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FUNERAL LUNCHEON--ALLGAN, BAVARIA, GERMANY
AFTER THE BURIAL CEREMONY, THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED
WOULD TAKE THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO THE LOCAL
GASTHAUS (BEERGARDEN) FOR LUNCH AND BEER.
Submitter comment:
A GASTHAUS IS ACTUALLY AN INN. THE PROPRIETOR NOT
ONLY SERVES DRINKS AND FOOD, BUT HE ALSO RENTS OUT
ROOMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
ITALIAN-AMERICAN CUSTOM
WHEN THE FUNERAL IS OVER, ITALIAN-AMERICANS GO TO THE
HOME OF THE DECEASED FOR A FEAST.
Submitter comment: ACQUIRED CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE, THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED SITS
AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO HIM, AND CRY AS LOUD AS
POSSIBLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION PASSED ALONG FROM
RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE, THE DECEASED IS NOT LEFT ALONE FOR ONE
MINUTE. RELATIVES STAY DAY AND NIGHT AND HORNS
PLAY UNTIL THE BODY IS BURIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION PASSED ALONG FROM
RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
JEWISH CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE WOULD THROW COINS INTO THE CASKET
DURING THE WAKE.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED THIS CUSTOM DURING CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
JEWISH CUSTOM
IN A JEWISH FUNERAL RITUAL, THERE WILL BE A MEAL FOR THE
MOURNERS AT THE HOME OF THE DECEASED AFTER THE
SERVICES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; TRADITIONAL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
IRISH
THE IRISH HAVE A FEAR OF BEING BURIED ALIVE, SO THEY
HOLD WAKES SO THAT IF THE PERSON IS NOT REALLY DEAD,
HE WILL WAKE UP DURING THE MERRIMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
IRISH WAKE CUSTOM
WAKES WERE NOT A SAD THING TO THE IRISH. THEY OFTEN
HAD SOME OF THEIR BIGGEST BLASTS (WILD, JOVIAL
PARTIES) AT THIS TIME. IT IS SAID THAT THIS CUSTOM
STARTED WHEN IT WAS FELT NECESSARY TO MAKE A GREAT
DEAL OF NOISE AROUND THE COFFIN TO MAKE SURE THE MAN
WAS REALLY DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND ARE KNOWN FOR SOME UNUSUAL
DEATH CUSTOMS. JUST BEFORE A BURIAL THE BODY OF THE
DECEASED WOULD BE LAID OUT IN HIS BEDROOM. EACH
PERSON VISITING HIM WOULD REMARK: "THE ONLY HARM
HE EVER DID IN HIS LIFE WAS TO HIMSELF; HE WAS A
GOOD MAN." FROM THERE THEY WOULD PROCEED TO THE
KITCHEN WHERE A TABLE FULL OF FOOD AND DRINK WAS
SET UP. THEY PROCEEDED TO EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY
BEFORE THE ACTUAL BURIAL.
Submitter comment: FROM MY PARENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
IRISH CUSTOM
AT AN IRISH WAKE THE PEOPLE BECOME INTOXICATED TO
SUCH AN EXTENT THEY DUMP THE BODY OUT OF THE CASKET.
THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR STAYS THERE ALL OF THE TIME, SO
HE CAN FIX UP THE BODY FOR THE NEXT DAY.
THIS SHOWS THE HAPPINESS OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE SOUL
HAS GONE BACK TO GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IRISH WAKE
IN THE OLD DAYS, AFTER SOMEONE DIED, THE PEOPLE USED
TO WAIT AND WATCH FOR THREE DAYS TO SEE IF THE PERSON
WOULD WAKE UP FROM A FIT.
Submitter comment:
NOTE: SOMETIME CELEBRATING WAS INVOLVED IN THE HOPE
THAT THE PERSON WOULD WAKE UP. JIM TOLD ME THIS CUSTOM
AFTER HE HEARD JOHN GRIFFIN'S VERSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
IRISH CUSTOM
IN OLD IRISH FAMILIES, AFTER ANYBODY DIES, THE FAMILY
THROWS A PARTY IN COMMEMORATION OF HIM.
Submitter comment:
JOHN TOLD ME THAT HIS GUESS IS THAT THEY DO THIS IN
ORDER TO SHOW THAT THEY REALIZE THAT BAD THINGS WILL
HAPPEN AND THAT MANY GOOD THINGS WILL OCCUR AND LIFE
WILL GO ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
ITALIAN CUSTOM
IN THE DAYS WHEN WAKES WERE HELD IN THE HOMES, A
BASIN, SOAP, AND A TOWEL WERE PLACED BY THE COFFIN
AT NIGHT; SO THAT THE PERSON COULD COME BACK TO WASH.
THIS IS AN OLD ITALIAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
PALESTINIAN CUSTOM
AT THE TIME OF A DEATH IN PALESTINE, THE RELATIVES MOURN
AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS COME AND MOURN WITH THEM FOR A
PERIOD OF THREE DAYS. DURING THESE DAYS, CERTAIN OTHER
FAMILIES OF THE TOWN COOK THE MEALS FOR ALL THOSE
PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-06-1970
JEWISH CUSTOM
JEWS MUST WASH THEIR HANDS BEFORE ENTERING THE HOUSE,
AFTER THEY HAVE RETURNED FROM A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
APACHE CUSTOM
IF SOMEONE DIES IN AN APACHE HOUSE, THE HOUSE MUST
BE BURNED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD APACHE CUSTOM.
Where learned: COLORADO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
FUNERAL--INDIA
IT USED TO BE A COMMON CUSTOM IN INDIA THAT THE HUSBAND
BE CREMATED. IN THE PROCESS, THE WIFE OF THE
DEAD MAN WOULD THROW HERSELF ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
POLISH CUSTOM
THE WHITE GLOVES OF THE PALL-BEARERS ARE USUALLY PLACED
UPON THE CASKET AT THE CEMETERY AND THEN ARE BURIED
WITH THE CASKET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH CUSTOM ASSUMED
THE WHITE GLOVES OF PALLBEARERS ARE PUT ON TOP OF THE
CASKET BEFORE BURIAL.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED AT GRANDMOTHER'S BURIAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
THE CASKET OF THE DECEASED SHOULD BE COVERED WITH A
WHITE CLOTH TO SYMBOLIZE HIS OR HER PURITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1969