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IN PARTS OF FRANCE, THE DEATH OF A PERSON IS NOT
ALWAYS DIRECTLY IMPLIED, IT MAY BE SAID THAT "HIS
HEAD'S COOKED" OR HE'S EMPTIED HIS CELLAR.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
IT IS PART OF THE IRISH BURIAL CUSTOMS THAT THEY HAVE BIG
PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS AT THEIR WAKES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IRISH WAKES
DURING AN IRISH WAKE, THERE IS MUCH DRINKING AND
WEEPING AND ALL THE STORIES ABOUT THE DECEASED
ARE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-09-1969
ANCIENT BURIAL CUSTOM IN IRELAND: BODIES WERE PUT STANDING
UPRIGHT FOR A QUICK EXIT AT THE LAST DAY. IF THEY WERE
WARRIORS THEY HELD THEIR SPEARS IN THEIR HANDS AND
(WERE) BURIED FACING THE ENEMY TERRITORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND ; BISHOP BORGESS HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
NO FUNERAL HOMES IN IRELAND. THE DEAD PERSON OR CORPSE IS
LAID OUT ON THE BED. THEN WHEN BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE
BED TO THE CASKET THE SIX CHAIRS WHICH THE CASKET HAS
BEEN RESTING ON ARE ALL TURNED UPSIDE DOWN FOR THE REST
OF THE DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS WHEN THIS WAS DONE AT HER FATHER'S WAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; IRELAND ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
FUNERALS IN IRELAND WERE CONSIDERED TO BE FESTIVE
OCCASIONS. THEY HAD A BIG PARTY FOR THE DECEASED.
THEY STOOD THE DECEASED IN A CORNER IN HIS COFFIN SO
THAT HE COULD WATCH THE PROCEEDINGS AND THEY EVEN
DANCED WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AT AN IRISH FUNERAL, IF THE BODY IS LAID OUT IN THE
HOUSE, ALL HIS FRIENDS COME TO VISIT. WHILE THEY
ARE VISITING THEY DRINK TO THE DEAD MAN. MANY OF
THEM GET DRUNK.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
IN IRELAND, THE CASKET IS PLACED IN A STANDING
POSITION AND ALL THE FAMILY WOULD WALK BY THE OPEN
COFFIN AND TOAST THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
IRISH BURIAL CUSTOM
COFFIN STANDS UP RIGHT IN A CORNER OF THE ROOM. PEOPLE
DRINK TOASTS TO THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-29-1970
JEWISH BURIAL CUSTOM
WHEN A JEWISH PERSON IS BURIED, A PIECE OF GLASS IF
PLACED UNDER EACH EYELID--INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW WHY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT THE PERSON WAS NOT TO SEE
THIS WORLD AGAIN.
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A NURSING CLASS-MATE IN
1936.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1967 ; 00-00-1936
SITTING SHIVEH
IT IS A JEWISH TRADITION FOR THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED
PERSON TO "SIT SHIVEH" AT THEIR HOME FOR NINE EVENINGS
AFTER THE BURIAL. THEY RECEIVE GUESTS, AND OFTEN SERVE
FOOD AND COFFEE. SINCE THE JEWS BURY THEIR DEAD BY THE
NEXT SUNRISE AFTER THE DEATH, MANY SAY THAT THIS IS A
REPLACEMENT OF OTHER CUSTOMS WHICH TAKE PLACE AT
FUNERAL HOMES, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEWISH CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WHEN A PERSON DIES, HE
SHOULD NOT BE BURIED WITH ANY MATERIAL POSSESSIONS
EXCEPT HIS CLOTHING, BECAUSE YOU CAME INTO THE WORLD
WITH NOTHING AND YOU SHOULD LEAVE WITH NOTHING.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF THAT ALL JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN
FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS PART OF THEIR RELIGION.
TOLD TO ME BY MY UNCLE IN OUR HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
JEWISH CUSTOM
WHEN A PERSON DIES ALL THE PILLOWS ARE TO BE TAKEN
OFF THE CHAIRS, ALL THE PICTURES ARE TO BE TAKEN DOWN
AND ALL THE MIRRORS ARE TO BE COVERED IN MOURNING
FOR THE DEAD SOUL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW THIS DONE AT HIS JEWISH GIRLFRIEND'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
JEWISH CUSTOM
IT IS A JEWISH CUSTOM NOT TO EMBALM THE DEAD. THEY
ARE BURIED THE DAY AFTER DEATH. INFORMANT WAS NOT SURE
WHY THIS WAS DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
JEWISH BURIAL
A JEWISH BURIAL TAKES PLACE ON THE SAME DAY THAT THE
PERSON DIED; UNLESS HE DIES AFTER SUN-DOWN, IN WHICH
CASE HE WILL BE BURIED BEFORE SUN-DOWN THE FOLLOWING
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-31-1968
ITALIAN CUSTOM
IN THE INSTANCE OF A DEATH OF SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY,
THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WILL BE IN
MOURNING FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THEY RESTRICT
THEMSELVES FROM PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OR OTHER
UNNECESSARY SOCIAL EVENTS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY PRACTICED WITHIN THE STRICT ITALIAN
FAMILIES.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
A LAST GESTURE MADE BY THE CHILDREN OF THE PARENT, JUST
BEFORE THE COFFIN IS LOWERED INTO THE GRAVE: EACH CHILD
PLACES A SINGLE RED ROSE ON THE COFFIN OVER THE
DECEASED'S TORSO. THIS USUALLY BRINGS EMOTIONS TO A
CLIMAX--ON THE ITALIAN SIDE OF OUR FAMILY, FUNERALS
ARE VERY EMOTIONAL IN THE FIRST PLACE (USE THAT AS A
BASIS FOR WHAT WAS FIRST SAID).
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1952
ITALIAN CUSTOM
AFTER THE FUNERAL FRIENDS AND RELATIVES BRING GREAT
BASKETS OF FOOD TO HOME OF MOURNERS, FOR DINNER AND
THE INFORMANT KNOWS SOME PEOPLE WHO STILL DO THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
INDIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
THE BODY OF THE CECEASED IS CREMATED WITH SANDALWOOD.
THE ASHES ARE COLLECTED THE NEXT DAY AND THE FUNERAL
RITES ARE CONDUCTED BY THE ELDEST SON--AT WHICH WOMEN
ARE NOT ALLOWED. THE ASHES ARE THEN DEPOSITED IN
ANY RIVER, GENERALLY THE GANGES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
NAVAJO INDIANS: NEW MEXICO--CUSTOM
INDIANS DIG UP THE DEAD TO STEAL THE FINGERS OF THE
DEAD TO MAKE THEIR BLACK MEDICINE.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN