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EASTER BELIEF OR CUSTOM
THE "EASTER BUNNY" SUPPOSEDLY BRINGS EGGS AND CANDY TO CHILDREN ON
EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
EASTER
ON EASTER DAY, THE PARENTS HID THE DYED EGGS INSIDE THE HOUSE AND
THE CHILDREN, ALL AT ONCE, SEARCHED FOR THEM. HOWEVER, THEY HAD TO
RETURN THEM AS THEY FOUND THEM TO THEIR BASKET WHICH COULDN'T BE
CARRIED ALONG. PAPA SNITCHED THE FOUND ONES FROM THE BASKETS AND
REHID THEM!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1969
EASTER CELEBRATION
THE HIDING OF EASTER EGGS BY PARENTS AND THE FINDING OF THESE
EGGS BY THEIR CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
FAMILY PRACTICE.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT AND COLLECTOR ARE THE SAME PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 3135 PEBBLE LANE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
EASTER EGG
ON EASTER IN ITALY YOU GET A BIG CHOCOLATE EASTER EGG. AT MASS THAT
DAY YOU BRING YOUR CHOCOLATE EGG TO CHURCH AND THE PRIEST BLESSES
THEM.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR GOOD FRIENDS TO EXCHANGE EASTER
EGGS AMONG EACH OTHER ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS ACQUAINTANCES AND
RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
EASTER EGGS
WHEN CHRIST WAS CARRYING HIS CROSS, A WOMAN CARRYING A BASKET OF
REGULAR DUCK EGGS STOPPED TO HELP HIM. SHE HANDED THE BASKET TO
HIM AND CARRIED THE CROSS A WAYS. WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER EGGS
THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS WITH DESIGNS. THIS IS SAID TO BE
THE ORIGIN OF UKRAINIAN EASTER EGGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
EASTER EGG COLORING
UKRAINIANS ARE WIDELY KNOWN FOR THEIR EASTER EGG COLORING ART. THIS
ART ORIGINATED IN PAGAN TIMES, AND SYMBOLIZED THE REAWAKENING OF THE
EARTH FROM WINTER INTO SPRING. AFTER THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY
THE "PYSANKA" SYMBOLIZED THE RESURRECTION AND THE REBIRTH OF
MANKIND, THEREFORE IT IS LAVISHLY DECORATED AND IS UNCOOKED. IT IS
NEVER EATEN BUT GIVEN AWAY AS A TOKEN OF LOVE, AND REGARDED
AS TALISMAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Told at informant's place of occupation - Detroit Board of Education.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION ; INFORMANT'S PLACE OF OCCUPATION
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
EASTER EGG TRADITION
THERE IS A CUSTOM WITH THE POLISH PEOPLE OF PASSING AROUND THE
DINNER TABLE ONE BLESSED HARD-BOILED EASTER EGG. THE OLDEST MALE
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY BEGINS TO BREAK THE SLICES OF THE EGG WITH
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY. USUALLY A WISH IS MADE BETWEEN THE
TWO AND THEN SEALED WITH A KISS. HOWEVER, IF THE EGG DROPS, ONE OF
THE TWO WILL NOT LIVE TO SEE THE NEXT EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; informant's home
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 03-27-1970
EASTER EGGS
IF YOU DON'T COLOR YOUR EGGS AT EASTER, YOU WILL HAVE BAD EGGS
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 870 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-18-1972
GREEK EASTER CUSTOM
GREEK FAMILIES COLOR THEIR EASTER EGGS VERY DARK REDS, BLUES, AND
PURPLES (THEY USE ONION SKINS FOR DARK BROWN). THEY BELIEVE THAT
ONE OF THE APOSTLES WAS CARRYING A BASKET OF EGGS ON EASTER MORNING
WHEN HE WAS MET BY ANOTHER APOSTLE WHO CLAIMED THAT CHRIST HAD RISEN.
THE FIRST APOSTLE REFUSED TO BELIEVE IT AND THE OTHER SAID THAT THE
EGGS WOULD TURN COLORS AS PROOF OF THE RESURRECTION. WHEN THE FIRST
APOSTLE GOT HOME THE EGGS HAD CHANGED COLORS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
AT EASTER THE GREEK PEOPLE DECORATE EGGS WITH PAINTINGS AND
SEQUINS. MANY CONTAIN TRIANGLES WHICH IS THE SIGN OF THE TRINITY.
IT IS CONSIDERED A PRIVILEGE TO GET ONE AND IT IS KEPT IN THE
FAMILY AND HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
Submitter comment:
THESE EGGS ARE CALLED RESURRECTION EGGS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
EGGS
EASTER EGGS WERE MADE BY WRAPPING EGGS IN RED ONION SKINS. THESE
EGGS WERE THEN PUT IN WATER AND VINEGAR FOR A FEW DAYS. BECAUSE
OF THIS METHOD ALL EGGS WERE RED OR PINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
SPRING CUSTOM
THE TRADITIONAL ARMENIAN EASTER EGGS ARE A BROWNISH-RED COLOR. THIS
IS DONE BY BOILING THE EGGS WITH ONION PEELS UNTIL THE WATER TURNS
THIS BROWNISH-RED COLOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS METHOD OF COLORING EGGS IS STILL DONE TODAY. THE INFORMANT
COLORS EGGS THIS WAY EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 1282 N. RADEMACHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 10-01-1971
EASTER
UKRAINIAN GIRLS DYE EXQUISITE EGGS TO CELEBRATE EASTER. THEY GIVE
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EGG TO THE BOY THEY LOVE. TO A BOY THEY WANT TO
GET RID OF THEY GIVE A BLACK EGG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOLISM ; UKRAINIAN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
CUSTOM
IN MY FAMILY AT EASTER TIME WE ALWAYS HARD-BOIL EGGS AND DIP THEM
IN A FOOD COLORING AND THEN DECORATE THEM OR MAKE THEM UP AS DOLLS.
WE DECORATED THEM BY WRITING A NAME ON THE EGG WITH WAX BEFORE
BOILING, OR WE DREW ON THEM. THE DOLLS WERE MADE BY USING THE
COLORED EGG AS THE BODY AND BUILDING OUT FROM THERE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Toy |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
(POLISH) EASTER EGG COLORING
RAW EGGS ARE PUT IN A POT LINED WITH BROWN ONION SKINS, COVERED
WITH MORE ONION SKINS; WATER IS POURED IN THE PAN TO COVER AND
THE EGGS ARE BROUGHT TO A BOIL. THE EGGS ARE KEPT IN THE PAN
TILL OF DESIRED COLOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EASTER EGGS
BEFORE THE DAYS OF STORE-PREPARED EASTER EGG DYE, THE EGGS WERE
COLORED BY SOAKING ONION SKINS IN WATER; THE WATER WOULD TURN YELLOW;
AND THE HARD-BOILED EGG WHEN PLACED IN THE WATER WOULD ALSO TURN
YELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
EASTER
GREEKS DYE THEIR EASTER EGGS ONLY A DEEP BLOOD RED WHICH
SIGNIFIES THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
Submitter comment:
FROM FAMILY TIES.
Where learned: MAIL
Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
CRAFT DESIGN
WHEN UKRAINIANS DECORATE THEIR EASTER EGGS, THEY USE
THE GEOMETRIC SHAPE OF THE CIRCLE TO SYMBOLIZE THE SUN AND GOOD
FORTUNE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
CRAFT DESIGN
WHEN UKRAINIANS DECORATE THEIR EASTER EGGS, THEY USE
THE FIGURES OF THE REINDEER AND THE HORSE TO SYMBOLIZE WEALTH AND
PROSPERITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-08-1971