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ARABIAN CUSTOM
WHEN (A) BODY IS BURIED IN ARABIA IT ALWAYS FACED
THE EAST AND NEVER THE WEST.
Submitter comment: TRADITION OF OLD COUNTRY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; J L HUDSONS COMPANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
GERMAN CUSTOM
THE GERMANS BURY THEIR DEAD WITH HEADS TO EAST SO WHEN
THEY ARRANGE THEIR FURNITURE (BEDS) THEY ARE THE
OPPOSITE WAY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
Story
WHEN A SEAMAN DIED ABOARD SHIP AND A BURIAL AT SEA
WAS NECESSARY, A PENNY OR OTHER COIN WAS PLACED IN THE
MOUTH OF THE DEAD MAN BY HIS SHIPMATES BEFORE BEING
SEWN UP IN HIS BURIAL SHROUD. THIS COIN WAS FOR OLD
MAN CHARON, SKIPPER OF THE FERRY THAT WOULD SAFELY
CARRY THE DECEASED ACROSS THE RIVER STYX--IF PAID
IN ADVANCE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: BOOK
Keyword(s): ; BURIAL ; COIN ; Dead ; DEATH ; Ferry ; Lore ; MONEY ; Ocean ; Payment ; River ; SEA ; Ship ; Shroud ; Story ; Styx ; Tale ; Underworld ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHENEVER DRIVING OR WALKING PAST A CEMETERY, HOLD YOUR
BREATH, SINCE IT IS NOT POLITE TO BREATHE IN FRONT
OF THE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
COVERING THE MIRRORS--UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
THERE IS AN OLD UKRAINIAN CUSTOM WHICH STATES THAT
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY DIES AND HE OR SHE IS LAID
OUT IN THE FAMILY'S HOME, ALL MIRRORS IN THAT PARTICULAR
HOUSE MUST BE COVERED. IF THEY ARE NOT, MEMBERS OF
THE FAMILY WILL SEE THE DECEASED IN THE MIRROR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
IRISH CUSTOM
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY DIES IN IRELAND, ALL THE
CLOCKS IN THE HOUSE ARE STOPPED FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
ITALIAN CUSTOM
THE CLOCK IN THE ROOM WHERE THE PERSON IS LAYED OUT
(NOWADAYS IN A FUNERAL PARLOR) IS WREATHED AND STOPPED
AT THE HOUR THE PERSON DIED. THIS IS STILL LEFT
OVER FROM THE TIME WHEN ALL CLOCKS AND WATCHES WERE
STOPPED WHEN SOMEONE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
WHEN A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT, IF THE CASKET IS
IN SUCH A WAY SO THAT THE HEAD IF FACING THE DOOR,
THERE WILL SOON BE ANOTHER DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
NEVER EAT BREAD WHEN A FUNERAL PASSES BY, BECAUSE
YOUR TEETH WILL FALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
IRISH CUSTOM
IN KERRY, WHEN YOU MEET A FUNERAL, YOU BLESS YOURSELF
THREE TIMES, THEN YOU TURN ROUND AND WALK THREE STEPS
WITH THE HEARSE. IN DOING THIS, YOU WALK DEATH OFF
YOUR PATH AND YOU ADD LIFE TO YOUR YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
ROMANIAN CUSTOM
IF YOU MEET WITH FUNERAL CORTEGE, IF YOU MUST CROSS
TO THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE TO HURRY TO PASS BEFORE
IT, NEVER GO THROUGH THE PROCESSION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
AFTER RETURNING FROM A WAKE, TOUCH STOVE THREE TIMES
TO AVOID DREAMING OF THE DECEASED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
IF YOU TOUCH THE DECEASED PERSON'S HAND, HE WILL NEVER
COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU IN YOUR SLEEP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
LEBANESE CUSTOM
AFTER PAYING RESPECT TO A PERSON WHO HAS DIED, BY GOING
TO A FUNERAL PARLOR, ONE SHOULD NEVER RETURN HOME
WITHOUT VISITING A PUBLIC PLACE FIRST. THIS IS
SO THE CURSE OF DEATH DOES NOT FOLLOW YOU HOME. INSTEAD,
YOU CONFUSE IT BY GOING TO A PUBLIC PLACE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID THIS WHILE DATING A LEBANESE GIRL WHO
BELIEVED THIS IN 1970.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1971 ; 00-00-1970
SLOVENE BURIAL CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN THE FAMILY, THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE
ARE COVERED WITH CLOTHS SO THE EVIL SPIRITS DO NOT SEE
THEM AND TAKE THEM TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
ROMANIAN CUSTOM
WHEN A PERSON DIES, ALL THE MIRRORS IN HIS HOME ARE
COVERED. THIS LASTS SIX WEEKS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THINKS THIS IS SO THE SPIRIT WON'T COME
BACK TO SEE ITSELF IN A MIRROR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
POLISH CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE WOULD DREAM OF A DEAD RELATIVE, THEY
WOULD KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY. THEY THOUGHT THAT THE
REASON WHY THEY DREAMED OF A DEAD PERSON WAS
BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS IN NEED OF PRAYERS.
Submitter comment:
ALICE CAME FROM A POLISH FAMILY WHERE THIS CUSTOM WAS
REALLY BELIEVED AND PRACTICED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCOTCH CUSTOM
IMMEDIATELY AFTER A DEATH IN THE HOUSE, A PIECE OF
IRON (USUALLY A NAIL) IS PLUNGED INTO ALL BUTTER,
MEAT, CHEESE, WHISKEY TO PREVENT DEATH FROM
ENTERING THE FOOD AND EVENTUALLY THE REST OF THE
MEMBERS IN THE FAMILY. THIS KEEPS THE FOOD PURE.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GYPSY CUSTOM
WHEN SOMEONE DIES ALL THE FRIENDS ARE TO GO OVER TO
THE DEAD ONE'S HOUSE AND SPRINKLE FLOUR ON ALL THE
FLOORS AND THEN HOLD A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR VIGIL.
IF THE PERSON WAS HAPPY WHEN HE DIED, HIS SOUL WILL
NOT RETURN, BUT IF HE WAS NOT AT PEACE WHEN HE DIED,
HIS SOUL WILL RETURN AND THE PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT'S
THERE BY THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE FLOUR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S PARENTS OWN A BAR AND GYPSY MUSICIANS
PLAY THERE AND TOLD HER THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
THAI CUSTOM
DO NOT SAY THE NAMES OF THE DEAD BECAUSE IT WILL
STOP THOSE THAT ARE STILL ALIVE FROM BEING
CHANGED TO ANOTHER STATE OR FORM OF BEING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-01-1971