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LENT
HOT CROSS BUNS ARE A BIG PART OF LENT AND ARE EATEN ALOT AT THIS
TIME.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS.
( THIS IS NOT ONLY OBSERVED AMONG SCOTCH-AMERICANS. )
Data entry tech comment:
THESE BUNS CAME FROM THE CUSTOM OF MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER
BREAD BEFORE EATING IT. IN THEIR NEXT STAGE, BUNS WERE MADE WITH
A CROSS IMPRINTED ON THEM. AND FINALLY, THEY EVOLVED INTO THE HOT
CROSS BUNS OF TODAY--SPICED DOUGH, SOMETIMES WITH RAISINS, AND WITH
CROSSES OF FROSTING ON TOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT, THE BYZNATINE ( BYZANTINE ) FAITHFUL ABSTAINED FROM
CUSTOMARY FOOD, IN THE OLD WORLD. MEAT WAS FOR SURVIVAL, AND FASTING
WAS KEPT VERY STRICT.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS NO LONGER KEPT IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
LENTEN FAST--RUSSIAN
DURING THE FORTY DAYS BEFORE EASTER, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WERE NOT
ALOWED TO EAT MEAT, FISH, MILK OR CREAM. THEY WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TO EAT VEGETABLES SUCH AS POTATOES, SAURKRAUT ( SAUERKRAUT ),
ETC.
NOTE: TOLD TO MY MOTHER BY HER NEIGHBOR MRS. MARY YASHIN
WHO GREW UP IN SARATOV, RUSSIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
LENT
MOST FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF SOUP DURING LENT IN PLACE OF MEATS.
ACQUIRED THIS EVERY LENT.
Where learned: OSGOOD ROAD, ASSUMED ; MILFORD ; NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
LENT
ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY OF LENT THE INFORMANT'S FATHER
ATE ONLY HERRING, POTATOES, AND CABBAGE, ALL WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF
WATER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
PRETZEL SUNDAY
A FOLK CUSTOM IS STILL WIDELY OBSERVED ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
IN LUXEMBOURG. YOUNG MEN PRESENT CAKES, BRIGHTLY DECORATED AND BAKED
IN THE FORM OF PRETZELS TO THE YPUNG WOMEN. IF THE GIRL WISHES
TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG MAN, SHE GIVES HIM A DECORATED EGG ON EASTER
SUNDAY. IN LEAP YEAR, THE PLAN IS REVERSED: THE GIRL PRESENTS THE
CAKE AND THE BOY RECIPROCATES WITH AN EGG.
Data entry tech comment:
PRETZELS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH LENT SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF
CHRISTIANITY. THE SHAPE IS SUPPOSED TO SUGGEST TWO
ARMS IN PRAYER.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
LENTEN CUSTOM
IN THE CATHOLIC RELIGION THERE WAS A CUSTOM THAT ADULTS (PERSONS OVER
21) MUST FAST FROM EATING IN BETWEEN MEALS AND WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF 2 FULL MEALS DURING THE DAY FOR THE PERIOD
FROM ASH WEDNESDAY TO EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LENTEN CUSTOM
THE CATHOLIC CUSTOM IS TO FAST DURING THE 40 DAYS OF LENT AS CHRIST
DID ON MT. SINAI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-04-1968
LENTEN CUSTOMS:
IT IS A CUSTOM TO GIVE UP SOMETHING DURING THE LENTEN SEASON TO SHOW
PENANCE AND SELF SACRIFICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
LENTEN CUSTOMS
GIVING UP CANDY OR SOMETHING ELSE OF PLEASURE FOR THE LENTEN PERIOD.
Submitter comment: FAMILY PRACTICE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE UP SOMETHING WE ENJOY OR LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS PRACTICED DURING EVERY LENTEN SEASON IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
TAKE A STRIP OF PALM LEAF AND BEND IT IN HALF SO IT IS AT RIGHT
ANGLES TO ITSELF. THEN START CROSSING AND WEAVING TWO ENDS BACK AND
FOR ( FORTH ) SO IT FORMS A SMALL CROSS. THESE ARE USUALLY PLACED IN
A PROMINENT POSITION ABOVE A DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EASTER CROSS
AN ITALIAN EASTER CUSTOM IS TO MAKE A CROSS OUT OF THE PALM LEAVES
RECEIVED IN CHURCH ON PALM SUNDAY. THIS CROSS IS MOUNTED ON THE WALL
AND IS TO REMAIN THERE THROUGHOUT THE EASTER SEASON. THIS BRINGS
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER HAVE ALWAYS DONE THIS.
Where learned: NEW YORK, ASSUMED ; FRANKLINVILLE
Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THE PALMS WHICH YOU RECEIVE ON PALM SUNDAY SHOULD BE WOVEN INTO A
CROWN OF THORNS DESIGN AND UPON EASTER SUNDAY IS UNDONE TO SIGNIFY
THE END OF LENT.
Where learned: NORTH DADE ; FLORIDA 70
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday Favorites |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PALM SUNDAY
ON PALM SUNDAY MOST CATHOLIC CHURCHES GIVE OUT PALMS AFTER EVERY
MASS. THE PEOPLE TAKE THESE PALMS HOME AND PUT THEM ON OR BEHIND
THEIR CRUCIFIXES. THEY LEAVE THEM THERE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED THIS FROM HOME LONG AGO)
Where learned: CANTON ; OHIO, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
PALM SUNDAY
MEMBERS AT CHURCH WAVE PALM LEAVES BACK AND FORTH WHILE SONGS ARE
BEING SUNG IN HONOR OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, WILLOWS ARE HANDED OUT ON PALM
SUNDAY (JULIAN CALENDER) INSTEAD OF PALMS.
Submitter comment:
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS FOR SURE HOW THIS CUSTOM ORIGINATED OR WHY.
I RECALL HEARING A STORY HOWEVER, THAT SAID THE REASON WE USE
WILLOWS IS BECAUSE WILLOWS WERE LAID AT CHRIST'S FEET WHEN HE
ENTERED JERUSALEM. BOTH PUSSY WILLOWS AND WILLOWS ARE USED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
PUSSYWILLOW IS HITTING, BUT NOT I, FOR WITHIN A WEEK WILL BE
WILL BE EASTER.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A TRADITION TO RECEIVE PUSSYWILLOWS ON PALM SUNDAY, SINCE IN
UKRAINE PALMS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Data entry tech comment: SEE HANDWRITTEN 5 X 8 FILE FOR UKRAINIAN VERSION OF THE ABOVE VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY TRADITION
ON PALM SUNDAY THE PEOPLE USED TO HAVE PROCESSIONS AROUND THE
CHURCH WITH PALMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
AFTER COMING HOME WITH YOUR PALMS ON PALM SUNDAY, TAKE THEM AND
STRIKE THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY SAYING:
PALM BIJE (YOU'RE HITTING WITH PALMS)
NIE ZABIJE (BUT THEY WON'T KILL)
WIELKI DZIEN (THERE IS A BIG DAY)
ZA TYDZIEN (WITHIN A WEEK )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |