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DANCING SUN
THE SUN DANCES EARLY EASTER SUNDAY MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
AT SUNRISE ON EASTER MORNING, PEOPLE GATHER ON FEDERAL HILL,
IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, TO SEE THE FACE OF THE SAVIOR ( SAVIOUR )
IN THE SUN AS IT RISES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JESUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 02-12-1968
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER, IT WILL RAIN FOR 7 SUNDAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
EASTER BELIEF
YOU WILL BE HEALTHY ALL YEAR ROUND IF ON EASTER MORNING
YOU GET UP EARLY AND SWIM IN WATER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WATER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BELIEF: (MEDICAL)
IF ON EASTER MORNING YOU GO TO A RIVER FOR WATER, AND NEVER
LOOK SIDEWAYS OR BACKWARDS OR SPEAK TO ANYONE, AND MAKE IT BACK
HOME BEFORE SUNRISE, YOU WILL HAVE HEALING WATER TO USE FOR A
WHOLE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
CURING WARTS
BATHING THE HANDS IN RUNNING WATER EARLY EASTER SUNDAY MORNING WILL
CURE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
MY GRANDFATHER (INFORMANT'S FATHER) USED TO SPRINKLE EASTER WATER ON
THE DINNER TABLE BEFORE DINNER ON EASTER SUNDAY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: ( EASTER WATER IS ) THE WATER THAT'S BEEN BLESSED ON HOLY SATURDAY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): WATER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LITHUANIAN EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER SUNDAY MORNING, LITHUANIAN YOUNGSTERS STRIKE EACH OTHER
WITH HAY TO AWAKEN THEIR SOULS TO THE NEW RELIGIOUS YEAR THAT IS
BEGINNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RITUAL WHIPPING ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
EASTER CUSTOM
AFTER THE EASTER SERVICE AT DAWN ON EASTER SUNDAY, A SLOVAK
CATHOLIC PRIEST BLESSES HOLY WATER. HE PLACES A BURNING "TRIPLE
CANDLE" OR "TROJCA" IN THE WATER. THIS CANDLE WILL ALWAYS KEEP THE
WATER FRESH. THE PEOPLE BRING THEIR OWN CONTAINERS AND TAKE SOME OF
THE WATER HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WATER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
IT IS A POLISH EASTER CUSTOM TO WALK TO NINE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND
KNEEL ON BOTH KNEES TO HONOR THE EXPOSED BLESSED SACRAMENT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW THE ORIGIN OR REASON OF THIS CUSTOM. SHE
SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THIS RITUAL IS STILL PRACTICED IN OLD POLISH-
CATHOLIC PARISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
SARDINIAN EASTER
ON EASTER IN SARDINIA, AT 8 A.M., TWO PROCESSIONS BEGIN. THE
FIRST WITH HALF OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE TOWN,
PROCESS(ES) WITH THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
WHICH IS DRESSED IN BLACK. THE SECOND GROUP COMES FROM THE
CEMETERY WITH A STATUE OF CHRIST. THE GROUPS MEET IN THE TOWN
SQUARE WHERE THE MOURNING GARB IS REMOVED FROM THE VIRGIN. BOTH
PROCESSIONS THEN PROCEED TOGETHER TO THE CHURCH WHERE MASS IS
CELEBRATED. DURING THE CONSECRATION, FIREWORKS ARE SET OFF TO
SYMBOLIZE JOY.
Data entry tech comment: COMMAS ADDED BY THE KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CUSTOM
ON EASTER MORNING, APPROXIMATELY 5:00 A.M., THE PRIEST APPROCHES
( APPROACHES ) THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CHURCH AND KNOCKS 3 TIMES
WITH A CRUCIFIX.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A SIGN THAT CHRIST HAS RISEN WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED LIKE
THE TOMB WAS OPENED.)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SYMBOLIC ACTION
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
UKRANIAN ( UKRAINIAN ) EASTER
ON EASTER SUNDAY, NO ONE WOULD ENTER THE CHURCH UNTIL THE CLERGYMAN
WOULD TAP THE DOOR OPEN WITH A CROSS, AS THEY BELIEVED THAT ALL THE
SOULS OF THEIR DECEASED FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE IN THE CHURCH
WITH CHRIST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TRAVELLED
Where learned: OFFICE
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
EASTER CELEBRATION
AT 4:00 A.M. ( , ) A BAND MARCHES AROUND THE TOWN AND WAKES
EVERYBODY UP, THEN EVERYONE GETS DRESSES ( DRESSED ) UP IN SUNDAY
CLOTHES, AND MEETS IN THE PLAZA. THERE IS A HIGH TOWER AND SOMEBODY
SINGS AND A LITTLE GIRL TIED TO A ROPE AND DRESSED AS AN ANGEL IS
EASED DOWN THE TOWER. ON THE GROUND IS A STATUE OF THE BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY WITH A BLACK VEIL SYMBOLIZING MOURNING, AND THE LITTLE
GIRL CHANGES IT TO WHITE TO SHOW THAT HER MOURNING IS OVER. THEN
EVERYBODY GOES TO CHURCH.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
EASTER CUSTOM
(WE) ALWAYS WENT DOWN TO THE MARONITE CHURCH TO MARCH IN THE
PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: FAMILY DID THIS WHEN YOUNG.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
EASTER
THE RESSURECTION ( RESURRECTION ) IS TOLD BY THE PEOPLE ON EASTER
BY DEPICTING OR ACTING IT OUT. AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
THE PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH. THE MEN ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE WOMEN
ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE. A STATUE OF CHRIST IS CARRIED AROUND THE
CHURCH AND OUTSIDE WHERE THE MEN FOLLOW IN PROCESSION. THE
WOMEN PROCESS AROUND ANOTHER WAY UNTIL THE MEN AND WOMEN COME TO A
POINT WHERE THEY MEET. THIS IS TO REPRESENT CHRIST MEETING MARY.
THE CHILDREN ARE AT THE SPOT WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN WERE TO MEET
ALL DRESSED UP AS THE ANGELS. THIS CUSTOM CAME FROM THE SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, AFTER MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY, BOYS AND GIRLS GATHER
AROUND THE CHURCH, AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AND MERRIMENT AS POSSIBLE.
ALL TYPES OF GAMES ARE PLAYED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECIEVED ( RECEIVED ) INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS
ACQUAINTANCES AND RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
ROUTINE ACTIVITY
INFORMANT STATED THAT CERTAIN TIMES EACH DAY WERE DESIGNATED AS
PERIODS OF SILENCE. HOWEVER, ON CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND PENTECOST,
THE COMMUNITY OBSERVED GRAND CONGE DAY. ON THESE THREE DAYS THE
SISTERS COULD FEEL FREE TO TALK ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT
Keyword(s): VOW OF SILENCE
Date learned: 03-01-1970
CUSTOM
NO MATTER HOW POOR YOU ARE YOU SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING NEW ON EASTER,
IF IT IS ONLY A SHOELACE. THIS IS TO SYMBOLIZE SPRING ( ; ) THE
NEWNESS OF EVERYTHING.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EASTER CUSTOM
NO WORK WAS DONE ON EASTER SUNDAY. EVEN THE MEALS WERE PREPARED
THE DAY BEFORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CUSTOM THAT WAS PRACTICED WHEN INFORMANT WAS LIVING AT
HOME. SHE HEARD IT FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): WORK TABOO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-27-1970