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IF ONE EATS BLACKEYED PEAS, TURNIP GREENS, AND NECKBONES
ON NEW YEAR'S HE WILL NEVER BE HUNGRY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THESE ARE THE CHEAPEST FOODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
NEVER EAT CHICKEN, OR ANY KIND OF FOWL, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY;
BECAUSE CHICKEN SCRATCH BACKWARDS, AND YOU WANT TO GO
FORWARD IN THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
EAT PORK AND/OR CABBAGE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
EAT A FRESH HAM ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
GERMAN CUSTOM
FOR NEW YEAR'S DINNER, THE GERMAN PEOPLE EAT ONLY PORK
AND VEGETABLES THAT GROW IN THE GROUND. THEY CLAIM
THAT THE PORK COMES FROM PIGS THAT GET A LOT OF THEIR
FOOD FROM THE GROUND. DOING THIS WILL ASSURE A GOOD CROP
FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS AS A CHILD; SHE FOLLOWED IT THEN,
BUT DOESN'T ANY MORE.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT A FRESH HAM ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
BECAUSE THE PIG PUSHES THE DIRT AHEAD OF HIM. (SOMETHING
AHEAD).
Submitter comment:
THEREFORE, SAYS THE COLLECTOR, HARMONIZING WITH THE
DAY, WHICH PUSHES AHEAD INTO THE YEAR JUST AS THE PIG
PUSHES AHEAD INTO THE EARTH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
JAPANESE AMERICAN CUSTOM
THE JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA DECORATE
THEIR HOMES WITH BRANCHES OF PINE AND BAMBOO FOR NEW
YEAR'S DAY. SPECIAL DISHES OF RICE AND FISH ARE
PREPARED.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FLEMISH NEW YEAR SONG
NIEUW JAARKE ZOETEN (SWEET NEW YEAR)
MYN VERKEN HEEFT VIERVOETEN (MY PIG HAS FOUR FEET)
VIER BOETEN EN EENEN SCHOEN (FOUR FEET AND A SHOE)
IK BEN MYN VADER ZYN KAPOEN! (I AM MY FATHER'S SON).
THIS IS A SONG SUNG BY FLEMISH CHILDREN ON NEW YEAR'S
WHEN THEY GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO GET A TREAT. THEY
RECEIVE A COOKIE OR SOMETHING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED TO DO THIS IN HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: BELGIUM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
ALWAYS EAT SOME FORM OF PORK ON NEW YEAR'S TO INSURE
GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS NEVER EATEN ANYTHING BUT PORK ON NEW YEAR'S.
HE FEELS THAT THE EATING OF PORK HAS HELPED HIS LUCK
EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
JAPANESE FOOD CUSTOM
WE PREPARE AND EAT A DISH MADE WITH LOTUS PLANTS ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY BECAUSE IT IS A SACRED PLANT AND A GOOD OMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS YOUNG, THE PARENTS WOULD ALWAYS
GET A GALLON OF ICE CREAM FROM THE CREAMERY AND SERVE
IT WITH HOMEMADE SAUCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY.
THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK HOME IN A BURLAP BAG FILLED
WITH ICE AND SALT TO KEEP IT COLD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHEN THERE IS A BIRTHDAY IN THE FAMILY, THE CAKE IS
DECORATED WITH TINY CHINA FIGURES AND SMALL CHARMS AND
TRINKETS ARE PUT INSIDE THE CAKE ITSELF SO THAT THEY
MAY BE KEPT BY THE CHILD WHO FINDS THEM IN HIS
PORTION.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
AS A CHILD, MY NEIGHBOR ALWAYS GOT A CHOICE OF DINNERS,
AS DID HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ON HER BIRTHDAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF YOU EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS AND COLLARD GREENS ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY, YOU WILL HAVE MONEY ALL THROUGH THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS FROM A WOMAN WITH WHOM SHE
WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
AND HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-00-1967
BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY EVERYONE WOULD GATHER THE FOOD
WHICH WOULD BE EATEN FOR THE EASTER DINNER AND PUT THEM
IN A BASKET. THIS BASKET WOULD BE LINED WITH A VERY
DELICATE LACE CLOTH. THEY WOULD CARRY THE BASKETS OF
FOOD TO CHURCH AND PUT THEM IN THE AISLES. THE
PRIEST WOULD COME AROUND AND BLESS THE FOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS AN OLD POLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Date learned: 02-20-1972
SLOVAK EASTER CUSTOM
ON SATURDAY OF HOLY WEEK, THE WOMEN BAKED BREAD AND
PREPARED HAM AND KOLBASI. THESE WERE PACKED INTO A
BASKET AND TAKEN TO CHURCH ON EASTER SUNDAY AND WERE
BLESSED. THEN THE FAMILY CAME HOME AND EVERYONE
ATE OF THE BLESSED FOOD, INCLUDING ANYONE WHO VISITED
THEM.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
BLESSING THE EASTER BASKET: THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM
WHICH TAKES PLACE ON HOLY SATURDAY. THE FOOD WHICH
IS TO BE EATEN ON EASTER IS TAKEN TO CHURCH IN
AN EASTER BASKET AND BLESSED BY THE PRIEST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
EASTER SATURDAY, THE POLISH PEOPLE TAKE BASKETS OF
FOOD--BREADS, BUTTER IN THE FORM OF A LAMB (NO
REASON GIVEN FOR THIS), SAUSAGE, ETC. TO BE BLESSED.
THIS IS THEN TAKEN HOME AND EATEN AS THE EASTER
FEAST. ALL THE FOOD TAKEN HAS TO BE EATEN THAT NIGHT.
THIS WILL INSURE GOOD CROPS FOR THE YEAR AND A GOOD
LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
THE FAMILY TAKES A BASKET CONTAINING SOME BREAD,
BUTTER AND KILBASSA TO CHURCH ON EASTER EVE.
THE FOOD IS BLESSED AND EATEN FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST.
HER CHURCH IS ST. SCHOLASTICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
THE DAY BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY, VARIOUS TYPES OF FOOD
LIKE BUTTER, BREAD, SALT, EGGS, SAUSAGES, WHICH
ARE INTENDED FOR EASTER DINNER, ARE TAKEN TO CHURCH
AND ARE BLESSED.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM, WHOSE MEANING IS UNKNOWN
TO ME, BUT IS PERFORMED EVERY YEAR, THE DAY BEFORE
EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |