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YUGOSLAVIAN EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER MONDAY, CROATIAN CHILDREN WOULD GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
CARRYING AN ORANGE, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS WOULD STICK DIMES OR NICKELS
INTO THE ORANGE FOR GOOD HEALTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): BEGGING ; EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM ; HEALTH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: (VARIOUS DATES)
POLISH EASTER MONDAY CUSTOM
EVERYONE GIVES FOOD TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR FERTILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION BUILDING ; told at work
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
EASTER CUSTOM OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN
THE RESIDENTS OF APPLETON, WISCONSIN TRADITIONALLY COLOR EASTER
EGGS AND HIDE THEM FOR THEIR CHILDREN ON EASTER SUNDAY MORNING.
MANY AT THE SAME TIME GIVE THEIR CHILDREN EASTER BASKETS FILLED
WITH CANDY AND TOYS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS EXPERIENCED THE CUSTOM.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter baskets |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
EASTER BELIEF OR CUSTOM
THE "EASTER BUNNY" SUPPOSEDLY BRINGS EGGS AND CANDY TO CHILDREN ON
EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
IN UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR GOOD FRIENDS TO EXCHANGE EASTER
EGGS AMONG EACH OTHER ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS ACQUAINTANCES AND
RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
EASTER EGG COLORING
UKRAINIANS ARE WIDELY KNOWN FOR THEIR EASTER EGG COLORING ART. THIS
ART ORIGINATED IN PAGAN TIMES, AND SYMBOLIZED THE REAWAKENING OF THE
EARTH FROM WINTER INTO SPRING. AFTER THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY
THE "PYSANKA" SYMBOLIZED THE RESURRECTION AND THE REBIRTH OF
MANKIND, THEREFORE IT IS LAVISHLY DECORATED AND IS UNCOOKED. IT IS
NEVER EATEN BUT GIVEN AWAY AS A TOKEN OF LOVE, AND REGARDED
AS TALISMAN.
Data entry tech comment:
Told at informant's place of occupation - Detroit Board of Education.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION ; INFORMANT'S PLACE OF OCCUPATION
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
SENDING VALENTINE DAY CARDS, CANDY AND FLOWERS TO A SWEETHEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): GIFT GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
IN BELGIUM, ON MAY 1, PEOPLE GO OUT TO LOOK FOR LILLIES-OF-THE-
VALLEY. THEY WOULD THEN MAKE THEM INTO A BOUQUET AND GIVE IT
TO A LOVED ONE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-01-1970
MAY DAY--MAY 1
ON MAY DAY ALL THE CHILDREN TAKE MAY BASKETS FILLED WITH CANDY AND
FLOWERS AND HANG THEM ON THE DOORS OF PEOPLE THEY LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED IN KANSAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
MAY DAY CUSTOM
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA ON MAY 1, THE YOUNG MEN GO INTO THE FOREST AND CUT
DOWN A YOUNG SAPLING AND PLACE IT IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF THEIR
FAVORITE GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
ON THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY THE CHILDREN WOULD PUT THEIR SHOES
OUT TO BE FILLED WITH CANDY BY THE SAINTS.
Data entry tech comment: ALL SAINTS DAY: NOVEMBER 1.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
IRISH HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
THE INFORMANT TELLS OF THE HALLOWEENS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG AND HER
MOTHER WOULD HIDE THINGS IN THE MASHED POTATOES. AT DINNERTIME,
EVERYONE WOULD FIND THEIR SURPRISE (A THIMBLE, RING, ETC.--SOMETHING
THAT WOULDN'T BE EASY TO SWALLOW) AND THE LUCKY ONE WOULD FIND A
DIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): GIFTS IN FOOD
Date learned: 11-01-1969
A CUSTOM IN ITALY VERY SIMILAR TO HALLOWEEN IS GIVING CANDY TO
CHILDREN ON ALL SOULS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFT GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 2 All SoulsDay of the Dead |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
GIVING CANDY ON SWEETEST DAY.
Data entry tech comment: THIRD SUNDAY IN OCT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): GIFT GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
CUSTOM
WHENEVER SOMEONE GIVES A SHARP OBJECT AS A GIFT IN HER FAMILY,
THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE SHARP OBJECT AS A GIFT GIVES THE GIVER
A PENNY TO SYMBOLIZE THAT THEIR FRIENDSHIP WILL NOT BREAK UP AS A
RESULT OF THE GIFT. THE SUPERSTITION, THAT GIVING A SHARP OBJECT
AS A GIFT WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF FRIENDSHIP, IS COUNTERACTED
BY THE PENNY.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; SAINT CLAIR
Keyword(s): GIFT FRIENDSHIP PENNY
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
BELIEF
IF YOU GIVE SOMEBODY A PIN (A PIECE OF JEWELRY) FOR A GIFT, ALSO
GIVE A PENNY OR YOU'LL BREAK UP THE FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): GIFT PENNY FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
WHEN YOU GIVE A PERSON A KNIFE AS A GIFT, YOU MUST GIVE SOME MONEY
WITH IT OR THE KNIFE WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THAT PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): GIFT FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
WHEN YOU GIVE A PERSON A PURSE AS A GIFT, YOU MUST ENCLOSE SOME MONEY
IF YOU DON'T THE PURSE WILL NEVER CARRY ANY MONEY AND THE OWNER OF
IT WILL BE POOR ALWAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): GIFT MONEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
IF YOU EVER GIVE A WALLET AS A GIFT TO SOMEONE,
ALWAYS PUT SOME MONEY IN IT, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY
A PENNY, THAT WAY, YOU'LL NEVER BE BROKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): FRIEND GIFT MONEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
MONEY IN A NEW PURSE
MY MOTHER ALWAYS INSERTS A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY WHENEVER SHE
GIVES A NEW PURSE OR WALLET AS A GIFT. SHE SAYS NEVER TO GIVE A
NEW PURSE OR WALLET AS A GIFT WITHOUT SOME MONEY IN IT. REASON:
GOOD LUCK, POSSIBLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GIFT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED