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INDIAN BURIAL PRACTICE
MR. HUMFREVILLE REPORTS THAT THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO
WRAP THEIR DEAD IN ANIMAL HIDES AND PLACE THEM HIGH
IN TREES. THEN THEY WOULD KILL ALL THE ANIMALS WHICH
BELONGED TO THE DEAD PERSON AND LEAVE THEM UNDER THE
TREE.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN BURIAL PRAYER
MR. HUMFREVILLE REPORTS THAT WHEN THE DAUGHTER OF "SPOTTED
TAIL" DIED, SHE WAS BURIED HIGH ON A SCAFFOLD. AFTERWARDS
HER BODY WAS PLACED IN THE GROUND (A CUSTOM WHICH WAS
RARE) AND A SIOUX INDIAN WHO WAS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
SAID THIS PRAYER OVER HER BODY: "WE BURY YOUR BODY AS
THE SUN GOES DOWN AND AS THE SUN RISES IN THE MORNING,
SO YOUR SPIRIT WILL GO TO OUR GREAT CREATOR WITH THE
RISES OF THE SUN, WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SPIRIT LAND,
AND THERE KEEP YOU UNTIL ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SHALL JOIN YOU. YOU WILL BE IN LIFE AGAIN WITH THEM,
AND LIVE FOR A LONG TIME WITHOUT WANT OR CARE."
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIOUX BURIAL PRACTICE
THE SIOUX INDIANS USED TO BURY THEIR DEAD WITH LARGE
QUANTITIES OF FOOD SO THAT THE PERSON WOULD HAVE
ENOUGH TO EAT ON THE WAY TO THE "HAPPY HUNTING GROUND."
IF ASKED WHY THE FOOD WAS NOT CONSUMED, THEY WOULD
MERELY ANSWER THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE BODY ATE THE
SPIRIT OF THE FOOD. THUS NEITHER THE BODY OR THE FOOD
DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: BOOK BY J. LEE HUMFREVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE INDIANS BURIED THEIR DEAD WITH THEIR MOUTH OPEN IN
ORDER TO LET OUT THE EVIL SPIRITS. THIS IS WHY
THE INDIANS FEARED HANGING SO MUCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1966
TO KILL A SNAKE
I HAVE LONG HAD A KIND OF DREAD FEAR OF SNAKES, ANY KIND
OF SNAKE. I'M SURE THAT MY FEAR WAS NOT HELPED OUT BY
SOME PEOPLE THAT I KNEW. I REMEMBER BEING TOLD BY A
CERTAIN MR. H., WHOSE OPINION I RESPECTED VERY HIGHLY AT
THE TIME, THAT REGARDLESS WHAT YOU DID TO TRY TO KILL
A SNAKE, IT WOULD NEVER DIE UNTIL THE SUN WENT DOWN.
YOU CAN'T IMAGINE MY HORROR AS I WOULD TRY DESPERATELY
TO KILL LITTLE GARTER SNAKES THAT I FOUND. I WOULD HACK
THEM INTO LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PIECES AND THEN STAND
BACK FEARFULLY AS I WAITED FOR THE DISMEMBERED
PIECES OF SNAKE TO REGROUP ITSELF AND ATTACK ME. AND
EVEN THOUGH NONE OF THEM EVER DID, I STILL RETURNED TO
THE SCENE OF MY ENCOUNTER, RIGHT AFTER SUNSET. I NO
LONGER BELIEVE IN THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
DEATH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
GOERGE WASHINGTON DIED FROM HAVING TOO MUCH BLOOD
WITHDRAWN FROM HIM BY BLOOD SUCKERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-24-1967
CONTRARY TO WESTERN CUSTOM, WEARING BLACK IN MORUNING,
THE CHINESE WEAR WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
IN EAST INDIA THE CUSTOM OF CREMATING THE REMAINS OF THE
DECEASED IS STILL WITH US TODAY. HOWEVER, YEARS AGO WHEN
THE BODY WAS PLACED ON THE FLAMING PYRE, THE FAITHFUL
WIFE WOULD SHOW HER UNDYING DEVOTION BY JUMPING ONTO
THE PYRE. ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO
WAS AT THAT TIME ON A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD, ACTUALLY
SAW SUCH A DEATH CEREMONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
WHEN A DEATH OCCURS IN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY, THE
DECEASED MUST BE BURIED BEFORE SUNDOWN OF FRIDAY OF
THE SAME WEEK, SO THAT BUSINESS WILL NOT INTERFERE
WITH THE SABBATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
AMONG ORTHODOX JEWRY IT IS CUSTOM TO BURY THE DECEASED
EXACTLY AS HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, I.E., WITH NEITHER
MORE NOR LESS THAN WHAT HE HAD AT BIRTH. THE NUDE
BODY OF THE DECEASED IS WRAPPED IN A SHROUD, CALLED
A "WINDING SHEET," AND BURIED IN A PLAIN WOODEN
COFFIN. CENTURIES AGO, HOWEVER, THE DECEASED WAS NOT
PLACED IN A COFFIN, BUT LAID TO REST IN THE SHROUD.
THIS CUSTOM PERTAINS ONLY TO ORTHODOX JEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
INDIAN WARRIORS BOUND FOR THE "HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS"
WERE BURIED WITH THEIR PROPERTY TO MAKE LIFE EASIER
IN THE AFTER-LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
THE MIGHTY PYRAMIDS WHICH SERVED AS A PHARAOH'S COFFIN
ALSO HOUSED THE SLAVES THAT BUILT THEM. THIS WAS TO
INSURE THAT GRAVE ROBBERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GAIN
INFORMATION ABOUT BREAKING INTO THE PYRAMID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
THE EARLY PLAINSMAN, PRIMARILY THOSE INDIANS OF NORTH
AMERICA, BURIED THEIR DEAD IN A SITTING POSITION FACING
EAST, OR THE DIRECTION OF THE RISING SUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
I HAD OBSERVED THIS TRADITION FOR MANY YEARS, BUT IT
WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY INFORMANT ON A PARTICULAR OCCASION
AND WAS CONFIRMED BY MANY OTHER PEOPLE AS BEING A
REAL TRADITION.
A REAL IRISH WAKE IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY A BIG PARTY.
IT IS TO REPRESENT THE JOY FELT BY ALL THAT THE DEAD
PERSON HAS FINALLY LEFT THIS WORLD OF TROUBLE TO
RECEIVE HIS HEAVENLY REWARD. THERE IS ALWAYS PLENTY OF
FOOD AND DRINK TO GO ALONG WITH THE REMINISCING.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TRADITION: BLACK ARM BAND--FOR DECEASED.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
YOU ALWAYS BURY SOMEONE YOU DON'T LIKE UPSIDE DOWN, I.E.,
FACE DOWN, SO THAT IF HE DUG, HE WILL GO DEEPER AND
WOULDN'T COME BACK HERE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HOME TOWN OF HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
AFTER A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, ALL THE CLOCKS IN THE HOME
WERE STOPPED UNTIL AFTER THE FUNERAL. SYMBOLIZED THE
STOPPING OF TIME FOR THE DECEASED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS CUSTOM AS PART OF HER OWN
FATHER'S FUNERAL IN BAUSEJOUR, MANITOBA, CANADA ABOUT
1902. SHE BELIEVES THE CUSTOM WAS PROBABLY BROUGHT TO
CANADA BY POLISH SETTLERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-18-1963
AFTER A DEATH IN THE FAMILY ALL THE UNMARRIED GIRLS IN THE
FAMILY WOULD WEAR THEIR HAIR DOWN TO SYMBOLIZE THE
ATTENDANCE OF THE DECEASED AT THEIR WEDDING. (THE CUSTOM
WAS FOR BRIDES TO WEAR THEIR HAIR LONG AND UNPLAITED
UNDER THEIR VEILS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THAT SHE AND HER SISTERS DID THIS
AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS ONLY ABOUT
EIGHT YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. SHE BELIEVES THAT THIS WAS
A POLISH CUSTOM BROUGHT TO MANITOBA, CANADA BY POLISH
SETTLERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT ; MANITOBA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-18-1963
WHEN SOMEBODY DIED, NO ONE WOULD GO TO THE FUNERAL.
THEY WENT THE ROUNDS INSTEAD. (THEY DID THIS TO NOTIFY
PEOPLE OF THE DEATH, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO NEWSPAPERS
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.) THE ROSARY WAS SAID IN THE
DEAD MAN'S HOUSE. NO ONE WOULD GO TO THE BURIAL
WITHOUT A BLACK SUIT OR BLACK DRESS. THE PEOPLE WERE
VERY FRIENDLY AND IF A FAMILY DID NOT HAVE A BLACK
SUIT FOR THE OCCASION THEY WOULD BORROW IT ; THIS
WAS VERY COMMON. ALSO BLACK WAS WORN FOR WEDDINGS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT PEOPLE THEN HAD ONLY ONE GOOD
SUIT AND IT WAS BLACK AND HE ALSO SHOWED ME SOME WEDDING
PICTURES OF HIS RELATIVES WHO WORE BLACK ON THEIR
WEDDING DAY.
THIS TOOK PLACE IN BELGIUM ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BELGIUM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
THERE IS A MALL HELD AT THE LOCAL CHURCHES IN
WYANDOTTE (MICHIGAN), AT THE TIME OF THE BLESSING
OF THE FLEETS, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DROWNED DURING THE PAST YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-22-1969