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WE HAVE NO RELIGION IN JAPAN. WE EXCHANGE GREETING CARDS
WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ON JANUARY FIRST, NEW YEAR'S
DAY. NOT TO DO SO IS IMPOLITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JAPAN ; ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): WHAT ABOUT SHINTO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 7 |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
NEVER WASH AND HANG CLOTHES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, OR YOU'LL
WASH SOMEONE OUT OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: ITALY ; WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA ; ROME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 10-00-1970 ; 09-08-1971
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY MORNING, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CROSS THE
PALM OF THE HAND OF THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT YOUR HOME
WITH SOMETHING SILVER. IF THIS WAS NOT DONE, YOU WOULD
NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS DONE TO THE INFORMANT'S SON MANY YEARS AGO BY
AN ITALIAN WOMAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
POLISH CUSTOM
THE FIRST TIME YOU WASH IN THE NEW YEAR, YOU WASH WITH
A PIECE OF GOLD, FOR PROSPERITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US
WHO ARE ARMENIAN ALWAYS BREAK AN OLD DISH. THEY DO THIS
TO GET RID OF THE OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 07-20-1964
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL
BE BUYING, BUYING, BUYING, ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT COULD NOT RECALL EXACTLY WHERE SHE HAD HEARD
THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY AT EXACTLY 12:01 A.M. THE GERMAN PEOPLE
PUT MONEY ON THE DOORSTEP AND KICK IT INTO THE HOUSE.
THEY THINK THIS WILL MAKE THEM PROSPEROUS ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment: MRS. DOMINICK HEARD THIS FROM A NEIGHBOR OF HERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
YOU MUST WEAR BRAND NEW CLOTHES, NEVER WORN, ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY OR YOU'LL BE POOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
NO TRASH MAY BE THROWN OUT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
OTHERIWSE ALL ONE'S GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR WILL
GO WITH IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-01-1970
IT IS COMMON CUSTOM FOR PEOPLE TO KISS ONE ANOTHER AT
THE START OF A NEW YEAR. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE AT
PARTIES ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS AT HOME.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
IT IS CUSTOMARY TO WEAR HATS AND HAVE NOISEMAKERS
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, KISSES
ARE GIVEN TO THOSE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX WHILE AS MUCH
NOISE AS POSSIBLE IS BEING MADE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
IN GERMANY THEY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S WITH
A HUGE DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
Submitter comment: HE ACTUALLY OBSERVED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 09-28-1970
IT IS A COMMON SCOTTISH CUSTOM TO SING "AULD LANG SYNE"
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 01-31-1968
YULE LOG
EVERY NEW YEAR'S DAY YOU SHOULD CUT THE FIRST LOG OF THE
YEAR AND HOLLOW IT OUT. THEN SPOTLESSLY CLEANING OUT
YOUR FIREPLACE, YOU SHOULD BURN IT TO ASHES ALL BY
ITSELF. THIS WILL BRING ALL WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE
GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-13-1972
IT IS A CUSTOM TO CLEAN THE CHIMNEY ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
SO THAT GOOD LUCK CAN DESCEND INTO THE HOUSE AND REMAIN
THERE ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
SPRINKLE LIME POWDER BEHIND DOORS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY IN JAPAN THE DOORWAYS AND GATEWAYS ARE
DECORATED WITH PINES, WHICH ARE GENERALLY REMOVED ON
THE MORNING OF THE 8TH DAY. (TRADITION HAS IT THAT THE
TREES SINK INTO THE EARTH DURING THE 7TH NIGHT.)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS BROUGHT UP IN JAPAN AND NURTURED IN
JAPANESE TRADITION AND CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
KEEP A BROOM AT THE BACK OF YOUR DOOR ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
IF YOU DO THIS, NO EVIL WILL PASS THROUGH YOUR HOUSE
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
IN GERMANY, THEY HOLD A CARNIVAL TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S
CALLED FASCHING. IT LASTS ONE MONTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 12-00-1967