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SOME FRIENDS OF OURS, MR. AND MRS. ED GERRY, ALWAYS
SPEND THE FEW MINUTES BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW YEAR
IN THEIR OWN HOME. THEY LEFT OUR PARTY LAST YEAR
AT 11:40 AND WERE BACK AT 12:20. AND THERE WAS SOME-
THING ABOUT MONEY INVOLVED THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER--
MAYBE THAT THEY DIDN'T PASS MONEY DURING THAT TIME.
Submitter comment:
HAPPENED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN 1964-5 IN DETROIT,
MICHIGAN. MR. YOUNT'S BROTHER, WALTER, TOLD ME HE
BELIEVED THIS WAS A PRACTICE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
GERMAN PEOPLE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF GREEN STUFF
(VEGETABLES) ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD HEALTH:
CABBAGE, PEPPERS, PICKLES, CELERY, SPINACH, LETTUCE,
AND SAUERKRAUT.
ALSO, THEY HOLD MONEY IN THEIR HAND AT 12:00 ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE. IF THE KIDS ARE IN BED, THEY WAKE THEM
UP AS IT WOULDN'T WORK IF IT WAS JUST IN YOUR POCKET.
THEY DO IT FOR A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HIM BY JOE KELLER FROM HUNTINGTON, WEST
VIRGINIA, WHO NOW WORKS WITH HIM IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-18-1965
WE ALWAYS HAVE SAUERKRAUT AND CORNED BEEF ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY. IT'S AS MUCH A TRADITION AS HAM ON EASTER
AND TURKEY ON CHRISTMAS AND THANKSGIVING.
Submitter comment: FAMILY TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- P552 |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
WE ALWAYS HAD SAUERKRAUT AND PORK ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: PRACTICE AT HOME IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: OHIO ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CHINESE YEARS
THE CHINESE ASSIGN NAMES OF ANIMALS TO EACH YEAR.
THE TEN ANIMALS USED ARE:
HORSE, LION, RABBIT, OX, DRAGON, MONKEY (1968), TIGER,
SNAKE COCK, PEACOCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
RELIGIOUS
PENTECOSTAL PEOPLE FAST (GO WITHOUT FOOD) EVERY
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, TO KEEP THEM PURE OF SIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS REALLY A FACT.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
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
Balinese custom
After death of a parent the children are not to wear the color
red for one year.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Chinese custom
When a close family member dies or a spouse the remaining
party will sleep next to the cemetery or grave every night for
the next three years.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): Survivors
Date learned: 00-00-1955
LEAP YEAR
IT IS A CUSTOM THAT A GIRL CAN PROPOSE TO A BOY ANY
TIME DURING LEAP YEAR. IF HE DOES NOT ACCEPT, HE CANNOT
ACCEPT ANY OTHER PROPOSAL DURING THE YEAR FROM ANOTHER
GIRL.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage During leap year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
THERE IS A MALL HELD AT THE LOCAL CHURCHES IN
WYANDOTTE (MICHIGAN), AT THE TIME OF THE BLESSING
OF THE FLEETS, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DROWNED DURING THE PAST YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
THERE IS A BLESSING OF THE FLEETS AT THE WYANDOTTE,
(MICHIGAN) YACHT CLUB EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
THE FIRST PERSON TO GROW A TOMATO AFTER WINTER IS
CONSIDERED THE BEST "CITY FARMER" AMONG HIS FRIENDS
THAT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS KNOWN THIS CUSTOM SINCE 1947.
HE SAYS IT GIVES PRESTIGE AMONG PEERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
CHINESE FESTIVAL
DURING THE CHINESE MOON FESTIVAL, CHUNG CHIU, AT
MIDNIGHT, PERONS TRY TO 'CATCH THE MOON' BY GETTING
THE FULL MOON'S REFLECTION IN A BASIN OF WATER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
Weather
All signs fail in dry weather
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Keyword(s): Dry ; Signs ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |