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AFTER THE FUNERAL THE UNDERTAKER BROUGHT THE POLISH PEOPLE
BEER AND WHISKEY SO THEY WOULD FORGET THE DEPARTED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CANDLEMAS DAY CUSTOM
ON CANLEMAS DAY, WHICH IS FEBRUARY 2, POLISH CATHOLICS
HAVE BEESWAX CANDLES BLESSED AT MASS. THESE ARE LIT
DURING BAD STORMS, AND THEY ARE ALSO PLACED IN THE HANDS
OF THE DYING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT STILL PRACTICES THIS CUSTOM EXCEPT FOR
LIGHTING THE CANDLE DURING STORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
POLISH FUNERAL CUSTOM
FLOWERS ARE PLACED ON THE CASKET JUST BEFORE BURIAL AT THE
CEMETERY. EACH PERSON IS GIVEN A STEM OF FLOWER AND
PLACES IT ON THE CASKET AS HE LEAVES, AS A LAST FAREWELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH FUNERAL CUSTOM
AFTER THE BURIAL AT THE CEMETERY, THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR
INVITES EVERYONE (IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY) FOR A DINNER
HELD EITHER IN THE FAMILIES HOME OR IN A HALL, WHERE
DRINKS AND A FULL COURSE MEAL ARE SERVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH FUNERAL CUSTOM
AFTER A FUNERAL, POLISH PEOPLE HAVE A BIG DINNER WHERE
EVERYONE USUALLY GETS DRUNK. THIS DINNER IS HELD IN
HONOR OF THE DECEASED. THEY USUALLY LAMENT ABOUT THE
DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH BURIAL CUSTOM
BEFORE THE DECEASED IS TAKEN TO THE CEMETERY, THE
FUNERAL PROCESSION TAKES THE DECEASED PAST HIS OR HER
HOUSE FOR THE LAST TIME, AS A GOODBYE GESTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH
AS THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY FILES PAST THE CASKET, THEY
ARE TO TOUCH THE RIGHT HAND OF THE CORPSE WITH THEIR
RIGHT HAND. IT IS A MEANS OF SAYING GOODBYE FOR NOW--
A POLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN POLAND, WHEN A YOUNG CHILD HAS DIED, A CASKET IS MADE
OF WOOD AND PAINTED WHITE WITH PICTURES OF ANGELS
PASTED ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND ; DEARBORN MEDICAL CENTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
POLISH BURIAL CUSTOM
THE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS FROM THE YOUNGEST DESCENDANT IS
PLACED IN THE COFFIN AND BURIED WITH THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
POLISH BURIAL CUSTOM
CHILDREN ARE ASKED TO KISS THE BODY OF THE DEAD PARENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
POLISH BURIAL CUSTOM
IN POLAND LITTLE CHILDREN ARE BURIED IN WHITE COFFINS
WITH ANGELS PAINTED ON THE SIDES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-22-1970
POLISH CUSTOM
DEATH NOTICES THAT ARE SENT BY THE FAMILY ARE
BLACKENED ALONG THE EDGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
HEIR CUSTOM
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE OLDEST SON ALWAYS RECEIVED THE
HOMESTEAD TO LIVE IN AFTER THE DEATH OF THE FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CZECHOSLOVAKIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
A CASKET IS CARRIED INTO THE CHURCH HEAD-FIRST AS A
DIRGE BY THE SLOVINIANS. AFTER THE BODY HAS BEEN
"SAVED" BY THE SERVICE, HOWEVER, THE CASKET IS
CARRIED OUT FEET-FIRST TO SIGNIFY ITS SALVATION.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AT A FUNERAL THEY OPEN THE CASKET
IN CHURCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IKRAINIAN CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE, THE DECEASED WAS PLACED ON A BENCH ON
HAND-WOVEN BLANKETS AND WAS NOT PLACED IN HIS COFFIN
UNTIL THE BURIAL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION PASSED ALONG BY RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
IKRAINIAN CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE (ILLEGIBLE UKRAINIAN WORD HERE) IT IS
CUSTOMARY TO PLAY A "DEATH TUNE" ON A (ILLEGIBLE
UKRAINIAN WORD) (A LONG, TEN FOOT HORN) TO ANNOUNCE
THE DEATH.
Submitter comment:
(ILLEGIBLE WORD) IS PART OF UKRAINE.
INFORMANT LEARNED INFORMATION FROM PARENTS AND
RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
IKRAINIAN CUSTOM
DURING A UKRAINIAN BURIAL, ONLY LIVE FIRE (SUCH AS
CANDLE) IS ALLOWED. (THIS BEARS SIGNIFICANCE
CONCERNING THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
MY THREE GREAT AUNTS, WHO HAVE NEVER MARRIED, ARE OF
GERMAN ORIGIN, AND WHO LIVE TOGETHER IN A BIG HOUSE IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK, WILL FAST, ABSTAIN FROM T. V.
STAY AT HOME AND PRAY FOR ONE MONTH AFTER A DEATH IN
THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IN CANADA, WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES BY, ALL THE CARS IN
THE OPPOSING LANE COMPLETELY STOP OUT OF COURTESY
AND RESPECT FOR THE DEAD, AND BOW THEIR HEADS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-18-1971