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CUSTOM DEATH
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF A DECEASED PERSON SHOULD WEAR BLACK ARMBANDS
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN THIS FAMILY AS A REMEMBERANCE FOR THE DEAD RELATIVE
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CUSTOM FUNERAL
AT AN ITALIAN FUNERAL A BLACK SCARF IS PLACED ON THE CASKET.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CUSTOM FUNERAL
WHEN A MOTHER DIES SHE IS BURIED WITH RINGS SHE PUT ON THE HANDS OF
HER CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE BORN
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SO SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER
CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE LEAVE A GLASS OF WATER OUTSIDE WHEN GOING TO A
FUNERAL. THEY WASH THEIR HANDS WITH IT WHEN THEY RETURN FROM THE
CEMETARY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): CEMETERY ; PURIFICATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE LIGHT A YAHRZEIT CANDLE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A
PERSON'S DEATH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE UNVEIL A TOMBSTONE ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
OF A PERSON'S DEATH.
Submitter comment: THE TOMBSTONE HAS BEEN VEILED BEFORE THIS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SITTING SHIVA
WHEN AN IMMEDIATE MEMBER OF A JEWISH FAMILY DIES THE RELATIVES SIT
ON SMALL STOOLS FOR ONE WEEK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SITTING SHIVA AND DURING THIS TIME FRIENDS COME TO THE
HOME AND PAY THEIR CONDOLENCES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
CUSTOM
IN NAPLES, ITALY, THE PEOPLE CELEBRATE A HOLIDAY CALLED GRAVE YARD
DAY , WHICH OCCURS IN THE SPRING OF EVERY YEAR. ON THIS DAY THE
PEOPLE GO TO VISIT THE GRAVES OF DEAD RELATIVES.
James Callow Keyword(s): GRAVEYARD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
WHEN SOMEONE IN A JEWISH FAMILY DIES ALL THE MIRRORS ARE COVERED
UNTIL THE PERSON IS BURIED
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WITNESSED THIS CUSTOM ABOUT 25 YRS AGO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
BURIAL CUSTOMS
IN PROTESTANT CEMETERIES, PEOPLE ARE BURIED WITH THEIR FEET
FACING TOWARDS THE EAST. WHEN GOD COMES ON RESURRECTION DAY
FROM THE EAST, YOU CAN RISE UP AND BE FACING HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION: EAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
DEATH
YOU NEVER HAVE A WAKE WHEN SOMEONE DIES OR THAT PERSON
WILL HAUNT YOU.
Submitter comment: HE CONSIDERS THIS A MALTESE BELIEF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WAKE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-21-1975
WAKES
YOU HAVE A WAKE WHEN SOMEONE DIES TO WISH THEM LUCK ON THEIR WAY.
Where learned: HOME ; SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
SECOND LINE
THIS IS AN INSTRUMENTAL. THE MUSIC GIVES THE IMPRESSION
OF A SNAPPY MARCH.
Submitter comment:
THE 'SECOND LINE ' IS NOT ONLY A SONG, BUT A DANCE OR STRUT.
IT IS VERY POPULAR AMONG BLACKS IN NEW ORLEANS. THIS STRUT
IS NOT ONLY PERFORMED DURING THE MARDI GRAS SEASON, IT IS
PERFORMED AT THE END OF LAMOST EVERY DANCE, WHITE OR BALCK.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE BLAST OF THE TRUMPETS, IT IS LIKE CALLING
ALL THE PEOPLE TO THE DANCE FLOOR. YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE
CANNOT BEAR TO SIT WHILE THIS TUNE IS PLAYING.
IT IS ALWAYS THE LAST DANCE OF THE BALL. THE SECOND
LINE TUNE IS ALSO PLAYED AFTER A JAZZ FUNERAL, BUT THEY
USUALLY REMEMBER THE SONG 'WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN.'
ON MARDI GRAS DAY YOU WILL SEE THE INDIANS DOING THE
'SECOND LINE DANCE' TO THEIR CHANTS AND TO THE MUSIC THAT
THEY MAKE.
THE TUNE ITSELF CAN BE PLAYED AT A RELATIVELY SLOW TEMPO FOR
THE PRESENTATIONS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB GIVING
THE BALL. THE TEMPO IS QUICKENED FOR THE FINALAE OF THE BALL.
THE SECOND LINE DANCE IS KNOWN BY MANY WHITES IN NEW ORLEANS,
BUT IT IS BASICALLY A TRADITION OF THE BLACKS THERE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERRACIALISM, NOT RACISM
Date learned: 02-11-1975
BURIAL CUSTOM
JUST BEFORE A PERSON'S CASKET IS CLOSED TWENTY-FIVE CENTS IS PLACED
IN HIS POCKET SO THAT HE WILL HAVE THE MONEY TO CROSS THE BRIDGE
AND ENTER HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001930S
STORM BELIEF
NEVER CARRY A METAL OBJECT WHEN IT THUNDERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT KNEW A MAN IN POLAND WHO WAS HOLDING A BIG SICKLE
AND HAD A NEEDLE IN HIS CAP WHILE IT WAS STRUCK BY THE LIGHTNING
AND THUNDERING. THE MAN GOT STRUCK BY THE LIGHTNING AND WAS
KILLED. MY FATHER SAW THE CORPSE AS IT WAS PULLED BY.
(IN POLAND, 1915-1920).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.222 |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
STORM PROTECTION BELIEF
YOU MUST NEVER TAKE A BATH OR WASH YOUR HAIR DURING A THUNDER
AND LIGHTNING STORM LEST LIGHTNING STRIKE YOUR HOME, AND YOU WILL
BE ELECTROCUTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-15-1970
SNEEZING BELIEF
SNEEZING TWICE IN THE NIGHT FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS WAS A SIGN
OF DEATH IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
BUTTON BELIEF
YOU SHOULD NOT SEW A BUTTON ON YOUR OWN GARMENTS (ON YOUR BODY)
UNLESS YOU ARE CHEWING SOMETHING.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON IS THAT YOU SEW THINGS ON DEAD PEOPLE. A JEWISH
CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
SUPERSTITION
NOTHING SHOULD BE BOUGHT FOR A BABY BEFORE IT IS BORN,
OR IT WILL CAUSE IT TO BE DEAD OR BADLY DEFORMED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BIRTH BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER GOES TO A FUNERAL, AND LOOKS IN THE
COFFIN THE CHILD WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-00-1971