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BIRTHDAY SONG
STO LAT (100 YEARS):
ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ONE HUNDRED YEARS
LIVE FOR US A HUNDRED YEARS;
ONE MORE TIME, ONE MORE TIME,
LIVE FOR US A HUNDRED YEARS.
THIS IS A POLISH SONG WHICH IS SUNG TO THE CELEBRANT ON
EVERY BIRTHDAY HE HAS AT THE DINNER TABLE; IT IS A
SORT OF POLISH COUNTERPART TO OUR OWN "HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU." THIS CUSTOM HAS BEEN IN MY INFORMANT'S
LIFE FOR AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: PHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
A GIRLS' BIRTHDAYS, HER FRIENDS ALWAYS GET TOGETHER
AND BUY HER A CORSAGE, WHICH SHE WEARS PROUDLY ALL DAY
LONG. FOR A BOY'S BIRTHDAY, ALL THE GIRLS GET TOGETHER
AND BUY HIM A CARNATION, WHICH HE WEARS ON HIS SHIRT
OR COAT ALL DAY. THIS IS A SIGN OF POPULARITY, FOR
ONE CAN GET MORE THAN ONE SET OF FLOWERS FROM VARIOUS
FRIENDS, AND THE MORE FLOWERS ONE GETS, THE MORE
POPULAR THE PERSON IS.
Where learned: SAINT ANDREWS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
INFORMANT HAS A POLISH AUNT FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK, WHO
GIVES EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY A LOTTERY TICKET FOR
HIS BIRTHDAY FROM AGE SIXTEEN ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN IT'S SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY AT MY HOUSE, HE GETS
TO DECIDE WHAT HIS BIRTHDAY MENU WILL CONSIST OF
AND WHO WILL BE INVITED TO DINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
ON THE DAY BEFORE ONE'S BIRTHDAY, THAT PERSON IS GIVEN
A 'PINCH TO GROW AN INCH.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT ALL BIRTHDAYS THE VERSE "STO LAST, STO LAST, NIECH
RZYJE RZYJE NAM!" IS SUNG TO THE BIRTHDAY GIRL OR BOY.
IT MEANS "MAY YOU LIVE A HUNDRED YEARS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY SINGS THIS AT EACH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
BIRTHDAY CUSTOM
SNEAK UP ON THE PERSON, GREASE HIS NOSE, AND ROLL
HIM UNDER THE BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
AT A PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BIRTHDAY PARTY, A THIN PAPER
BALL IS HUNG FROM THE CEILING CONTAINING SMALL GIFTS.
THE CHILDREN AT THE PARTY HIT THE BALL WITH STICKS
TO TRY TO GET THE GIFTS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
THE NUMBER OF CANDLES ON THE CAKE INDICATE THE PERSON'S
AGE. THE BIRTHDAY CHILD GETS A SPANK FOR EVERY YEAR
AND A PINCH TO GROW AN INCH.
THE CHILD MAKES A WISH AND IF HE CAN BLOW OUT ALL OF
THE CANDLES AT ONCE, HIS WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
IN ORDER TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY WISH COME TRUE, THE PERSON
MUST EAT A PIECE OF BIRTHDAY CAKE COMPLETELY WITHOUT
LAUGHING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
IF YOU MAKE A WISH, AND BLOW OUT ALL THE CANDLES, YOUR
WISH WILL COME TRUE.
IF YOU BLOW ON THE CANDLES, AND SOME ARE STILL LIT,
THEN IT WILL TAKE AS MANY YEARS AS THERE ARE CANDLES
FOR IT TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
SWEET SIXTEEN
AT A "SWEET SIXTEEN" PARTY, IT IS TYPICAL TO SEE
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL WEARING A CORSAGE MADE UP OF
ROSES AND SUGAR CUBES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-21-1968
EVERYTIME THERE IS A BIRTHDAY IN THEIR FAMILY, THEY
PUT EACH PRESENT OVER THE PERSON'S HEAD WHOSE BIRTHDAY
IT IS SAYING, "HEAVY, HEAVY HANG OVER YOUR HEAD, WHAT
ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT?" THE PERSON THEN GUESSES
ASKING, "EAT IT, DRINK IT, PLAY WITH IT, WEAR IT?"
AFTER GUESSING THEY OPEN THE PRESENT. IT DOESN'T
REALLY MATTER IF THEIR GUESSES WERE APPROPRIATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU BLOW OUT ALL THE CANDLES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE,
IN ONE BREATH, YOU WILL GET WHATEVER YOU WISH FOR.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
BLOWING OUT ALL THE CANDLES ON A BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL
MAKE THE WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTHDAY SAYING
WHEN A PERSON RECEIVES A BIRTHDAY PRESENT THEY SHOULD
HOLD THE PRESENT OVER THEIR HEAD AND SAY, "HEAVY,
HEAVY, HANGS OVER THY HEAD." THIS IS TO INSURE THAT
THE PERSON WILL CELEBRATE ANOTHER BIRTHDAY. MY
FATHER ALWAYS DOES THIS WHEN HE GETS HIS BIRTHDAY
PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
MEXICAN BIRTHDAY
AT A MEXICAN BIRTHDAY PARTY, ONE CAN ALWAYS FIND A
PINATA. THIS IS AN ANIMAL-SHAPED CONTAINER THAT IS
FILLED WITH CANDY AND COINS. IT IS USUALLY MADE OF
BRIGHTLY COLORED PAPER. THE MAIN FIGURES USED ARE
THE BULL AND HORSE. A PINATA CAN EITHER BE MADE IN
THE HOME OR ONE CAN BUY IT IN A LOCAL STORE. IT IS
HUNG FROM THE CEILING AND EACH CHILD AT THE PARTY
RECEIVES A TURN TO TRY TO BREAK THE PINATA. THE CHILD IS
BLINDFOLDED AND USES A STICK FOR HIS FEAT. ONCE THE
PINATA IS OPENED THE CANDY AND COINS FALL TO THE FLOOR
AND THE CHILDREN GET ON THEIR KNEES, TRYING TO GET
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
EATING THE FIRST SLICE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK AND MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
THE MC KENNA FAMILY BIRTHDAYS ARE SPECIAL. THE ONE
CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANY
WORK ON THAT DAY. YOU ARE GIVEN VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
YOU WANT. YOU ARE GIVEN YOUR CHOICE OF THE EVENING
DINNER. IN THE EVENING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
INVITED OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR A PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
BIRTHDAY MEAL
IT IS THE CHINESE CUSTOM TO EAT NOODLES ON ONE'S
BIRTHDAY. THE LONG NOODLES SIGNIFY A LONG LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1968