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THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVES
IT IS AN ANNUAL CUSTOM FOR THE STUDENTS OF PAROCHIAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN
APPLETON, WISCONSIN TO SPONSOR A FOOD COLLECTION DRIVE FOR THE NEEDY
FAMILIES OF APPLETON DURING THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASONS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOOK PART IN THESE DRIVES IN APPLETON, WISC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
IT IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY AMONG NEGROES TO BEGIN ANY PIECE OF WORK ON
" CHILDEMAS DAY " ( DECEMBER 26 ). THEY WILL WORK LATE INTO THE
NIGHT RATHER THAN WORK ON THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
HE NOTICED THIS AMONG SEVERAL OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS, AND UPON
ASKING THE REASON, WAS TOLD THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NEGROES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 02-15-1968
HOLIDAY
THROUGHOUT CANADA, EVERY DECEMBER 26TH, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,
IS KNOWN AS BOXING DAY. NO ONE GOES TO WORK ON THIS DAY AND
EVERYBODY JUST SEEMS TO RECUPERRATE FROM THE CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT.
THIS IS RECOGNIZED AS A HOLIDAY WHICH ORIGINATED FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; HOLIDAY WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ENGLISH FESTIVAL
BOXING DAY IS HELD THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. IT BEGAN AS A CUSTOM IN
WHICH THE LANDLORDS GAVE GIFTS IN BOXES TO THE WORKERS ON THEIR LAND.
THE LANDLORDS WOULD GO VISITING AS THEY DELIVERED THE BOXES.
THE CUSTOM HAS DIED DOWN AND IS NOW USUALLY CARRIED OUT BY GIVING
MONEY TO MAIDS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ENGLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): BOXING DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
BOXING DAY CELEBRATION IN THE BAHAMAS
26 DECEMBER JUNKNOW ( JUN-KA-NOO' ) PARADES. VARIOUS GROUPS DRESS UP
IN VARIOUS COSTUMES MADE OUT OF PAPER AND DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF
THE GOAT SKIN DRUM AND BUGLE. THE CELEBRATION IS SIMILAR TO
MARDI GRAS. IT GOES FROM 4AM TO 9PM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BOXING DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
DAYS OF REST
IN POLAND THEY CONSIDERED THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS AS HOLY AS
CHRISTMAS. ON BOTH OF THESE DAYS THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANY
WORK. ALL THE COOKING HAD TO BE DONE AND READY BEFORE THESE TWO DAYS
AND THEY COULD ONLY WASH AS MANY DISHES AS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAD TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BOXING DAY
ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, ONE WRAPS UP COOKIES AND GOODIES IN
A BOX TO GIVE TO FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A CUSTOM OF A FORMER NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): BOXING DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS IS THE FEAST OF ST. STEPHEN WHO WAS THE
FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTYR. IN ORDER TO PAY RESPECT TO HIM THE FAMILY
IS TO THROW NUTS AT EACH OTHER BEFORE THE MAIN MEAL BECAUSE HE WAS
STONED TO DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY ACTUALLY DOES THIS EACH YEAR ON DECEMBER 26TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
ST. STEPHENS DAY
DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, FRIENDS TAKE BAGS OF WALNUTS OR HICKORY NUTS
AND GO TO VISIT FRIENDS. THEY THROW THE NUTS AT THE VISITED IN
THE SAME MANNER THAT ST. STEPHEN WAS STONED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 09-18-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
EVERY DECEMBER 28, OR ST. STEPHENS DAY, THE IRISH PEOPLE WOULD
PARADE AROUND THE VILLAGES CARRYING A HOLLY TREE WITH A WREN'S NEST
IN IT. THEY WOULD CHANT " THE WREN, THE WREN, THE KING OF ALL BIRDS
WAS CAUGHT IN THE FIRE ON ST. STEPHENS DAY; UP WITH THE KETTLE
AND DOWN WITH THE PAN, A PENNY OR THREEPENCE TO BURY THE WREN."
Submitter comment:
THIS PROCESSION WOULD BE IN COSTUME AND THE PEOPLE WOULD HOLD OUT
THEIR POTS FOR DONATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
ROCKY HELLO
ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, ST. STEPHENS DAY, YOUR NEIGHBORS COME
OVER AND THROW NUTS AT YOU.
Submitter comment: SYMBOLIC OF ST. STEPHEN'S STONING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
HUNT THE WREN
ON ST. STEPHENS DAY CHILDREN GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR IN FANCY DRESS
SINGING AND DANCING FOR THE PEOPLE. THE CHILDREN ARE GIVEN
CHRISTMAS CAKE AND MONEY AS A REWARD.
Submitter comment: DONE IN IRELAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHENS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
ST. STEPHEN'S NUT THROWING
BOYS AND GIRLS OR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES THROW CHRISTMAS NUTS AT
EACH OTHER AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE STONING OF ST. STEPHEN; THE FIRST
MARTYR. THIS FUN THROWING CUSTOM USUALLY TAKES PLACE ON DECEMBER 26.
Submitter comment: POLISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
THIS CUSTOM WAS PRACTICED BY POLISH FARMERS YEARS AGO: ON THE DAY
AFTER CHRISTMAS, ST. STEPHEN'S, ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WOULD TAKE
ANY NUTS AND FRUITS, GO INTO A BEDROOM WHERE A PERSON WAS SLEEPING,
THROW OFF THE COVERS AND THROW THE NUTS AND FRUITS ON THAT PERSON.
WHILE DOING THIS HE OR SHE WOULD SAY " ST. STEPHEN WAS HERE ".
THE PERSON WOULD THEN LEAVE THE ROOM.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON FOR THIS WAS ST. STEPHEN WAS THE FIRST MARTYR AND WAS
STONED TO DEATH. THE NUTS AND FRUITS REPRESENT THE STONES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
DECEMBER 26 ST. STEPHEN
IN POLAND, ON DECEMBER 26, MEN THROW OAKS AT WOMEN, IN THE
COUNTRY, AND COLOGNE IN THE CITY, TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF THE FACT
THAT STEPHEN WAS KILLED BY ARROWS BEING SHOT AT HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY CUSTOM
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS TO VISIT ONE'S
RELATIVES AND SHOWER THEM WITH NUTS, WHICH REPRESENTS THE STONING
OF ST. STEPHEN.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
AMONG THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE, ST. STEPHEN'S DAY, THE DAY AFTER
CHRISTMAS, IS HIGHLY CELEBRATED. THERE IS ABUNDANT FOOD AND DRINK
AND LOTS OF DANCING AND LAUGHTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
ST. STEVEN@S DAY WAS A MEMORABLE DAY IN IRELAND, ITS SOMETHING LIKE
OUR HALLOWEEN, ONLY ADULTS AND TEENS PARTICIPATED IN IT. THEY COME
TO EVERY HOUSE AND SANG: " THE WRAN ( WREN ), THE WRAN THE KING
OF ALL THE BIRDS ST. STEVEN'S DAY HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE FURGE
ALTHOUGH HE IS LITTLE HIS FAMILY IS GREAT. I PRAY YOU YOUNG LADY
TO GIVE US A TRAIT ( TREAT ) SING HALLY, SING WY, SING WY, SING HALLY
TO KEEP A BAD CHRISTMAS IT IS BUT A FOLLY FOR CHRISTMAS COMES BUT
ONCE A YEAR AND WHEN IT COMES IT BRINGS GOOD CHEER." THE
PEOPLE OFTEN CARRIED WRENS THAT THEY CAUGHT THE DAY BEFORE ON A STICK
AS THEY WENT FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE THAT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
ENGLISH COMMEMORATION DAY
CHILDERMAS DAY IN ENGLAND PARALLELS HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY IN AMERICA.
IT IS A COMMEMORATIO'N OF HEROD'S SLAUGHTER OF THE CHILDREN;
OBSERVED ON DECEMBER 28. THE DAY IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CHILDERMAS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 28 Holy Innocents |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
SUPERSTITION
BURN A BAY BERRY CANDLE ON CHRISTMAS AND IF THE FLAME BURNS BRIGHT
AND THE LIGHT SHINES CLEAR. THEN YOU WILL BE BLESSED ALL YEAR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 03-14-1971