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EASTER CUSTOM
ON HOLY SATURDAY, SLOVAK PEOPLE GATHER AT THEIR CHURCH TO HAVE THEIR
EASTER BASKETS BLESSED BY THE PARISH PRIEST. THE BASKETS CONTAIN
DYED EASTER EGGS, HAM, KIELBASA, BUTTER--USUALLY MOLDED IN THE FORM
OF A LAMB SIGNIFYING CHRIST, HOME-BAKED BREAD, SOME CANDY AND
"HRUTKA", AN EGG AND MILK CONCOCTION FORMED LIKE A HUGE PIECE OF
CHEESE. A PREVIOUSLY BLESSED CANDLE IS LIGHTED AND PROPPED UP IN THE
BASKET. IT IS A QUICK CEREMONY IN WHICH THE PRIEST RECITES
TRADITIONAL PRAYERS AND WALKS AMONG THE BASKETS, SPRINKLING HOLY
WATER, ( AND THEN ) THE PEOPLE RETURN HOME WITH THEIR BLESSED FOOD.
IF ANY OF IT IS NOT EATEN, IT CANNOT BE THROWN TO THE GARBAGE BUT
MUST BE BURNED BECAUSE IT IS SPECIAL--IT HAS BEEN BLESSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON DR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA ; SYMBOL ; WATER
Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
DANIEL BOONE LEGEND
ONE DAY DAN'L BOONE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FOREST AND HE CAME UPON A
HUGE LION. DAN'L'S GUN WOULDN'T WORK AND THAT LION WAS COMING RIGHT
FOR HIM. DAN'L THROWED DOWN HIS GUN AND WAITED. AND WHEN THAT
MOUNTAIN LION JUMPED AT HIM, DAN'L PUSHED HIS FIST DOWN INTO THE
LION'S MOUTH, PUSHED IT RIGHT DOWN TO THAT LION'S TAIL AND GRABBED
HOLD AND PULLED THAT LION INSIDE OUT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS UNCLE ALEX, WHO HUNTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN, BUT LIVED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON
Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
CHILDHOOD RHYME
WANT A NICKEL?
GO SUCK A PICKLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON
Keyword(s): CATCH ; FEMINING RHYME ; RHYME: AA
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT DID GEORGE WASHINGTON SAY WHEN HIS FATHER ASKED WHO CHOPPED
DOWN THE CHERRY TREE?
HE SAID, "I CANNOT TELL A LIE, POPEYE DID IT."
Submitter comment: "POPEYE" IS A PUN ON "POP, I" THEREFORE A DOUBLE MEANING
Where learned: HOME ; 885 COVINGTON DR
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; GEORGE WASHINGTON ; HISTORICAL
Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
MORON JOKE, RIDDLE
DID YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE MORON WHO SAID "NO"?
NO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON DR
Keyword(s): HUMOR
Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
BELIEF
IF YOU EAT THE CRUSTS OF BREAD, YOUR HAIR WILL GET CURLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON DR
Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
TRADITIONAL FOOD
AT EASTERTIME THE SLOVAK PEOPLE MAKE "HRUTKA". IT IS A COMBINATION
OF EGGS (USUALLY AT LEAST TWENTY), MILK, SUGAR AND SALT. IT IS
COOKED IN A BIG POT UNTIL IT IS AS THICK AS SCRAMBLED EGGS. THEN IT
IS BOUND IN A VERY DENSELY WOVEN CLOTH TO FORM A BALL AND HUNG FROM
A ROPE TO DRIP AND DRY FOR AT LEAST A DAY. IT IS BLESSED AT EASTER
TIME AND RESEMBLES A CHEESE. IT SHOULD BE MOIST. IT IS SLICED
AND EATEN LIKE CHEESE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED A TRADITIONAL COARSE CLOTH TO BIND THE
HRUTKA. IT WAS BROUGHT FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AND WOVEN BY HER
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 885 COVINGTON DR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-22-1970