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DINNER PRAYER
FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. BLESS US O LORD AND THESE OUR
GIFTS AS WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE THEM FROM THY BOUNTY OF CHRIST OUR
LORD. AMEN. (MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AT THE BEGINNING AND THE
END.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
POLISH CUSTOM
A PERSON USUALLY TAKES A BREAK BETWEEN 3PM-6PM AND VISITS TEA SHOPS.
IF YOU ORDER TEA, IT IS BROUGHT IN A TALL THIN GLASS. SLICED LEMON
IS A MORE POPULAR ACCOMPANIMENT THAN CREAM. PASTRIES AND TARTS ARE
USUALLY SERVED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: STILL COMMONLY PRACTICED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Date learned: 01-00-1979
GRACE
WE SAY GRACE HOLDING HANDS. EVERYONE FORMS A CIRCLE OF HANDS AROUND
THE TABLE AND ONE PERSON EITHER SAYS GRACE OR JUST SPONTANEOUSLY
THANKS GOD FOR THE FOOD OR THE DAY, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
GOOD SILVER, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY HUMOR BLESSING
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
PROVERB
WENN DER VOGEL FRISST, SINGT ER NICHT.
IF THE BIRD EATS, HE CANNOT SING. (TRANS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER AND FATHER USED TO SAY
THIS TO THEIR CHILDREN TO ENCOURAGE SILENCE
AT THE DINNER TABLE AS WELL AS BETTER EATING.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION TABU ; FUNCTION ; TALKING TABU
Date learned: 11-24-1967
BELIEF
KNIVES ARE NEVER PASSED DIRECTLY TO A PERSON, THEY ARE PLACED
ON A TABLE AND THE OTHER PERSON PICKS IT UP FROM THERE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE YOU'LL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Submitter comment:
SYD'S GRANDMA TOLD HER THIS ONE WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE. I THINK
IT ORIGINATES FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA WHEN SILENCE AT MOST OCCASIONS
WAS EXPECTED FROM CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
Date learned: 00-00-1950
A POLISH CUSTOM OF FRIENDSHIP
THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE MARRIED, WE RENTED OUT AN
UPPER FLAT FROM AN ELDERLY POLISH COUPLE. DURING
CHRISTMAS WEEK OF 1957, MRS. KINWEN CALLED ME DOWN TO
HER HOME. THERE SHE GAVE ME UNLEAVENED BREAD AND TOLD
ME OF A POLISH CUSTOM. SHE SAID IF WE BROKE THE
BREAD TOGETHER AND ATE FROM EACH OTHER'S PORTION,
WE WOULD BE FRIENDS FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
THE OLD SAYING "EAT SPINACH AND BE CALM, AND STRONG,"
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Data entry tech comment: SOMETHING MISSING?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MERCY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
CHILDREN'S PASTIME
CHILDREN USED TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE MILKMAN'S COMING.
AFTER HE WOULD DELIVER MILK, THE CHILDREN USED TO
SCOOP THE CREAM OFF THE TOP OF THE MILK, PUT IT ON
A SLICE OF BREAD AND HAVE THIS TREAT BEFORE BEDTIME.
THE CHILDREN LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS ACTIVITY SO MUCH
BECAUSE THE CREAM ON BREAD TREAT WAS MORE ENJOYABLE
THAN A BAR OF CANDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, IT WAS CONSIDERED A SHAME FOR
UNMARRIED GIRLS TO SIT DOWN WHILE EATING. THIS
WAS ONLY DONE BY THE OLD PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
THE JAIN (?) WRITING VERY BAD!
THE JAIN, A COMMUNITY IN INDIA, ALWAYS EAT BEFORE
SUNSET.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
MEAL CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THE MID-EAST TO BELCH AFTER A
MEAL IN ORDER TO SHOW APPRECIATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
CHEWING YOUR FOOD
BEFORE SWALLOWING A PIECE OF FOOD, A PERSON SHOULD
CHEW IT AS MANY TIMES AS HE HAS TEETH IN HIS MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
OKINAWAN CUSTOM--TEA TIME
IN OKINAWA IT IS AN EVERYDAY AFFAIR TO TAKE TIME OUT
FOR TEA. NO MATTER WHO A PERSON BE, A DITCH DIGGER,
SALESMAN OR FARMER, OR WHATEVER OCCUPATION, THEY
ALWAYS TAKE OUT TIME FOR TEA. IT MAY BE AT THE
ROADSIDE OR BEHIND A SHOP OR ON THE FLOOR, BUT
WHEREVER YOU FIND A POST, THERE WILL BE A TRAY,
TEA AND CUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
EATING CUSTOM
WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED WITH ME, SHE WOULD ONLY PUT
JAM ON THE END PIECE OF BREAD (THE CRUSTY PIECE).
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND I
WOULD RUN HOME FROM SCHOOL TO GET THE END PIECE OF
BREAD WITH THE JAM ON IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
WAIT AFTER DINNER
AFTER FINISHING ANY MEAL OTHER THAN A SNACK, THE DINER
SHOULD WAIT SEVEN MINUTES AT THE TABLE BEFORE HE OR SHE
DEPARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
POLISH CUSTOM
POLISH FAMILIES ALWAYS EAT DINNER ABOUT 1 OR 2 P.M.
ON SUNDAYS. VERY OFTEN THE DINNER IS ALWAYS CHICKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE PAST, IT WAS A CUSTOM IN THE HOMES OF GERMAN
AMERICANS FOR THE FATHER TO BE SERVED DINNER FIRST.
HE WOULD EAT ALONE, AND NO ONE ELSE WAS ALLOWED TO
BEGIN EATING TILL HE FINISHED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S FATHER WAS TREATED IN THIS WAY
REGULARLY.
THE FATHER THEN WOULD LEAVE THE TABLE WHILE THE OTHERS
ATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
AN OLD CUSTOM AT HER FAMILY IS TO HAVE THE
YOUNGEST CHILD SAY THE PRAYER BEFORE THE MEAL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 02-14-1971