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UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE FATHER OF THE HOUSEHOLD STOOD AT
THE DOOR STEP WITH A LOAF OF BREAD IN ONE HAND AND AN AXE IN THE
OTHER. THEN HE INVITED ALL EVIL SPIRITS, WILD ANIMALS, AND STORMS
TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM. IF THEY DIDN'T COME THEN, THEY WOULDN'T FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Feeding animals, spirits of trees |
Date learned: 11-19-1967