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AT THE MASS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF A DEATH, CALLED
THE CATAFALQUE MASS, THERE IS A COFFIN SET UP WITH
DANDLES ALL AROUND JUST AS IT WAS FOR THE ACTUAL
FUNERAL MASS.
Submitter comment:
CUSTOM ALL OVER DETROIT (MICHIGAN). INFORMANT
REMEMBERS IT WHEN HE WAS AN ALTAR BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
AFTER A PERSON IS BURIED ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE INVITED
TO THE DEAD PERSON'S RELATIVES HOME WHERE FOOD AND
DRINK IS SERVED TO THEM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GET
TOGETHER IS TO REJOICE THAT THE PERSON HAS GONE TO
HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-09-1970
FUNERAL CUSTOM:
TO HAVE A MEMORIAL DINNER AT THE HOME OF THE FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD PERSON AFTER HE'S BURIED.
THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL WOULD BE INVITED. AND
SIX WEEKS LATER TO HAVE A MEMORIAL MASS AND ANOTHER
DINNER ATTENDED BY THE SAME PEOPLE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
FUNERAL CUSTOM:
THE FAMILY OF THE DEAD PERSON CHANTED MOURNING
CHANTS WHERE THE PERSON WAS LAYED OUT AND AT THE
GRAVESIDE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
BURIAL CUSTOM:
KISSING THE BODY BY THE RELATIVES JUST BEFORE THE
LID OF THE CASKET IS CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
AFTER THE BURIAL SERVICES, THE PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED
THE FUNERAL GO TO A DINNER MADE BY THE RELATIVES OF
THE DECEASED. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SYMBOLIZE THE
REJOICING, THAT THE DEPARTED ONE IS NOW REACHING
LIFE EVERLASTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
A CUSTOM IS TO PUT FLOWERS ON THE COFFIN AFTER IT
HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
VIKING BURIAL CUSTOM
VIKING WARRIORS WHO LIVED BY THEIR SHIPS DIED BY
THEM AS WELL. THE REMAINS WERE PLACED ABOARD SHIP,
SURROUNDED WITH WEAPONS AND THEN CONSUMED IN A FLAMING
FUNERAL PYRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
EGYPTIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
FOR THE EGYPTIANS, DEATH WAS BUT A CONTINUATION OF
LIFE. BEFORE ENTOMBMENT, THE BODY SPENT UP TO
70 DAYS IN THE "HOUSE OF THE DEAD" BEING TREATED WITH
SPECIAL OILS AND RESIN. AFTER EMBALMING, THE MUMMY
WAS WRAPPED AND PLACED IN SEVERAL HUMAN SHAPED COFFINS.
THEN BORNE IN AN ELABORATE PROCESSION TO THE PYRAMID
TOMB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ROYALTY ONLY?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
ROMAN BURIAL CUSTOM
THE BODIES OF THE DEAD WERE PLACED IN STONE AND LAID
TO REST ON BEDLIKE SHELVES IN SUBTERRANEAN
PASSAGES. THIS CUSTOM CAN BE TRACED TO THE EARLY
YEARS OF THE SECOND CENTURY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
AFTER A FUNERAL, ONE OF THE CLOSE FRIENDS OF THE PERSON
WHO LOST A LOVED ONE GIVES A DINNER AT HIS OR HER
HOUSE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE FUNERAL,
PERHAPS A LONG WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
THE ASHES OF RELATIVES ARE GENERALLY STORED IN A LITTLE
BOX AND KEPT SOMEWHERE IN THE HOME OF THE KIN. GOOD
VIRTUES OF THE DECEASED ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE LIVING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO SEVERAL OF US AT LUNCH ONE DAY,
AFTER RETURNING FROM A VACATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UPON RETURN FROM A TRIP TO HAWAII
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DOESN'T HE (CORPSE) LOOK LIKE HIMSELF.
Submitter comment: USUALLY HEARD BY OR FROM PEOPLE ATTENDING A WAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UNCIVILIZED INDIANS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
EGYPTIAN PHAROAHS BELIEVED THAT THEY SHOULD BE
BURIED WITH FOOD, WINE, WATER, WIVES AND SERVANTS
FOR THEIR AFTER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
IT USED TO BE CUSTOMARY TO KISS THE BODY OF A LOVED
ONE GOODBYE WHEN VIEWING IT IN STATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EVERYONE IS GIVEN A ROSE TO PUT ON THE CASKET BEFORE
LEAVING THE GRAVE.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GRANDMAS FUNERAL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
IT IS A CUSTOM OF SOME PEOPLE I HAVE SEEN, TO KISS
THE PERSON WHO HAS DIED BEFORE BURIAL IN ORDER
TO WISH THEM PEACE AND GOODBYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
ALL GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUNG HAD TO CARRY FLOWERS INTO
CHURCH AND LATER LAY THEM AROUND GRAVE. WHILE IN
CHURCH THEY ALL SAT IN THE SAME SECTION AND WERE
CALLED FLOWER GIRLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
A BLACK BAND IS WORN ON THE SLEEVE OF THE MOURNERS
FOR A SPECIFIC LENGTH OF TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1970