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BIRTHDAY CUSTOMS:
CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS WITH A CAKE AND CANDLES.
THE ONE CANDLE "TO GROW ON." SPANKING THE PERSON
ONCE FOR EACH YEAR HE HAS LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
IF YOU BLOW OUT ALL THE CANDLES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE
ON THE FIRST PUFF, YOU'LL GET YOUR WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
IT IS A CUSTOM THAT ON A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY YOU GIVE
THEM A SPANK FOR EVERY YEAR AND A PINCH TO GROW
AN INCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
IT IS COMMON IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE
A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY BY BAKING A BIRTHDAY CAKE. ON TOP
OF THE CAKE ARE PUT TINY CANDLES LIGHTED AND TO BE
BLOWN OUT BY THE PERSON IT IS FOR, AFTER HE HAS
SECRETLY MADE A WISH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 01-28-1968
ON A BIRTHDAY CAKE, A CANDLE IS PLACED AND LIT FOR EACH
YEAR OF THE PERSON'S LIFE. IF IN ONE BREATH THE
PERSON WHO HAS THE BIRTHDAY CAN BLOW OUT ALL OF THE
CANDLES, HIS WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN YOU BAKE A CAKE FOR SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY, ALWAYS
INCLUDE A FEW PENNIES IN THE BATTER. THE PERSON
WHO RECEIVES A PENNY IN HIS PIECE OF CAKE IS ALLOWED
TO MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, WHEN YOU BLOW OUT THE CANDLES ON
THE BIRTHDAY CAKE, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE A WISH;
IF YOU DO NOT TELL ANYBODY YOUR WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
THE PERSON WHOSE BIRTHDAY IT IS GETS TO PICK THE MENU,
THE DRINKS AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE NIGHT. THE
BIRTHDAY GIFTS ARE GIVEN DURING THE MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
HER MOTHER PUTS NEW PENNIES INTO THE BATTER IN MAKING A
BIRTHDAY CAKE. THOSE WHO RECEIVE PENNIES IN THEIR PIECE
OF CAKE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU CAN BLOW OUT ALL OF THE CANDLES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY
CAKE, WHILE YOU MAKE A WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ON A BABY'S BIRTHDAY, AFTER YOU SPANK HIM, PUSH HIM
UNDER A TABLE AND HE'LL STAY WEL ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment: FROM MY GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN SOME FAMILIES IN WISCONSIN, A CHILD IS GIVEN A
NUMBER OF CUPCAKES, THE SAME AS THE NUMBER OF
YEARS OLD HE IS, AS MOST PEOPLE PUT THAT MANY
CANDLES ON A CAKE.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT HAS LONG BEEN AN ESTABLISHED CUSTOM IN MY FAMILY
TO HAVE ALL THE RELATIONS ON MY FATHER'S SIDE OF THE
FAMILY MEET ONCE A YEAR AROUND NOVEMBER 23 TO CELEBRATE
THE BIRTH OF MY GRANDMA, WHO IS "LONG GONE." ALL THE
WIVES COOK ONLY GRANDMA'S RECIPES FOR THE HUGE FEAST.
I PRESUME OTHER GERMAN FAMILIES DO THE SAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
ORIENTAL CUSTOM
ORIENTALS CELEBRATE THEIR BIRTHDAYS ON THE TET
FEAST DAY; EVERYBODY AGES ON THE SAME DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
BIRTHDAY RITUAL:
A BIRTHDAY SPANKING PLUS ONE TO GROW ON. A PINCH TO
GROW AN INCH.
A PERSON RECEIVES ACCORDING TO THEIR AGE (SPANK) PLUS
ONE EXTRA ONE. IN MANY CASES AN EXTRA LITTLE PINCH
WILL ALSO BE ADMINISTERED, WHICH WILL MAKE THE
PERSON GROW AN INCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIXED DATE BELIEF
PUT A DIME IN YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE AND THE PERSON WHO GETS
IT WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK (AND GET TO KEEP THE DIME).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 09-28-1970
IN THE DORMS, IT IS TRADITIONAL TO GET THROWN IN THE
SHOWERS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW ; ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-15-1970
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO THROW A PERSON INTO THE SHOWERS ON
HIS BIRTHDAY.
Submitter comment: A COLLEGE AND SUMMER CAMP TRADITION.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-27-1970
WHEN YOU BLOW THE CANDLES OUT ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE,
EVERYONE AROUND YOU COUNTS HOW MANY PUFFS IT TOOK TO
BLOW OUT ALL OF THEM. EACH PUFF IS EQUAL TO ANOTHER
YEAR UNTIL THE BIRTHDAY PERSON WILL MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
WHEN GIVING SOMEONE A BIRTHDAY SPANKING, WE FOLLOW THIS:
GIVE THE PERSON AS MANY SMACKS AS IS HIS BIRTHDAY.
THEN GIVE HIM AN EXTRA SMACK FOR HIM TO BE GOOD AND
FINALLY A PINCH FOR HIM TO GROW AN INCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-11-1969