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ON GOOD FRIDAY A TABLE IS SET UP IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH
AND DECORATED WITH FLOWERS. THE TABLE REPRESENTS THE GRAVE OF
CHRIST. DURING THE EVENING SERVICES IT IS DISASSEMBLED AND CARRIED
BY CHURCH ELDERS IN A PROCESSION IN WHICH ALL OF THE MEMBERS
JOIN. EVERYONE CARRIES A LIGHTED CANDLE AND MARCHES AROUND THE
CHURCH THREE TIMES ILLUSTRATING THE THEME, "CHRIST HAS DIED, CHRIST
HAS RISEN, CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN". AT THE RESURRECTION MASS
THE SAME PROCEDURE IS REPEATED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT DESPITE THE REVISIONS IN THE ORTHODOX MASS, THIS
EASTER CUSTOM HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND IS STILL WIDELY PRACTICED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY, FOOD, USUALLY SAUSAGES, COLORED
EGGS, BREAD, CAKES, ETC., ARE TAKEN TO THE CHURCH IN GAILY DECORATED
BASKETS TO BE BLESSED. ON EASTER SUNDAY MORNING, AFTER THE
RESURRECTION MASS, THE FOOD WHICH WAS BLESSED THE PREVIOUS DAY IS
EATEN FOR BREAKFAST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND STILL PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM
ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY ACKNOWLEDGED IN OLD POLISH-CATHOLIC PARISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IT IS A POLISH EASTER CUSTOM TO WALK TO NINE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND
KNEEL ON BOTH KNEES TO HONOR THE EXPOSED BLESSED SACRAMENT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW THE ORIGIN OR REASON OF THIS CUSTOM. SHE
SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THIS RITUAL IS STILL PRACTICED IN OLD POLISH-
CATHOLIC PARISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
AT EASTER BREAKFAST OR DINNER A THIN WAFER IS DIVIDED AMONG ALL THOSE
PRESENT AT THE TABLE. EACH PERSON BREAKS OFF A PIECE OF WAFER
FROM EACH OTHER. THE WAFER REPRESENTS THE COMMUNION WAFER AND EACH
PERSON RESOLVES TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE WITH THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW
CHURCH YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE PRACTICES THIS EACH TIME SHE HAS RELATIVES
OVER FOR EASTER DINNER. INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT ORIGINATED
BUT CONSIDERS IT MEANINGFUL AND BEAUTIFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Morning mealsBreakfast |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
SONGS
ROMANIAN MEN AND BOYS GO ABOUT SINGING OF THE HOLY BIRTH
AND CARRY A GREAT WOODEN CROSS OR STAR. THE STAR IS COVERED
WITH LIVELY PAPER AND LITTLE TWINKLING BELLS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT NOTED THAT THIS IS STILL PRACTICED IN THE UNITED
STATES BY EASTERN ORTHODOX CANTORS (MEN WHO SING OR CHANT
RESPONSES TO THE PRIEST DURING A MASS). USUALLY A DONATION
IS GIVEN TO THEM BY EACH HOUSE IN THE PARISH AND THE MONEY IS
THEN GIVEN TO THE CHURCH. THE INFORMANT SAID THE STAR IS MERELY
DECORATED TO ADD TO THE FESTIVITIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERB
WHEN YOU GET TOO OLD TO SET A BAD EXAMPLE, YOU CAN START GIVING
ADVICE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF HER PARENTS
WHEN SHE OR ANY OF HER SISTERS QUESTIONED THEIR ADVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
SHOOTING FROM THE LIP CAN BE JUST AS DEADLY AS SHOOTING
FROM THE HIP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT SHE HEARD THIS FROM A CO-OFFICE
WORKER AT PARKE DAVIS AND COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. RECALLS THAT SHE HEARD IT FROM A
LADY WHO CONTINUALLY TALKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
Keyword(s): GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
THE THINGS WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT JUST AREN'T SO, GET US
INTO TROUBLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS TO HER
WHEN SHE WAS A SMALL CHILD AND SHE BUILT HER HOPES UP
TOO HIGH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
After a funeral the best friend of the deceased is given a bowl of boiled wheat, a glass, and silverware. This little ceremony transfers the worldly goods of the deceased to the living.
Submitter comment:
Informant noted that this custom is not as popular as it used to be but it is still practiced.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD.
Where learned: HOME ; 10438 BONITA ; Zurawski, Anna
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Deceased ; FRIENDSHIP ; GLASS ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; RITUAL ; Silverware ; SYMBOL ; Symbolic ; SYMBOLISM ; UTENSILS ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
PROVERB
FAST DRIVING AND FAST LIVING MAY GET YOU TO THE FINISH LINE TOO SOON
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS IS HER FAVORITE SAYING TO HER HUSBAND WHILE
HE IS DRIVING. INFORMANT REPORTED IT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN
CUTTING DOWN HIS SPEED IN BOTH AREAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
AFTER EASTER SERVICES ALL GREET EACH OTHER WITH COLORED EGGS. EACH
PERSON TRIES TO BREAK THE OTHER'S EGG BY TAPPING THE TOP OF THE EGG.
THE PERSON WHO BREAKS THE EGG GETS TO KEEP BOTH EGGS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS IS A POPULAR ROMANIAN EASTER CHILDREN'S
GAME ALTHOUGH ADULTS ARE KNOWN TO PLAY IT. INFORMANT SAID SHE
ACTUALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO PLAYING IT EACH EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10438 BONITA ; informant's home
Keyword(s): GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-20-1971