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NEVER LET ANYONE BUT A DARK HAIRED MAN CROSS YOUR PORTALS
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
IRISH PEOPLE WOULD NOT LET ANYONE IN THE HOUSE ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY UNLESS THE FIRST ONE IN HAD DARK HAIR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
A MAN WITH BLACK HAIR SHOULD BE THE FIRST ONE IN THE
HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. THIS IS FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER BELIEVED FIRMLY IN THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
PUT CLEAN SHEETS ON THE BEDS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR A
CLEAN YEAR THROUGH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
A DARK-HAIRED MAN MUST BE THE FIRST TO ENTER YOUR HOUSE
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY TO BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF A MAN COMES TO YOUR HOUSE THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR,
THE HEN WON'T HATCH PULLETS. YOU WILL HAVE ALL ROOSTERS
IF A WOMAN COMES.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER WON'T LET A MAN COME TO HER HOUSE ON
NEW YEAR'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
RUSSIAN CUSTOM
THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT A DARK HAIRED MAN SHOULD ENTER
ONE'S HOME FIRST ON NEW YEAR'S MORNING. A WOMAN OR A
LIGHT HAIRED MAN ENTERING FIRST WILL BRING BAD LUCK FOR
THE YEAR AHEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS AS A CHILD, BUT RELIES VERY LITTLE
ON IT.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE FIRST ONE TO COME THROUGH THE DOOR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
SHOULD BE A MAN, FOR GOOD LUCK. IF IT'S A WOMAN, IT'S
BAD LUCK. ALSO APPLIES TO THE FIRST PERSON WHO CALLS
YOU ON THE PHONE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FATHER BELIEVED STRONGLY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
AMONG THE UKRAINIANS, THE FIRST TO ENTER THE HOUSE ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY FORETELLS THE WAY THE NEW YEAR WILL TURN
OUT. THEREFORE, YOUNG BOYS GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
TO BRING NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS, RECITE A SPECIAL VERSE,
AND THEN SCATTER GRAINS OF WHEAT OR OTHER SEED OVER
THE FLOOR AS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK AND GENERAL PROSPERITY
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
FRENCH CUSTOM
IT IS A TRADITIONAL FRENCH CUSTOM FOR THE FATHER OF THE
FAMILY TO BLESS HIS SONS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, UPON THEIR
REQUEST FOR THE BLESSING. IT IS THEIR NEW YEAR'S BLESSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
THE PRESENTS OF PERE NOEL (SANTA CLAUS) ARRIVE ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Submitter comment: NO PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY GIVES TO HIS
CHILDREN THE "NEW YEAR'S BENEDICTION." THIS IS A BLESSING
OF THE FATHER PLACED ON HIS CHILDREN. IT IS DONE EITHER
PRIVATELY OR COLLECTIVELY.
THIS BENEDICTION IS DONE BY THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY
TO THE CHILDREN, BY 1. THE FATHER PLACES HIS HANDS ON THE
CHILD'S HEAD AND BLESSES HIM WITH THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
2. THE FATHER BLESSES ALL THE CHILDREN AT ONE TIME WITH
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
THE POLISH HAVE THEIR HOUSES BLESSED BY THE PRIEST ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
IT IS AN OLD CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CUSTOM THAT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
A PRIEST COMES TO THE HOME AND BLESSES IT. AND HE PUTS
THE INITIALS K. M. B. OVER THE FRONT DOOR TO PROTECT THE
HOME. THE LETTERS STAND FOR THE THREE KINGS, KASPER,
MELCHIOR, AND BALSHAZZAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 04-02-1967
AFTER NEW YEAR'S THE PRIEST SHOULD COME AND BLESS YOUR
HOUSE, AND WRITE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND J.M.J. OVER
THE DOOR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): J.M.J.=JESUS, MARY, JOSEPH.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- 39815 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
NEW YEAR'S DAY WAS ALWAYS A DAY FOR CELEBRATING. THE
MARRIED CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH CHILDREN, WOULD
COME (NO MATTER THE DISTANCE) TO WISH THEIR PARENTS
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, YOUNGSTERS GREET RELATIVES WITH:
SUB HECK BULL HI, THENIS SPA HAEIA.
THEY GET PAID FOR THIS HOLIDAY GREETING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NOT TOO SURE OF THE SPELLING, DUE TO SLOPPY PRINTING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA ON NEW YEAR'S MORNING, ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK,
IN BELOW ZERO WEATHER, THE CHILDREN OF THE VILLAGE WOULD
GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE SINGING A LITTLE SONG AT THE
WINDOWS. FOR THIS THEY WERE GIVEN A FEW PENNIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EARLY NEW YEAR'S MORNING (ABOUT 4:00 A.M.) THE CHILDREN
WOULD KNOCK ON EACH DOOR AND SHOUT:
ICH WUNSCHE EUCH ALLES GUT NEUES JAHR ALLEMITSAM,
KALBER UND KUHE UND ALS WAS IHR HAM.
I WISH EACH AND EVERYONE A GOOD NEW YEAR INCLUDING
CALVES, COWS, AND WHATEVER ELSE YOU HAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; WARREN ; BAVARIA ; ALLGAU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 09-27-1968
JANUARY 1ST IS THE JAPANESE NEW YEAR AND A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
ALL HOUSE FRONTS ARE LIGHTED AND DECORATED WITH PINE TREES
(KADOMATSU) AND BAMBOO STALKS. THE DECORATIONS ARE TAKEN
DOWN ON JAN. 7. IN JAPAN, BAMBOO IS A SYMBOL OF HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JAPAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 7 |
Date learned: 02-04-1968