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GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS GAVE A NEWLY ENGAGED GIRL A PAIR
OF SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS FOR HER HOPE CHEST.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER TOLD ALL GIRLS THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Hope chests |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN OLD NEW ENGLAND A GIRL STARTS A HOPE CHEST IN ANXIETY
TO GET MARRIED WHEN SHE IS OLDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Hope chests |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
GIFTS FOR BRIDESMAIDS ARE MADE FOR THEM WHILE THE GIRL
IS STILL A CHILD AND THEY ARE PRESERVED IN A HOPE
CHEST UNTIL THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS WAS A POPULAR CUSTOM WHEN SHE
WAS MARRIED FIFTY-THREE YEARS AGO. SHE ALSO BEGAN
COLLECTING THINGS FOR HER DAUGHTER WHEN SHE WAS A
SMALL CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Hope chests |
Date learned: 11-07-1971