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MERCHANT MARINE CUSTOM
IN HONOR OF THE SEAMEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE WHO ARE
LOST AT SEA, THERE IS A PLACE ON THE EASTERN SEA
COAST NEAR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE FAMILIES
OF THE LOST SEAMEN COME AND TOSS FLOWERS INTO THE SEA
AT LOW TIDE TO COMMEMORATE THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-16-1968
BLOWING TAPS AT A MILITARY FUNERAL.
FLAG DRAPED OVER THE COFFIN OF A DEAD SOLDIER OR
VETERAN.
FLAG AT HALF MAST DURING TIME OF MOURNING. EX:
DEATH OF A PRESIDENT.
THIRTEEN KNOTS ON A HANGMAN'S NOOSE.
FLAGS ON GRAVES OF VETERANS ON FLAG DAY AND MEMORIAL
DAY AND THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THIRTEEN STEPS ON A GALLOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BURIAL CUSTOM
EVERY REGION OF UKRAINE HAS ITS OWN COSTUME, SO
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE DECEASED TO BE BURIED IN HIS
REGIONAL COSTUME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Data entry tech comment:
PICTURE OF SOME COSTUMES ATTACHED TO 5 X 8 CARD.
CN[ FYLYPIW, OREST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UKRAINE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
WHEN A PERSON DIES HE IS BURIED WITHIN 24 HOURS. THIS
IS DONE IN MALTA, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT EMBALM THE
DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MALTA ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
HAIR CHAINS
IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, HAIR CHAINS
WERE COMMON FUNERAL CUSTOMS. THE HAIR WAS CLIPPED
FROM A NEWLY DEAD PERSON AND IN MOST CASES A CLOSE
RELATIVE FASHIONED A HAIR CHAIN FROM IT. THIS WAS
WORN AS AN ORNAMENT AND WAS A COMMON MEANS OF
REMEMBERING A DEPARTED LOVED ONE.
Submitter comment:
I OBSERVED SEVERAL HAIR CHAINS AT THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM
IN DEARBORN. THIS CUSTOM HAS DIED OUT AND HAS NOT
BEEN REVIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; HENRY FORD MUSEUM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-25-1970 ; 00001900s ; 00001800S
INDIAN DEATH CUSTOM
IF A PERSON WOULD DIE IN A HOUSE, THE HOUSE WOULD
BECOME POLLUTED. NO CEREMONIES SUCH AS A
MARRIAGE, ETC. COULD TAKE PLACE IN THE HOME
FOR ELEVEN DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1968
FRENCH CANADIAN:
WHEN A HUSBAND DIES AND THE WIDOW CUTS HER HAIR,
IT IS THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO ATTAIN A NEW
HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAZEL PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TRAPPIST BURIAL
THE TRAPPIST MONKS ARE NOT BURIED IN A CASKET WHEN
THEY DIE. RATHER THEY ARE WRAPPED IN A WHITE
SHEET AND LAID INTO THE GROUND.
Where learned: RECTORY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-31-1968
OUR FAMILY IS ENGLISH AND FRENCH, AND MOSTLY CATHOLIC.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A BIG MEAL AND LOTS OF CARD-PLAYING
AT FUNERALS. WHEN AN UNCLE OF MINE WHO WAS VERY
RELIGIOUS DIED, WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. BUT MY
AUNT SAID TO GO AHEAD BECAUSE THAT WAS THE WAY HE
WOULD HAVE WANTED IT.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
JEWISH CUSTOM
THE JEWS BURY THEIR DEAD BEFORE THE NEXT SUNRISE.
BUT IF THE DEATH IS ON A FRIDAY, SATURDAY BEING THE
SABBATH, THE BURIAL MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
THE REASON IS A VERY PRACTICAL ONE. IT TAKES TIME TO
DIG A GRAVE, AND NO TIME SHOULD BE WASTED WHEN A DEAD
BODY IS INVOLVED.
ALTHOUGH THIS TRADITION OBVIOUSLY SPRINGS FROM THE
CONDITIONS IN THE OLD COUNTRY, AND IN EARLIER TIMES,
THESE PEOPLE ARE STILL QUITE CONSCIOUS OF BURYING
THEIR DEAD VERY SOON AFTER DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
POLISH CUSTOM
THERE IS A POLISH CUSTOM THAT WHEN A PERSON DIES,
THE FAMILY MUST KEEP THE DEAD PERSON AT HOME FOR
THREE DAYS. ALSO, THE HOUSE HAS TO BE KEPT OPEN 24
HOURS A DAY FOR THE THREE DAYS, SO ALL OF THE DEAD
PERSON'S FRIENDS CAN PAY THEIR RESPECTS AT ANY TIME
OF THE DAY. FINALLY, ONE MEMBER OF THE DEAD PERSON'S
FAMILY HAS TO BE AWAKE BY THE BODY AT ALL TIMES TO TALK
TO ANY VISITORS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MENTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS CUSTOM
WAS ABANDONED 20 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
PHILLIPINE CUSTOM
WAKES IN THE PHILIPPINES LAST FOR NINE DAYS. THE BODY
IS LAID OUT IN THE HOUSE. PEOPLE COME TO VISIT AND PRAY
FOR THE DEAD. THE FAMILY FEEDS THE PEOPLE FOR NINE DAYS
AND HAVE LIGHTS AROUND THE HOUSE TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE
HAD DIED. A COLLECTION BOX IS LEFT IN THE HOUSE FOR
PEOPLE TO GIVE MONEY. EVEN AFTER THE PERSON IS BURIED
THE PEOPLE COME TO PRAY TO FULFILL THE NINE DAYS'
PRAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
NEVER LET A CORPSE LIE OVER SUNDAY OR A DEATH WILL
FOLLOW IN THE SAME FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
WHEN A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER SUNDAY, TWO MORE
PEOPLE WILL SHORTLY DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER LAY IN STATE OVER A SUNDAY,
BECAUSE IF THEY DO A CLOSE RELATION WILL DIE WITHIN
THREE MONTHS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
THE BODY IS BATHED BEFORE BURIAL AND WRAPPED IN WHITE
SHEETS. OLD TRADITION BECAUSE THE BODY, FACE, AND
HANDS CAME INTO THE WORLD CLEAN AND SHOULD LEAVE
IN THE SAME MANNER.
Submitter comment: OLD COUNTRY TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; J L HUDSONS COMPANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
GREAT INDIAN WARRIORS ARE BURIED WITH THEIR HORSES.
Submitter comment: WHEN WE WERE STUDYING INDIANS, MY TEACHER TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN BERNARDINO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
POLISH CUSTOM
IT IS THE POLISH CUSTOM TO HAVE A GATHERING OF THE
MOURNERS FOR DINNER AFTER THE FUNERAL. THIS IS FOR
THE RELATIVES TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE
SYMPATHY THAT WAS OFFERED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
POLISH CUSTOM ASSUMED
PRZYJECIE: BANQUET AFTER THE BURIAL OF A RELATIVE OR
FRIEND.
Submitter comment: POLISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
A FUNERAL IN HUNGARY
THE CORPSE IS LAID OUT IN THE HOME. IF A MAN HAS DIED,
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BURIAL ALL HIS FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES WOULD COME TO HIS HOUSE FOR A FINAL FEAST.
THE PEOPLE WOULD ATTEMPT TO EAT ALL HIS SAUSAGE
AND DRINK ALL HIS WINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-10-1968