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ROMANIAN CUSTOM
WHEN A PERSON DIES, ALL THE MIRRORS IN HIS HOME ARE
COVERED. THIS LASTS SIX WEEKS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THINKS THIS IS SO THE SPIRIT WON'T COME
BACK TO SEE ITSELF IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
IF YOU BLOW OUT ALL THE CANDLES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE,
IN ONE BREATH, YOU WILL GET WHATEVER YOU WISH FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
ZLOTE WESELE (POLISH) 50TH ANNIVERSARY
PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH IN COMMEMORATION OF THE MARRIAGE,
THEN HAVE A BIG BANQUET DINNER WITH GOLDEN DECORATIONS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
SREBNE WESELE (POLISH) 25TH ANNIVERSARY
REPETITION OF MARRIAGE VOWS AT CHURCH, AFTERWARDS A
BIG DINNER WITH SILVER DECORATIONS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
EVERY CHRISTMAS THE SYMONS FAMILY STRING POPCORN AND
CRANBERRIES ON THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE ALONG WITH THE
OTHER ORNAMENTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CHRISTMAS TRADITION
AS A CHILD, MY NEIGHBOR WOULD ALWAYS DECORATE THE FIRE-
PLACE WITH GREENS AND STOCKINGS ALONG WITH HER
PARENTS. THEY ALSO MADE SURE THAT A FIRE WAS ALWAYS
KEPT IN THE FIREPLACE DURING THIS SEASON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IT IS A CUSTOM AT MANY BRIDAL SHOWERS TO TAKE THE
BOWS OFF OF THE PACKAGES AND MAKE A BOUQUET OF
BOWS OUT OF THEM, BY INSERTING THEM INTO A HOLE
CUT IN A PAPER PLATE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bridal shower |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
THE DONOR OF THE SEVENTH GIFT AT A BABY SHOWER
WILL HAVE THE NEXT CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bridal shower |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED IN BROWN
SHE AND HER HUSBAND WILL LIVE IN ANOTHER TOWN.
IF A WOMAN MARRIES IN PINK, HER SPIRITS WILL BE
DOWN IN THE DUMPS.
IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED IN GREEN, SHE IS ASHAMED
TO BE SEEN.
IF A WOMAN MARRIES IN WHITE, SHE HAS CHOSEN
THE RIGHT MAN.
IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED IN RED, SHE'D BE BETTER OFF DEAD. IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED IN YELLOW, SHE IS ASHAMED OF
THE MAN SHE MARRIES.
IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED IN BLUE, HER LOVER IS TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Color of wedding dress |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED AND
SOMETHING BLUE. THIS IS AN OLD CUSTOM MEANING THAT
A BRIDE DURING HER WEDDING SHOULD HAVE ONE OF EACH
OF THESE ON HER PERSON. SOMETHING OLD FROM AN ALREADY
HAPPILY MARRIED WOMAN, SOMEHING NEW REPRESENTING A NEW
LIFE FOR HER AND HER HUSBAND, SOMETHING BORROWED WAS
USUALLY GOLD AND REPRESENTED THE SUN, AND SOMETHING
BLUE REPRESENTS THE SKY OR HEAVEN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
ROMANIAN WEDDING CUSTOM
MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES LAST THREE DAYS. BEGINNING AT
THE BRIDE'S HOME AND ENDING AT THE GROOM'S HOME.
A CART IS LOADED WITH ALL THE BRIDE'S DOWRY (EVERY- THING EVEN DOWN TO ARTICLES SUCH AS DISH TOWELS). THIS
CART IS TAKEN IN PROCESSION ALONG WITH PEOPLE CARRYING
BANNERS WHENEVER THE PEOPLE MOVE THE FESTIVITIES FROM
ONE HOME TO ANOTHER, AS WELL AS FIDDLERS AND THE KOLACHS.
THE KOLACHS ARE CAKES OF RAISED DOUGH WITH RAISINS
ROUND IN SHAPE. THE MORE OF THESE CAKES ONE HAS,
THE RICHER HE IS THOUGHT TO BE.
THE TRADITIONAL DINNER FOR THE WEDDING CONSISTS OF
CHICKEN SOUP, ROAST CHICKEN, RICE, POTATOES,
GALUSHTI (STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS) AND KOLACHI.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
A BRIDE AND GROOM DIP A SMALL PIECE OF BREAD IN SALT
BEFORE THE RECEPTION. REASON FOR THIS IS NOT KNOWN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
BRIDE AND GROOM ARE GREETED BY PARENTS OF THE BRIDE
AT THE RECEPTION WITH BREAD AND SALT.
Submitter comment: UKRAINIAN
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Given by parents of bride |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN WEDDING DAY DINNER:
PREPARED BY BRIDE'S MOTHER, WITH HELP OF RELATIVES.
ANTIPASTO
SOUP AND GREENS
SPAGHETTI (WITH SHORT NOODLES FOR EASIER EATING)
AND GREENS
VEAL WITH PEAS AND MUSHROOMS
ROAST CHICKEN AND SALADS
WEDDING CAKE
INFORMANT SAID THAT AT HER WEDDING HER MOTHER WORKED
SO HARD PREPARING THE FOODS THAT HER FEET BOTHERED
HER THE REST OF HER LIFE AND WERE NEVER AS THEY
WERE BEFORE.
Where learned: DAUGHTERS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dinner |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
THE GUESTS AT THE RECEPTION OF A POLISH WEDDING
TAP THEIR PLATES WITH THEIR SILVERWARE DURING THE
MEAL. THE TAPPING DOES NOT STOP UNTIL THE COUPLE
KISS. THIS MAY HAPPEN ANY NUMBER OF TIMES DURING
THE MEAL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
IN MOST ARABIC COUNTRIES, LIKE LEBANON, THE FAMILY
OF THE GROOM AND NOT THE BRIDE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ALL WEDDING EXPENSES.
Submitter comment: MRS. RASHID APPROVES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Gifts |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM PRACTICED DURING THE BRIDE AND
GROOM'S WEDDING RECEPTION. JUST BEFORE TWELVE O'CLOCK,
BEFORE THE BRIDE AND GROOM LEAVE, THIS CUSTOM IS
PRACTICED. THE BRIDE SITS ON THE GROOM'S LAP AND THE
GUESTS CIRCLE AROUND THEM. THE MOTHER OF THE BRIDE TAKES
OFF THE BRIDE'S VEIL AND GIVES IT TO THE MAID OF HONOR.
THEN THE MOTHER PLACES A SMALL WREATH OF FLOWERS ON HER
HEAD--THIS SIGNS THE END OF HER VIRGINITY.
Submitter comment: KNOWN FROM TRADITION.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
TRADITION: CARRYING BRIDE OVER THRESHOLD.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Carrying bride over threshold |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
Song
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see,
But all that he could see, see, see,
Was the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TOLD AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
HAIRCUTS
THE FIRST HAIRCUT OF AN INDIAN BOY OR GIRL IS AN
IMPORTANT EVENT. EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY GOES TO
THE TEMPLE TO WITNESS IT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 10-24-1968