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EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER SATURDAY, IN OUR SLOVENIAN PARISH, BASKETS OF FOOD (HOME-
MADE BREAD, EASTER EGGS, SAUSAGE, HAM, POTICA--A TYPE OF NUTBREAD--)
ARE TAKEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE GIVEN A SPECIAL BLESSING. THIS FOOD
IS THEN EATEN FOR BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUESDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
Date learned: 10-02-1967
EASTER CUSTOM (POLISH)
DIFFERENT FOODS: BREAD, CAKE, COLORED EGGS, HAM, SALT, PEPPER, ETC.
ARE PLACED IN A BASKET AND TAKEN TO THE CHURCH ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE
EASTER WHERE THEY ARE BLESSED BY A PRIEST. THEY ARE THEN PLACED ON
THE TABLE ON EASTER WITH THE OTHER FOOD. ( THIS ) CUSTOM ORIGINATED
IN SMALL VILLAGES WHERE THE PRIEST USED TO VISIT THE HOUSES OF THE
PARISHIONERS ON EASTER TO BLESS THE TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
EASTER CUSTOM
ON THE DAY BEFORE EASTER, THE MOTHER OF EACH FAMILY TAKES A BASKET
CONTAINING THE FOOD SHE WILL SERVE ON EASTER TO THE CHURCH TO BE
BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. (USUALLY BETWEEN 12 AND 1:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON.)
Submitter comment: PRACTICED IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT 1910.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.129 |
EASTER CUSTOM
ON HOLY SATURDAY OF EASTER WEEK, EACH FAMILY TAKES A BASKET OF FOOD
TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED. ALL THE FOOD IS PRE-PREPARED: HARD BOILED
EGGS, BREAD, SAUSAGE, HAM, SALT AND PEPPER, BUTTER AND HORSERADISH.
THE NEXT MORNING, ALL OF THE BLESSED FOOD IS EATEN. THE FATHER
CHOPS UP THE EGG INTO AS MANY PIECES AS THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY, AND DISTRIBUTES THEM TO BE EATEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
HOLY SATURDAY
A POLISH TRADITION, WHICH IS CELEBRATED ON HOLY SATURDAY, IS OBSERVED
DURING EASTER WEEK. ON THIS DAY THE ENTIRE FAMILY ABSTAINS FROM FOOD
UNTIL DINNER TIME, WHERE ( WHEN ) THE FAMILY IS SERVED A MODERATE
DINNER OF FISH AND POTATOES. AFTER DINNER THE FAMILY EATS A PIECE
OF ANGEL BREAD (A LIGHT WAFER), AND EXCHANGES A PIECE WITH EVERYONE
ELSE AT THE TABLE. THIS REPRESENTS THE NEW LIFE WHICH IS COMING ON
EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
BLESSING OF FOOD
FOOD IS BLESSED BEFORE EASTER BECAUSE IT IS A BLESSING OF THE FIRST
FRUITS OF THE SEASON, OR IN A CHRISTIAN SENSE, OF A NEW LIFE WITH THE
RISEN CHRIST. IT IS COMMON IN THE SLAVIC COUNTRIES AND IN SOME
MIDDLE-EAST COUNTRIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SWIECZONKA ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-17-1968
"ANGEL BREAD"
ON EASTER EVE, IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM TO PASS A LOAF OF WAFER BREAD
AROUND TO EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. EACH MEMBER TAKES A PIECE OF
BREAD AND EATS IT. IT IS A GESTURE OF UNITY AMONG THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
EASTER-TOAST
THE FIRST FOOD EATEN ON EASTER MORNING IS A PIECE OF HARD-BOILED
EGG THAT WAS BLEST ON HOLY SATURDAY. IT IS USED IN
GIVING A TOAST OF HAPPY EASTER TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
Date learned: 03-10-1970
EASTER DAY
THE FOOD THAT WAS BLESSED ON SATURDAY MUST BE EATEN FOR BREAKFAST.
IT MUST INCLUDE HORSERADISH TO REPRESENT THE BURNING LIQUID GIVEN
CHRIST WHILE HE HUNG ON THE CROSS. THE REMAINING FOOD SHOULD BE
SHARED WITH THE DAY'S VISITORS SO THAT IT IS FINISHED ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
Keyword(s): CHARITY, HOSPITALITY ; FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA ; SYMBOL
EASTER MORNING RITUAL (OR CUSTOM)
ON EASTER MORNING, AFTER RESURRECTION MASS, THE FAMILY WOULD ALL
GATHER FOR BREAKFAST, MADE UP OF THE THINGS FOUND IN THE SWIECONKA
(EASTER BASKET BLESSED AT CHURCH ON HOLY SATURDAY).
MY FATHER WOULD TAKE ONE OF THE BOILED, PEELED EGGS (BLESSED) AND CUT
IT INTO FIVE PIECES--ONE FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. THEN HE
WOULD TAKE A PIECE OF RAW HORSERADISH (SCRAPED CLEAN THE PREVIOUS
DAY) AND GIVE EACH OF US A PIECE OF IT. A LOAF OF RYE BREAD WAS CUT
AND DISTRIBUTED TO EACH OF US (IT WAS A TINY LOAF, MADE ESPECIALLY
FOR THE EASTER BASKET), AS WAS THE KIELBASA, BUTTER AND COFFEE CAKE.
AFTER EACH OF US HAD AT LEAST A TINY PIECE OF EACH OF THE ABOVE, WE
WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE LARGER PORTIONS OF THE NON-BLESSED FOOD.
HOWEVER, ONE OF THE RITUALS THAT MY DAD WOULD GO THROUGH WAS TAKING
A WHOLE, BLESSED EGG (BOILED AND PEELED) AND RUBBING IT ON HIS JAW,
FROM LEFT EAR TO HIS CHIN THEN TO THE RIGHT EAR, THEN BACK AGAIN TO
THE LEFT. THIS, HE TOLD US, WOULD WARD OFF TOOTHACHES.
Submitter comment:
AS FAR AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE, MY FATHER GOT THIS CUSTOM
FROM HIS PARENTS WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN POLAND. MY FATHER CAME
TO AMERICA IN 1914, AT THE AGE OF !7.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
Date learned: 04-00-1965
THE CARROT MARCH
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER MORNING, WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT OUT THEIR
EASTER BASKETS FOR THE EASTER BUNNY TO FILL WITH CANDY, ALL THOSE WHO
WISH TO PARTICIPATE ARE EACH GIVEN A CARROT. THESE CARROTS ARE
HELD AT CHEST LEVEL POINTED VERTICALLY. THEN THE MARCH BEGINS. THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSE LEADS FOR AWHILE AND THEN ANOTHER DESIGNATED PARTY.
THE PARTICIPANTS WALK IN SINGLE FILE, FOLLOWING THE LEADER
WHEREVER HE GOES. A CHANT IS SUNG BY ALL PARTICIPANTS. IT GOES--
"OREO--OREO" IN A DEEP VOICE.
Submitter comment:
OUR FAMILY DOES THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person. Instructor asked if her father or grandfather did this as children, and she said no, just her family.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 663.12.30.7 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter baskets |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CUSTOM
ON HOLY SATURDAY, FILL A BASKET WITH COLORED EGGS, HAM,
KIELBASA, HORSERADISH, A SMALL ROUND BREAD, VEGETABLES,
SALT, PEPPER, AND CANDIES. TAKE THE BASKET OF FOOD TO A
POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH AND IT WILL BE BLESSED.
Submitter comment:
THE FOOD IS BLESSED SO THAT THERE WILL BE PLENTY FOR THE
YEAR THAT FOLLOWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 10-20-1977
BELIEF
WHEN YOU FINISH THE EGGS YOU CAN PUT THE SHELLS UNDER THE
ROSEBUSHES, (TO) MAKE THEM GROW BETTER.
Submitter comment:
FR. LEO WAS REFERRING TO EASTER EGGS IN THIS BELIEF. THIS
INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED IN A POLISH CATHOLIC CHURCH ON HOLY
SATURDAY WHEN THE EASTER BASKETS WERE BEING BLESSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Plant |
CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO PREPARE A BASKET CON-
TAINING SAMPLES OF FOOD TO BE EATEN FOR EASTER SUNDAY BREAKFAST,
AND HAVE THIS BASKET OF FOOD BLESSED IN CHURCH THE SATURDAY
BEFORE EASTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA00001950S
CUSTOM ; BELIEF
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER, YOU TAKE MONEY (CHANGE) AND PUT IT INTO A
DISH OF WATER. NEXT MORNING, EVERYBODY WASHES THEIR HANDS IN IT.
DOING THIS BRINGS WEALTH TO THE HOUSEHOLD.
Submitter comment:
TRADITION WAS FOLLOWED IN HIS FAMILY. IT COMES FROM THE SLAVIC CHURCH
TRADITION AND WAS INTRODUCED BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC AND CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
HOLY SATURDAY
ON HOLY SATURDAY EVERYONE BRINGS HOME HOLYWATER. ALL THE HOLYWATER
FOUNTAINS IN EACH ROOM ARE FILLED. IF A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL GETS
SICK THEY ARE SPRINKLED WITH HOLYWATER.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS OBSERVED IN POLAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
HOLY SATURDAY
ON HOLY SATURDAY THERE IS THE BLESSING OF BASKETS AT CHURCH.
BASKETS ARE FILLED WITH BREAD, HAM, BUTTER, EGGS, SALT, PEPPER, AND
HORSERADISH. EVERYONE THEN HAS A BITE OF THE BLESSED FODD.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR CUSTOM IN POLAND AND IN POLISH COMMUNITIES IN
THE U.S.A.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
HOLY SATURDAY CUSTOM
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY A FEW MEMBERS OF THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY FILL TWO
BASKETS WITH KIELBASA, BREAD, CANDY, COLORED EGGS, CAKE, SALT AND
PEPPER, AND MARGARINE AND BRING IT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH TO
HAVE IT BLESSED. AFTER THEY RETURN HOME A MEAL IS COOKED WITH THE
BLESSED FOOD AND IT IS EATEN SOME TIME AFTER NOON. THIS IS THE
FIRST MEAL OF THE DAY FOR THE FAMILY. THEY DO NOT EAT ANYTHING
BEFORE THIS MEAL. THE LEFTOVERS ARE EATEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF TH
EVENING. ALL OF THE EGG SHELLS AND CANDY WRAPPERS ARE COLLECTED IN
A BAG AND ARE BURNED LATER (SINCE THEY WERE BLESSED).
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CUSTOM THAT WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT'S
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday |
Date learned: 11-12-1979
BLESSING OF THE FOOD
THE POLISH HAVE THEIR FOOD BLESSED EASTER SATURDAY. IN POLISH THIS
IS CALLED "SWIENCUNKA".
Submitter comment: THE FOOD BLESSING IS CALLED SWIENCUNKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 02-16-1980
SWIENCONKA
ON HOLY SATURDAY MORNING, SAMPLES OF THE FOOD WHICH WILL BE SERVED
AT BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY ARE TAKEN TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED.
FOODS INCLUDED IN THE EASTER BASKET ARE COLORED EASTER EGGS, BREAD,
KIELBASA, HAM, SALT AND PEPPER, AND BARANEK (BUTTER SHAPED LIKE A
LAMB.) THE FOOD IS COOKED BEFORE IT IS BLESSED AND SERVED COLD ON
EASTER MORNING.
Submitter comment:
SOME FAMILIES ADD COFFEE CAKES AND SWEET ROLLS TO THE SWIENCONKA
BASKET. THE INFORMANY'S FAMILY PRACTICES THIS CUSTOM MINUS
THE SWEET ROLLS AND COFFEE CAKE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POLISH
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980