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CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AFTER DARK ON CHRISTMAS DAY, FATHER OF HOUSEHOLD BRINGS A BUNDLE OF
WHEAT (STEMS AND SEEDS) INTO THE HOUSES AND PLACES IT IN A CORNER.
(THIS SIGNIFIES AN ABUNDANCE OF BREAD FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM FAMILY IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
IF YOU EAT NO BEANS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, YOU WILL BECOME AN ASS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY A NEGRO COOK WORKING FOR THEM DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE COOK'S MOTHER ALWAYS MADE EACH MEMBER EAT A HELPING OF BEANS ON
CHRISTMAS TO PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS FATE.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Single dishes |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
WATER NOT DRUNK AT CHRISTMAS
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU DRINK WATER DURING CHRISTMAS
SUPPER, THERE WILL BE A VERY HOT SUMMER, AND GREAT THIRST WHILE
WORKING IN THE FIELDS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM WATER ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Single dishes |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
INITIAL TASK
ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN ENGLAND, THE YOUNG GIRLS PEEL AN APPLE AND TOSS
THE PEEL OVER THEIR SHOULDER, THEN EXAMINE IT. THE PEEL WILL FORM
THE INITIAL OF A YOUNG MAN THE GIRL WILL MEET IN THE COMING YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD FROM A NEIGHBORLADY WHO SPENT HER GIRLHOOD IN
ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
EVERY CHRISTMAS MORNING A PAN OF WATER IS PLACED UNDER THE SINK. A
CHRISTMAS TREE BRANCH, A PENNY, A NICKEL, A DIME, A QUARTER AND A
FIFTY CENT PIECE IS PLACED IN THE WATER. THIS WATER IS THEN USED TO
WASH IN. WHEN YOU WASH IN THE WATER YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SPEND
MONEY FOR HEALTH.
Submitter comment:
DOROTHY BANAS RELATED THE CUSTOM BUT WHEN QUESTIONED ON THE REASON
FOR THE CUSTOM SHE WAS UNABLE TO REPLY. EMIL MAZUR IMMEDIATELY
INSERTED HIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 10-24-1970
CHRISTMAS PRACTICE
IF YOU WASH YOURSELF WITH A FIFTY CENT PIECE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING,
YOU'LL NEVER WANT FOR MONEY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DID THIS AS A CHILD, NOT ANYMORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
TRADITION
AT MIDNIGHT(CHRISTMAS) GET A PAIL OF WATER FROM THE WELL. IN THE
MORNING WE FOUND MONEY AND OURS TO KEEP. WASHED OUR HANDS AND FACE
WITH THAT WATER AND WE WOULD BE HEALTHY ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; WASHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF ONE SNEEZES ON CHRISTMAS HE WILL BE WELL ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALTH PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO BE BORN OF CHRISTMAS DAY; ONE OF THE SPECIAL
GIFTS IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT OTHERS CANNOT I.E. THE FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER ALWAYS BELIEVED THIS, BUT KNEW NO ONE WHO WAS BORN ON
CHRISTMAS TO CHECK ITS VALIDITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 02-15-1968
MIDNIGHT X-MAS BABY MEANS SHORT LIFE
A PERSON BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH DIRECTLY AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
WILL NOT LIVE LONG.
Submitter comment:
LINDA'S GRANDFATHER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH AND DIED YOUNG IN
LIFE. WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS BORN ON THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT LINDA
DOESN'T KNOW.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
A PERSON BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH DIRECTLY AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
WILL NOT LIVE LONG.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH AND DIED QUITE EARLY IN
LIFE. WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS BORN ON THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT I DON'T
KNOW.
Where learned: DETROIT ; WORK ; J L HUDSONS ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 10-13-1969
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT A CHICKEN ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE A
CHICKEN PAWS THE GROUND BACKWARDS.
Submitter comment:
Therefore, harmonizing with the Christmas season, which leaves the year behind just as the chicken leaves the earth behind.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
WEATHER PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS
YOU WILL HAVE A WHITE EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY: GREEN FOR LACK OF SNOW ; METONYMY: WHITE FOR SNOW ; OBSERVATION ; SNOW
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SLOVAK CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
IN A HOME WHERE THERE ARE YOUNG GIRLS, AFTER THE MEAL
WAS OVER, A YOUNG MAN WAS ALWAYS WELCOME BECAUSE IT
WAS A SIGN OF THEIR DAUGHTER BEING MARRIED. BUT IF A
GIRL CAME FIRST, IT WAS A SIGN THAT THEIR DAUGHTER
WOULD BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
IF A YOUNG PERSON COMES TO VISIT YOU UNEXPECTEDLY ON
CHRISTMAS EVE IT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 04-08-1967