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ASH WEDNESDAY
ON ASH WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF LENT, A SPECIAL MEAL WAS HAD BY
THE LITHUANIANS. RED JELLO WAS SERVED TO REMIND THE PEOPLE OF
THE RED BRICKS WHICH THE JEWS USED TO MAKE WHILE THEY WERE IN THEIR
CAPTIVITY IN EGYPT. HOLY CROSS BUNS WERE SERVED TO REMIND THE PEOPLE
THAT CHRIST HAS SAVED THE PEOPLE FROM THE SLAVERY OF SIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
LENTEN CUSTOM
ON ASH WEDNESDAY IN HUNGARY, THE BOYS DRESS AS COUPLES AND BLACKEN
THEIR FACES. THEY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A BRASS BAND AND GO FROM
HOUSE TO HOUSE AND COLLECT DOUGHNUTS FROM ALL SINGLE GIRLS
LIVING THERE.
Where learned: HUNGARY
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
LENTEN CUSTOM
IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THERE IS A CUSTOM ON ASH WEDNESDAY IN WHICH
THE PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH AND RECEIVE ASHES ON THEIR FOREHEADS TO
REMIND THEM THAT THEY WERE ONCE DUST, AND SOMEDAY THEY WILL
RETURN TO DUST. ALSO, THIS REMINDS THEM TO BE PENITENT AND
HUMBLE DURING THE LENTEN SEASON, AND TO MAKE SACRIFICES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ON ASH WEDNESDAY YOU WOULD KNOCK ON PEOPLES DOORS AND WHEN THEY
WOULD COME OUT, YOU WOULD THROW ASHES ON THEM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS MOTHER PRACTICED THIS CUSTOM WHEN SHE WAS IN POLAND.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: 03-05-1972
LENTEN CUSTOM
ASHES ARE PUT ON CATHOLIC FOREHEADS ON ASH WEDNESDAY TO
SYMBOLIZE OUR RETURN TO ASHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
IRISH CUSTOM
ON THE EVENING BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY ALL FOOD IN THE CUPBOARDS
WAS COOKED.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday |
Date learned: 02-21-1971
PALM SUNDAY
MEMBERS AT CHURCH WAVE PALM LEAVES BACK AND FORTH WHILE SONGS ARE
BEING SUNG IN HONOR OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, WILLOWS ARE HANDED OUT ON PALM
SUNDAY (JULIAN CALENDER) INSTEAD OF PALMS.
Submitter comment:
NO ONE REALLY KNOWS FOR SURE HOW THIS CUSTOM ORIGINATED OR WHY.
I RECALL HEARING A STORY HOWEVER, THAT SAID THE REASON WE USE
WILLOWS IS BECAUSE WILLOWS WERE LAID AT CHRIST'S FEET WHEN HE
ENTERED JERUSALEM. BOTH PUSSY WILLOWS AND WILLOWS ARE USED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
UKRAINIAN CUSTOM
PUSSYWILLOW IS HITTING, BUT NOT I, FOR WITHIN A WEEK WILL BE
WILL BE EASTER.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A TRADITION TO RECEIVE PUSSYWILLOWS ON PALM SUNDAY, SINCE IN
UKRAINE PALMS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Data entry tech comment: SEE HANDWRITTEN 5 X 8 FILE FOR UKRAINIAN VERSION OF THE ABOVE VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY TRADITION
ON PALM SUNDAY THE PEOPLE USED TO HAVE PROCESSIONS AROUND THE
CHURCH WITH PALMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
AFTER COMING HOME WITH YOUR PALMS ON PALM SUNDAY, TAKE THEM AND
STRIKE THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY SAYING:
PALM BIJE (YOU'RE HITTING WITH PALMS)
NIE ZABIJE (BUT THEY WON'T KILL)
WIELKI DZIEN (THERE IS A BIG DAY)
ZA TYDZIEN (WITHIN A WEEK )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
WEAVE A CROSS
ON PALM SUNDAY, SOME PEOPLE WEAVE A CROSS OUT OF THE PALM RECEIVED
AT CHURCH AND PLACE IT ON A TOMBSTONE OF A LOVED ONE IN THE CEMETERY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID NOT PRACTICE THIS BUT SAW MANY PEOPLE DO IT IN THE
CEMETERY SHE VISITS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
PALM SUNDAY
ON PALM SUNDAY WE BRING PALMS THAT WERE BLESSED AT CHURCH AND
DISPLAY THEM ON THE WALLS AROUND THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
SPRING CUSTOM __ PALM SUNDAY
THE UKRANIAN PEOPLE USED TO BLESS PUSSY WILLOWS INSTEAD OF PALMS
AFTER THE PUSSY WILLOWS WERE BLESSED AT CHURCH THEY WOULD BE TAKEN
HOME BY EACH FAMILY. IN THE HOME THEY WERE PLACED ABOVE A HOLY
PICTURE. AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL THE OLD PUSSY WILLOWS WERE
BURNED. THIS DAY WAS SOMETIMES CALLED WILLOW SUNDAY. WILLOWS
WERE USED BECAUSE PALMS WERE COSTLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT KNEW OF THIS PRACTICE THROUGH A FRIEND AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MICHIGAN. HIS NAME IS SMENA RAKOVSKEY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM ; WILLOW
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
PALM SUNDAY
IT IS A UKRAINIAN CUSTOM ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE EASTER (CALLED
WILLOW "SHUTKOVA" OR FLOWER "KVITNA" SUNDAY "NEDILA") TO TAP
PEOPLE WITH THE PUSSY WILLOW BRANCHES RECEIVED IN CHURCH AND SAY
"IT IS NOT I HITTING YOU, ITS THE PUSSY WILLOW; A WEEK FROM TODAY
IS EASTER"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY WOULD BRING THE BLESSINGS OF PALM
SUNDAY HOME TO HIS FAMILY BY TOUCHING EACH CHILD WITH HIS BLESSED
PALM. THEN, HE BLESSED THE HOUSE WITH HOLY WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
GREEK FOOD CUSTOM
ONLY FISH IS SERVED ON PALM SUNDAY IN GREEK HOUSEHOLDS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS THROUGH FAMILY TIES.
Where learned: UNKNOWN ; MAIL ; CORRESPONDENCE WITH COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
THE PUSSY WILLOW WHIP
IN THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH THERE IS A CUSTOM ON PALM SUNDAY
(THE DAY PUSSY WILLOWS ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE BYZANTINE RITE)
WHICH CONSISTS OF HITTING EACH OTHER WITH PUSSY WILLOWS. THE
MEANING BEING THAT SINCE PUSSY WILLOWS REPRESENT THE FIRST SIGN
OF SPRING (BEGINNING OF LIFE) PEOPLE HIT EACH OTHER WITH THEM TO
SYMBOLIZE GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPERITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PALM SUNDAY
IN SOME CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ALL THE HOLY WATER IS PLACED IN
LARGE RECEPTICLES AND BLESSED. THIS WATER WILL BE USED THE
FOLLOWING YEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW THIS DONE IN NEW YORK CITY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOMS
WHEN OUR FAMILY RECEIVES PALM BRANCHES FROM CHURCH ON PALM SUNDAY,
WE BRAID THEM, USING TWO OR FOUR STRANDS, AND DISPLAY THEM IN OUR
HOME.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: UNKNOWN