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WHEN OAK LEAVES ARE THE SIZE OF SQUIRREL'S EARS, IT IS
TIME TO PLANT CORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PLANTING SUPERSTITION
PA TOLD US HOW ALL THE PLANTS SHOULD BE PLANTED
ACCORDING TO THE TIME OF DAY; THE ONLY ONE I REMEMBER
NOW IS THAT POTATOES ARE PLANTED AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY
GROW UNDERGROUND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
ARBOR DAY TRADITION
EVERY YEAR, THE MC GREEVY FAMILY GOES OUT INTO THEIR
BACKYARD AND PLANTS A SEED FROM A CITRUS TREE. THEY
HAVE DONE THIS EVER SINCE HE CAN REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
AT THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF PASSOVER, A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
IS HELD WHICH IS CALLED THE "SEDER." AT THIS
CELEBRATION THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE HIDES A PIECE OF
MATZOS WRAPPED IN A LINEN TABLE NAPKIN FOR THE CHILDREN
TO FIND. WHICHEVER CHILD IS SUCCESSFUL IN FINDING
IT DURING THE EVENING, HE RECEIVES "GELT," (SOME
MONEY) FOR HIS EFFORTS.
Data entry tech comment:
MATZOS=FLAT, UNSALTED, CRACKER
CN[ WISOK, LINDA K.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN RELIGION
IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE RAIN AND HARVEST DIETIES,
OFFERINGS SUCH AS BUTTER, ETC. ARE BURNED AT AN
ALTAR WHILE HYMNS ARE CHANTED BEFORE THE PLANTING OF
CROPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
WHEN TO PLANT
FARMERS SAY NEVER PUT SEED (IN) WHEN THE MOON GETS
LESS, BUT WHEN IT GETS MORE. YOU PLANT AND GET MORE,
BIGGER FRUIT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME IN MY HOME BY MY NEIGHBOR, WHO WAS BORN
AND RAISED IN RURAL GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
PLANTING TIME
PLANT CUCUMBER SEEDS ON JUNE 13 FOR A BUMPER CROP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 13 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001940-1950
PLANTING IN LITHUANIA WAS CONSIDERED A HOLIDAY. ON THE
WARMEST DAY FOLLOWING EASTER, MAYBE SOMETIMES BEFORE,
ALL THE WOMEN AND GIRLS WOULD GO OUT TO THEIR GARDEN
AND START TO PLANT FLOWERS, SHRUBBERY AND SUCH. THE MEN
WOULD GO OUT TO THE FIELDS AND PLANT WHEAT, CORN, RYE,
AND OATS. THIS IS CONSIDERED A HOLIDAY, BECAUSE THE
LITHUANIANS ARE SUCH NATURE LOVING PEOPLE.
THIS HABIT HAS BEEN CARRIED OVER BY SOME LITHUANIANS
TO AMERICA. HOWEVER, ONLY IN DETROIT THIS IS PRACTICED.
EVERY SPRING AT THE END OF APRIL OR BEGINNING OF MAY,
MOST OF THE LITHUANIANS COME OUT TO "DAINOVA," OUR FARM IN
SOUTHERN MICHIGAN THAT WE RENT OUT TO PEOPLE AS A PLACE
TO CAMP AND RELAX, FOR A HUGE BARBECUE AND TO PLANT NEW
TREES, EVERGREENS AND FLOWERS. SINCE WE BOUGHT THE
FARM/CAMP IN 1970, OVER 500 TREES (CLOSE TO A THOUSAND)
HAVE BEEN PLANTED. BUT BECAUSE MOST OF THE LAND IS HILLY,
WILD (SNAKES, ETC.) AND FULL OF TREES, THE FLOWERS
RARELY GET ANYWHERE.
BUT IN LITHUANIA, THE PLANTING OF FLOWERS IN GARDENS
AND CROPS IN FIELDS WERE CONSIDERED AS A HOLIDAY.
Where learned: LITHUANIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 03-26-1972
END OF WINTER
IN POLAND, THE END OF WINTER IS CELEBERATED BY THE
DROWNING OF MARZANNA, A MAIDEN REPRESENTING (DEATH)
WINTER. A DUMMY IS DRESSED UP AND CEREMONIOUSLY THROWN
INTO THE WATER. THIS CUSTOM MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS
FROM CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
MAY CROWNING CUSTOM
AT THE GIRLS' BOARDING SCHOOL I WENT TO IN WISCONSIN
A GIRL WAS CHOSEN EACH YEAR TO BE THE CENTRAL
CHARACTER IN A PROCESSION OF ALL THE GIRLS IN THE
SCHOOL WEARING WHITE DRESSES, BLUE SATIN SASHES, WHITE
(LONG) VEILS, AND CARRYING WHITE GLADIOLAS TO PUT INTO
VASES AROUND AN ALTAR TO MARY. THE GIRL CHOSEN, CALLED
THE MAY CROWNING QUEEN, CARRIED A BOQUET OF WHITE ROSES
WOVEN INTO A CROWN AND PUT IT ON THE HEAD OF A STATUE
OF MARY AT THE FOCAL POINT OF THIS ALTAR. THE GIRLS SANG
SONG AND SAID A ROSARY, & LISTENED TO A HOMILY.
Submitter comment: THIS "MARY" IS SAID TO BE THE MOTHER OF JESUS CHRIST.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE
Keyword(s): MAY QUEEN ; VIRGIN MARY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE SPRINGTIME YOU COUNT:
100 RED CONVERTIBLES (CARS, AUTOMOBILES)
A WOMAN WITH A PURPLE DRESS
A MAN WITH A GREEN TIE.
AND THEN THE FIRST BOY YOU KISS AFTERWARD, YOU'LL MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"CHEUNG CHAU BUN FESTIVAL" IS A RELIGIOUS CARNIVAL ON
THE ISLAND OF CHEUNG CHAU (AN ISLAND A FEW SEA MILES
FROM HONG KONG). IT USUALLY LASTS FOUR DAYS TOWARDS
THE LATTER PART OF THE THIRD MOON, GENERALLY IN EARLY MAY.
THERE WILL BE FLOAT PROCESSIONS, LION DANCES, BRIGHT
LIGHTS AND GAUDY DECORATIONS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE
FESTIVAL IS THE "ASSAULT OF THE BUN HILLS." THE
HILLS UP TO SIXTY FEET HIGH ARE BUILT ENTIRELY OUT OF
PINK SUGAR BUNS, THOUSANDS OF THEM.
THESE BUNS ARE BLESSED AND THOSE WHO EAT THEM,
ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, WILL BE CLEVER AND GROW UP
TALL AND MUSCULAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN HAU, WHO IS THE PATRON GODDESS OF
FISHER FOLK, IS HONOURED ON THE 23RD DAY OF THE THIRD
MOON (SPRING). THE FISHERMEN GATHER AT TIN HAU'S
GREAT TEMPLE AND BURN JOSS STICKS AND THE SMALL
PIGS WILL BE ROASTED AND IS OFFERED TO THE GODDESS,
TIN HAU. AFTER THE OFFERINGS, THERE WILL BE LION DANCES
AND THE ROASTED PIGS WILL BE DIVIDED.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE EATEN THE ROASTED
PIGS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO TIN HAU, WILL BE BLESSED
BY HER, AND SHE WILL ALSO PROTECT THE FISHERMEN FROM
STORMS AND GRAND THEM PLENTY OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Rituals BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
SUGARING-OFF CUSTOM
THIS CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF THE MAPLE
SYRUP SEASON UP IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. ALL THE PEOPLE
FROM THE TOWN GATHER AROUND A LARGE BIN OF BOILING
MAPLE SAP. THE CHILDREN TAKE BOWLS FULL OF SNOW AND
POUR THE SYRUP ON IT, WHICH MAKES THE SNOW HARD LIKE
MAPLE CANDY. THE ADULTS BRING MOLDS FROM HOME AND
POUR THE SYRUP INTO THEM. THIS MAKES SUGAR CANDY
FIGURES. THESE ARE SAVED AND STORED FOR THE COMING
YEAR. SONGS ARE SUNG WHILE EVERYONE IS WORKING.
Data entry tech comment:
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA: "THE USUAL MAPLE SYRUP SEASON
KC[ IS MID-JANUARY IN THE MORE SOUTHERN STATES AND ENDS IN
KC[ MID-APRIL IN THE NORTHERN STATES, LASTING FOUR TO SIX
KC[ WEEKS IN EACH PLACE."--KATHY LOESER.
CN[ ALLSTON, JUDY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 09-24-1965
EASTER GAME--SYRIAN
THEY WOULD TAKE A GOOD, FIRM, HARD-BOILED EGG AND
ANOTHER PERSON WOULD HOLD IT IN HIS HAND WITH
JUST A PORTION OF THE PEAK SHOWING, AND THE OTHER
PARTY WOULD TAKE AN EGG AND GENTLY TRY TO CRACK
YOUR EGG. AND WHOEVER DID THE CRACKING, WON THE EGG.
THIS IS CARRIED ON WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER.
Submitter comment: HER FAMILY AND RELATIVES DID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL RAIN FOR SEVEN
CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS. AND THAT'S TRUE OF GOOD FRIDAY,
TOO.
IT'S TRUE THIS YEAR--IT'S RAINED AT LEAST A LITTLE
BIT EVERY SUNDAY SINCE IT RAINED ON EASTER.
Submitter comment: BELIEF HELD TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
ARABIAN CUSTOM
DURING PLANTING SEASON, ALL THE WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE
YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE, WHO ARE MARRIED, FORM A
CIRCLE AND PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE. IT IS A
FERTILITY DANCE WHICH IS PERFORMED TO INSURE
CONCEPTION AS WELL AS A GOOD HARVEST.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DURING A THUNDERSTORM, TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING,
IT IS ADVISABLE TO BURN ONE OF THE BLESSED PALMS
WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED ON PALM SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRE SMOKE FUMIGATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
BUTTERCUPS TELL
TODAY, WHEN RUTH AND I WERE REMINISCING ABOUT CHILDHOOD DAYS,
SHE TOLD ME OF A SPRINGTIME PRACTICE TYPICAL OF THE
PERSONS OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS BLOSSOM
ALONG THE SWAMPS, CHILDREN WOULD PICK THEM AND PRESENT
THE BOUQUETS TO THEIR MOTHERS. THE MOTHER WOULD TAKE A
FLOWER OUT OF THE NOSEGAY AND TICKLE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE
GIVER'S CHIN WITH A BUTTERCUP. IF SOME OF THE YELLOW
SHOULD RUB OFF, THEN THAT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILD
LIKED BUTTER. SHE SAID THAT ONCE WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS
TOLD OF HER LIKING BUTTER, HER MOTHER SENT HER OFF TO
PLAY WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE NOSEGAY AND A PIECE OF TOAST
DRIPPING WITH MELTED BUTTER.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
WHEN YOU PLANT BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON CORN WILL GROW TALL.
POTATOES WILL GO TO VINES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WARTRACE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-18-1972