERSARY CHALICE ON THEIR WEDDING
DAY. EVERY YEAR ON THEIR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY THE CHALICE IS FILLED
WITH WINE AND EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY DRINKS FROM IT."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ENJOYS THIS AND WANTS TO RECEIVE AN ANNIVERSARY CHALICE
FOR HER WEDDING TOO.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ANNIVERSARY CHALICE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00001965CA
GHOST STORY
"AFTER MY GRANDFATHER DIED STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED AROUND MY
HOUSE (DOORS STARTED POPPING OPEN, STRANGE NOISES, ETC.). MY
OLDER SISTER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY GRANDFATHER."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
GHOST STORY
"A GUY WAS TAKING HIS GIRLFRIEND HOME FROM A PARTY LATE ONE NIGHT.
THEY WERE GOING REAL FAST BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY LATE. THEY TOOK
A SHORT CUT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THEY SAW A MAN. HIS HEAD
AND FACE WERE BLEEDING SO THE GUY STOPPED (HE WAS DRIVING REAL
FAST SO WHEN HE STOPPED, HE WAS BEHIND THE MAN). HE GOT OUT TO SEE
IF THE MAN WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT THE MAN HAD DISAPPEARED."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER BOYFRIEND WHO WAS FROM
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF GHOST
STORIES GOING AROUND THERE BECAUSE OF AND ABOUT DEAD SLAVES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ROAD GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001979CA
GHOST STORY
"A FRIEND OF MY BOYFRIEND'S MOVED INTO A HOUSE THAT USED TO BE
OWNED BY A COLONEL IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. ONE NIGHT WHEN MY
BOYFRIEND'S FRIEND'S PARENTS WERE OUT OF TOWN, MY BOYFRIEND WENT
OVER THERE TO SPEND THE NIGHT. HIS FRIEND WAS AFRAID OF THE HOUSE.
HE SAID THAT HE HEARD WEIRD NOISES ALL THE TIME. SO, THE TWO OF
THEM MADE AN AGREEMENT; THEY WOULD SLEEP IN SEPARATE BEDROOMS AND
IF EITHER OF THEM HEARD OR SAW ANYTHING, THEY WOULD WRITE IT DOWN
AND SHOW IT TO EACH OTHER (THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN FUN BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING). HOWEVER, AS THEY
WERE GOING UP TO THEIR ROOMS, THEY SAW A MAN DRESSED IN A
CONFEDERATE'S UNIFORM. EACH OF THEM RAN INTO A ROOM AND WROTE
DOWN WHAT THEY SAW--THEY SAW THE SAME THING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THEY
SPENT THE NIGHT AT MY BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE THAT NIGHT."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): CONFEDERATE GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001979CA
GHOST STORY
"ONE NIGHT WHEN MY BOYFRIEND WAS LITTLE, HE WAS LYING IN BED AND
HE SAW HIS CLOSET DOOR OPEN. IN HIS CLOSET STOOD HIS GRANDFATHER
(WHO LIVED IN ANOTHER STATE). HIS GRANDFATHER SAID, 'I'VE COME TO
SAY GOODBYE' AND DISAPPEARED. HE LOOKED AT HIS CLOCK AND DIS-
COVERED IN THE MORNING THAT HE HAD SAW HIS GRANDFATHER'S IMAGE
ONE MINUTE BEFORE HE HAD DIED."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT TO THIS DAY HER BOYFRIEND IS AFRAID OF
CLOSETS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): DEAD GRANDFATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001979CA
GHOST STORY
"MY BOYFRIEND'S FATHER DIED WHEN MY BOYFRIEND'S SON WAS A COUPLE
OF MONTHS OLD. AS J. R. (MY BOYFRIEND'S SON) GOT OLDER HE COULD
REMEMBER WHAT HIS DEAD GRANDFATHER LOOKED LIKE. MIKE, MY BOYFRIEND,
SAID THAT HE WOULD HEAR ONE-SIDED CONVERSATIONS COMING FROM J.R.'S
BEDROOM ALL OF THE TIME. FINALLY, MIKE WENT INTO THE ROOM WHEN HE
HEARD J.R. TALKING. IN J.R.'S ROOM WAS HIS GRANDFATHER'S ROCKING
CHAIR. THE CHAIR WAS ROCKING AND J.R. WAS TALKING DIRECTLY TO IT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001979CA
GHOST STORY
"ONE NIGHT MY BOYFRIEND MIKE SAID THAT HE SAW HIS DEAD FATHER'S
GHOST AT THE FOOT OF HIS BED."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER BOYFRIEND BELIEVES THAT HIS FATHER CAME
BACK FROM THE GRAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT IN
HIS SON'S LIFE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001979CA
GHOST STORY
"ONE NIGHT WHEN I SPENT THE NIGHT AT MY BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE, I KEPT
HEARING STRANGE CAT NOISES. I WAS TOO AFRAID TO GET UP AND LOOK
TO SEE WHERE THE NOISES WERE COMING FROM AND I DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE
UP MIKE, SO I WENT BACK TO SLEEP. IN THE MORNING I ASKED MIKE IF
ANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS HAD A CAT; HE SAID NO. HE SAID THAT HE USED
TO HAVE A CAT THOUGH AND THAT IT HAD DIED. HE SAID THAT IT
PROBABLY CAME BACK TO VISIT HIM."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT HER BOYFRIEND FIRMLY BELIEVED THIS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL GHOST ; CAT GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00001979CA
JOKE
"A LITTLE BOY IS SAYING HIS PRAYERS AND HIS PARENTS ARE
LISTENING. HE SAYS,'GOD BLESS MOMMY, GOD BLESS DADDY, AND
GOODBYE GRANDPA.' THE NEXT DAY THE GRANDFATHER DIES. THAT
NIGHT WHEN THE BOY IS SAYING HIS PRAYERS HE SAYS, 'GOD BLESS
MOMMY, GOODBYE DADDY.' THIS FRIGHTENS THE FATHER AND HE IS VERY
CAUTIOUS THE NEXT DAY. HE IS CAREFUL TO AND FROM WORK, HE IS
CAREFUL AT WORK, AND WHEN HE GOES OUT FOR LUNCH HE IS VERY CAREFUL
TOO. THAT NIGHT WHEN HE IS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, HE IS VERY
HAPPY BECAUSE HE REALIZES THAT, SINCE HE IS STILL ALIVE, IT
MEANS THAT HIS SON DOESN'T HAVE ANY POWERS. WHEN HE GETS HOME
AND GETS OUT OF HIS CAR, HE FINDS THE MAILMAN DEAD ON HIS PORCH."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
JOKE
"ONE NIGHT A LITTLE BOY WAS SAYING HIS PRAYERS AND HIS
PARENTS WERE LISTENING TO HIM AS HE NAMED OFF ALL OF
THE PEOPLE HE WANTED GOD TO BLESS. HE SAID, 'GOD BLESS
MOMMY. GOD BLESS DADDY. GOODBYE GRANDPA.' HIS PARENTS WERE
VERY UPSET BY THIS BUT DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO THE BOY.
THE NEXT DAY THE FATHER LEARNED THAT HIS FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY.
THIS SCARED THE FATHER TERRIBLY. HE THOUGHT THAT HIS SON
MAY HAVE SOME KIND OF PSYCHIC POWER. WELL, THAT NIGHT
WHEN THE LITTLE BOY WAS SAYING HIS PRAYERS HE SAID, 'GOD
BLESS MOMMY. GOODBYE DADDY.' THIS FRIGHTENED THE FATHER
TERRIBLY AND THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WAS VERY CAUTIOUS. HE
WAS VERY CAREFUL DRIVING TO WORK, HE WAS VERY CAREFUL AT
WORK, ETC. SO THAT NIGHT WHEN HE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM
WORK, HE DECIDED THAT HIS SON WASN'T PSYCHIC AFTER ALL AND
THAT HE WAS JUST OVERACTING. HE WAS STILL ALIVE, WASN'T HE?
SO THE MAN PULLED UP INTO HIS GARAGE, WHISTLING TO
HIMSELF AND VERY HAPPY. BUT WHEN HE REACHED HIS PORCHED
HE STOPPED COLD--THERE LYING DEAD ON THE PORCH WAS THE MAILMAN!
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00001965CA