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BLESSING THE EASTER BASKET: THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM
WHICH TAKES PLACE ON HOLY SATURDAY. THE FOOD WHICH
IS TO BE EATEN ON EASTER IS TAKEN TO CHURCH IN
AN EASTER BASKET AND BLESSED BY THE PRIEST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
EASTER SATURDAY, THE POLISH PEOPLE TAKE BASKETS OF
FOOD--BREADS, BUTTER IN THE FORM OF A LAMB (NO
REASON GIVEN FOR THIS), SAUSAGE, ETC. TO BE BLESSED.
THIS IS THEN TAKEN HOME AND EATEN AS THE EASTER
FEAST. ALL THE FOOD TAKEN HAS TO BE EATEN THAT NIGHT.
THIS WILL INSURE GOOD CROPS FOR THE YEAR AND A GOOD
LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
THE FAMILY TAKES A BASKET CONTAINING SOME BREAD,
BUTTER AND KILBASSA TO CHURCH ON EASTER EVE.
THE FOOD IS BLESSED AND EATEN FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST.
HER CHURCH IS ST. SCHOLASTICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
THE DAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY, VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD
LIKE BUTTER, BREAD, SALT, EGGS, SAUSAGES, WHICH
ARE INTENDED FOR EASTER DINNER, ARE TAKEN TO CHURCH
AND ARE BLESSED.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM, WHOSE MEANING IS UNKNOWN
TO ME, BUT IS PERFORMED EVERY YEAR, THE DAY BEFORE
EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
SWIENCONKA
ON HOLY SATURDAY YOU TAKE THE FOOD TO CHURCH TO BE
BLESSED. YOU CAN'T EAT THIS FOOD UNTIL EASTER
SUNDAY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-05-1972
HOLY SATURDAY FOR UKRAINIANS IS THE DAY BEFORE EASTER.
ON THIS DAY FOOD IS TAKEN TO CHURCH FOR BLESSING.
THESE FOODS USUALLY ARE BREAD, MEATS, AND CHEESES.
THE FIRST FOODS EATEN ON EASTER ARE THOSE THAT
WERE BLESSED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FRIEND SMENA RAKOVSKEY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN (ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN) WAS THE UKRAINIAN
WHOSE FAMILY DID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
A TRADITIONAL POLISH EASTER-TIME CUSTOM IS THE BLESSING
OF THE EASTER BASKET ON HOLY SATURDAY. THE EASTER
BASKET CONTAINING SAMPLES OF THE FOOD WHICH IS TO BE
EATEN ON EASTER SUNDAY. THE FOOD IS PLACED IN THE
DECORATED BASKET AND BROUGHT TO THE CHURCH, WHERE IT
IS BLESSED. THE BLESSED FOOD IS THEN EATEN ALONG
WITH THE REMAINING FOOD DURING A BIG EASTER SUNDAY
MORNING BREAKFAST. USUALLY A LAMB MADE FROM BUTTER
IS ALSO GOTTEN AT EASTER-TIME AND BLESSED AND EATEN WITH
THE BREAKFAST.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS STILL IN PRACTICE AT MY HOUSE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY AN EASTER BASKET IS TAKEN TO THE
CHURCH TO BE BLESSED. THE BASKET IS FILLED WITH
EGGS, KIELBASA, HOMEMADE HORSERADISH, LAMB BUTTER,
HOMEMADE RAISIN BREAD, SALT AND PAPPER AND A ROUND LOAF
OF RYE BREAD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
ON HOLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, POLISH CATHOLICS HAVE A
BASKET BLESSED IN CHURCH WITH THE FOOD THEY WILL EAT
ON EASTER SUNDAY MORNING. IT CONSISTS OF POLISH
SAUSAGE--KIELBASA--HARD BOILED EGGS, SALT, HAM, WINE,
BREAD, AND BUTTER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
SWIENCANKA
ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, THE PEOPLE GATHER WITH
THE FOOD THEY INTEND TO EAT ON EASTER. THE PARISH
PRIEST THEN BLESSES THE FOOD. THIS IS A POLISH
CUSTOM TERMED SWIENCANKA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00001920S
ON HOLY SATURDAY POLISH PEOPLE TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD
CONSISTING OF SAUSAGE, EGGS, SALT, AND BREAD TO
CHURCH WITH THEM TO BE BLESSED. THE FOOD IS USUALLY
EATEN ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
ON HOLY SATURDAY, YOU TAKE BREAD, SALT, HARD BOILED
EGGS AND KIELBASA TO CHURCH. THIS FOOD IS THEN
BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. THE FOOD, AND ONLY THIS
FOOD, IS EATEN FOR BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY
MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
POLISH: FOOD TO BE EATEN AS THE FIRST MEAL ON EASTER
SUNDAY IS TAKEN ON HOLY SATURDAY TO BE BLESSED. THE
FOOD TO BE BLESSED CONSISTS OF EGGS, BUTTER, MEAT, ETC.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, THE FOOD TO BE EATEN ON
EASTER SUNDAY IS PREPARED. THE TRADITIONAL MEAL IS
HAM, HOME-MADE SAUSAGE, HOME-MADE BREAD AND COFFEE
CAKE, DECORATED HARD BOILED EGGS, AN EASTER LAMB
MADE OF BUTTER, AS WELL AS AN EASTER LAMB CAKE.
A BASKET WITH A PORTION OF EACH OF THESE FOODS IS
PACKED, AND TAKEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE BLESSED BY THE
PARISH PRIEST. THIS IS CALLED "SWIECONKA."
THIS IS DONE IN THE HOPE THAT A FAMILY WILL BE BLESSED
WITH A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OF FOOD ALL YEAR.
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
ON HOLY SATURDAY A BASKET OF FOOD IS TAKEN TO CHURCH
IN THE AFTERNOON. A PRIEST BLESSES THE FOOD IN THE
BASKET. YOU THEN EAT THIS BLESSED FOOD FOR
BREAKFAST EASTER SUNDAY MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
A BASKET OF FOOD IS TAKEN TO CHURCH TO BE BLEST. THE
BASKET CONTAINS ALL THE FOOD THAT WILL BE EATEN AT
BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY. THE FOODS USUALLY ARE
EGGS, HARD AND SOFT, A ROUND LOAF OF BREAD, SALT,
PEPPER, HAM, KIELBASA, A BUTTER LAMB, HORSERADISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
EASTER CHURCH CUSTOM OF SWIENSONKA: ON HOLY
SATURDAY A BASKET OF FOOD IS TAKEN TO THE CHURCH FOR
THE BLESSING OF THE PRIEST.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
ON HOLY SATURDAY A BASKET WITH THE EASTER BREAKFAST
(SWIECONKA IN POLISH) IS TAKEN TO THE CHURCH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
POLISH
A BASKET IS FILLED WITH FOOD PREFERABLY: SLICED
COOKED HAM, HOMEMADE KIELBASA, LOAF OF BREAD, BUTTER
SHAPED LIKE A LAMB, COLORED EGGS, SALT AND PEPPER.
THE BASKET IS COVERED BY AN EMBROIDERED TOWEL,
TAKEN TO CHURCH ON HOLY SATURDAY, WHERE THEY ARE
BLESSED BY A PRIEST. THESE THINGS ARE THEN TAKEN HOME
WHERE THEY ARE EATEN BY THE FAMILY THE NEXT MORNING
AFTER MASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A POLISH CHURCH ON HOLY SATURDAY, EACH PERSON
BRINGS A LARGE EASTER BASKET TO BE BLESSED. IN THE
BASKET IS KIELBASA, HAM, BUTTER IN THE SHAPE OF A
LAMB, SALT AND PAPPER, DYED EGGS WITHOUT SHELLS,
HORSERADISH, WINE, ROUND LOAF OF PUMPERNICKEL
BREAD AND AN EMPTY BOTTLE FOR HOLY WATER. THE
BASKETS ARE PLACED AT THE END OF THE AISLE AND THE
PRIEST FILLS UP BOTTLES AND BLESSES THE BASKETS.
THIS FOOD IS TO BE EATEN AT THE EASTER CELEBRATION
OF EACH FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-00-1970