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THE JEWS WHO DIE BEFORE 11 A.M. MUST BE BURIED BY
SUNSET AND THE BODY MUST PASS OVER WATER ON THE
WAY TO THE CEMETERY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
ORTHODOX JEWS WILL DRILL HOLES IN A BURIAL CASKET
AND ALSO USE WOODEN PEGS INSTEAD OF METAL SCREWS, SO
THAT THE PERSON AND THE ENCASEMENT WILL TURN TO
DUST MUCH MORE QUICKLY. THIS IS SO, BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO RUSH THE PROCESS. "YOU WERE BORN FROM DUST
AND DUST YOU SHALL RETURN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
AS PART OF THE BLACK FUNERAL RITE, THE HUSBAND ,
UPON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, WILL NOT HAVE A BOUQUET OF
FLOWERS PLACED BESIDE HER CASKET IN HONOR OF HER,
BUT A HEART SHAPED CENTER PIECE DONE IN WHITE
CARNATIONS AND FROM THE TOP LEFT (DIAGONALLY)
TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WILL BE A STREAM OF RED ROSES.
THIS IS CALLED THE "BLEEDING HEART."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
IN SMALL TOWNS IN IRELAND EACH FAMILY HAS THEIR
PARTICULAR KNITTING STITCH FOR THEIR SWEATERS.
WHEN THEIR HUSBAND S GO OUT TO SEA, THEY WEAR
THESE SWEATERS, SO THAT UPON THEIR DEATH, THE SWEATER
CAN BE RETURNED AND THE FAMILY IN THE TOWN WHOSE
STITCH THAT BELONGS, WILL KNOW WHO WAS KILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1972
POLISH FUNERAL CEREMONIES HAVE BECOME MORE SIMPLIFIED
AND GENERALLY ARE NOW A DIGNIFIED, LAST TRIBUTE TO
THE DECEASED. THE FESTIVE AND ELABORATE "STYCU"
(FUNERAL BANQUET) IS BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY RARE, BUT
THE CUSTOM OF LEAVING AN EMPTY PLACE AT TABLE FOR
THE DEPARTED IS STILL OCCASIONALLY PRACTICED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
A JEWISH FUNERAL CUSTOM: UPON THE DEATH OF A PERSON, A
FRIEND WILL PLACE 3 PENNIES IN THE PERSON'S RIGHT
POCKET WHILE IN THE CASKET (OR NEXT TO THE DEAD
PERSON'S RIGHT SIDE). THIS ASSURES
THE DEAD PERSON FARE WHEN HE GETS TO HEAVEN'S
GATES AND HE'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD, HE AND HIS BROTHERS
WOULD HOLD THEIR BREATH WHEN THEY PASSED A CEMETERY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHY THEY DID THAT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEATH CUSTOM
IN HUNGARY THE WINDOWS OF THE DEAD PERSON'S ROOM WERE
LEFT OPEN SO THE SOUL MAY DEPART. ALSO, THE HOUSE
OF THE DEAD WAS NOT TO BE CLEANED OR KEPT WARM,
IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE THE SOUL FROM RETURNING. A
BLACK FLAG WAS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. CANDLES
WERE BURNED IN ALL THE WINDOWS OF THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER SAID THIS WAS A CUSTOM IN HUNGARY
IN 1901.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-22-1971
DEAD MAN SITS UP
THERE WAS A MAN THAT DIED IN A CHAIR SITTING UP AND WHEN
THEY PUT HIM IN THE CASKET, THEY HAD TO TIE HIM DOWN TO MAKE HIM LIE
FLAT. WHEN THEY WERE HAVING A WAKE FOR HIM AND WERE DRINKING OUT
OF A JUG, THE MAN SAT UP IN THE COFFIN.
EVERYONE ELSE TOOK OFF FOR PARTS UNKNOWN SO THAT THE DEAD MAN WAS
ALONE.
Submitter comment:
MR. YOUNT BELIEVED THIS TO BE TRUE AS EVERYONE ELSE KNEW
THE MAN AND ALSO BELIEVED IT.
HAPPENED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POST-MORTEM REFLEX
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH WATCH OR WAKE ; RIGOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE JEWISH FAITH IS BURIED, A MEMBER OF THEIR
FAMILY MUST SHOVEL THE FIRST SHOVEL OF DIRT ONTO THE CASKET.
IF THEY ARE MARRIED IT MUST BE THE SPOUSE. IF THEY ARE NOT MARRIED
IT MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN BROOKLYN NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BROOKLYN
A JEWISH PERSON MUST BE BURIED WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF DEATH
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BROOKLYN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1975
THE IRISH BELIEVE THAT AFTER A PERSON DIES THAT HIS BODY SHOULD
BE KEPT ONLY OVERNIGHT. THE BODY SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE HOME.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
IN THE IRISH CULTURE, AFTER A PERSON DIES, THE SAME NIGHT
AS THE DEATH THE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE A HAPPY CELEBRATION.
EVERYONE DANCES AND DRINKS AND HAS A GOOD TIME. EACH PERSON BRINGS
SOME FOOD SO THAT THE WIDOW WILL NOT HAVE TO COOK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): IRISH WAKE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
TH.E WIDOW MUST WEAR BLABLACK FOR A YEAR AFTER THE DEATH
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
THE WIDOW MUST GO TO MASS EVERY MONTH FOR THE SOUL THAT DIED.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
Date learned: 00-00-1939
THE WIDOW MAY NOT GO TO ANY FESTIVALS EXCEPT RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
FOR A YEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
Date learned: 00-00-1939
AT FUNERAL BURIALS, THROW MONEY ON TOP OF THE CASKET AND THE GHOST
OF THE PERSON WILL NOT COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU BECAUSE HE WILL
BE SATISFIED WITH THE GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
CREMATION RITES
MRS. OTT, AN EMPLOYEE OF ROSELAND PARK CEMETERY, CONTACTED ME
ON THE ABOVE DATE REGARDING BURIAL OF MY FATHERS REMAINS.
MY FATHER DIED ON DECEMBER 22, 1981, AND HIS REMAINS HAD
BEEN CREMATED BY ROSELAND PARK CEMETERY. MRS OTT INFORMED ME
THAT CREMATED REMAINS ARE SOMETIMES ONE INCH BY ONE AND ONE HALF
INCH IN SIZE, AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE PLACED IN A VAULT IN HER
MAUSOLEUM OR BE BURIED AT THE CEMETERY. I TOLD HER THE FAMILY'S
INTENTION IN THE MATTER, WHICH WAS TO PLACE HIS REMAINS AT
ANOTHER LOCATION, OUTSIDE, ABOVE GROUND. SHE SAID THAT BONES
SHINE IN THE SUN, AND FLOAT ON THE WATER. SHE ALSO SAID A RATHER
MACABRE THING, THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT OUR FATHER TO BE PLAYED
WITH BY SOME KID ON A BEACH, WHERE THE REMAINS WOULD WAS UP
EVENTUALLY, OR HAVE HIM RAKED UP EITHER. THE CONVERSATION WAS
DEFINITELY DETERIORATING, SO I CEASED TALKING TO HER.
Submitter comment:
I WAS HIGHLY ANGRY THAT SHE WOULD TRY TO SELL ME A CEMETARY PLOT
BY TRYING TO SCARE ME WITH HER MACABRE STORIES OF WHAT HAPPENS
TO PEOPLE WHOSE REMAINS ARE NOT DISPOSED OF ACCORDING TO HER
STANDARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
IF YOU SEE A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
YOU MUST HOLD ONTO A BUTTON BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK
NOT TO DO SO.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life BELIEF -- Conversions Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
FUNERALS
BAPTISTS YELL, SCREAM, AND ARE MORE EMOTIONAL AT FUNERALS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1982