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PALM SUNDAY
ON PALM SUNDAY, BLESSED PALMS ARE RECEIVED BY THE PEOPLE IN MEMORY
OF CHRISTS RIDE THROUGH JERUSALEM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
THE ITALIANS MADE UP WITH PEOPLE THEY WERE MAD AT ON PALM SUNDAY
BY TRADING PALMS WITH THE ANGRY PEOPLE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
BURNING OF PALMS
THE PALMS GIVEN OUT ON PALM SUNDAY ARE BURNED DURING A STORM
IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HOUSE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
PALMS ARE DISTRIBUTED AFTER EACH MASS TO THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE
CATHOLIC SERVICES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
LITHUANIAN PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
AFTER MASS ON PALM SUNDAY EVERYONE SWITCHES EACH OTHER WITH PALM
FRONDS TO SIGNIFY THE MOCKING AND HUMILIATION OF CHRIST BEFORE
HIS CRUCIFIXION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
ON PALM SUNDAY THE PALMS RECEIVED AT MASS ARE SOAKED IN WATER,
AND THEN BRAIDED TO FORM CROWNS (SYMBOLIZING CHRIST'S CROWN OF
THORNS) OR SHEAVES OF WHEAT (SYMBOLIZING A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST).
THESE BRAIDED PALMS ARE PLACED BEHIND ALL CRUCIFIXES AND RELIGIOUS
PICTURES IN THE HOME. THESE PALMS ARE BURNT AND REPLACED NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS CUSTOM AND CRAFT FROM THE SISTERS
OF CHARITY IN MONTREAL, AND CARRIES IT ON HERSELF EACH YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 09-26-1969
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM
IF YOU STAND PERFECTLY STILL DURING THE READING OF THE GOSPEL
ON PALM SUNDAY, YOU GET PLENARY INDULGENCE
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
PALM SUNDAY
THE MOTHER OF ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS WOULD NEVER ALLOW HER TO DO
ANYTHING BUT SIT AT HOME ON PALM SUNDAY. HER MOTHER FELT THAT
THIS PRACTICE WOULD PREPARE HER FOR THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE RESURRECTION SINCE IT WAS A TYPE OF MORTIFICATION.
Submitter comment: THIS WOMAN'S NATIONALITY WAS ITALIAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
PALM SUNDAY
AFTER RECEIVING BLESSED PALMS IN CHURCH ON PALM SUNDAY, IF YOU
TOUCH THEM TO THE GROUND YOU MUST BURN THEM.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PALM SUNDAY CUSTOM
EVERY PALM SUNDAY PALMS ARE BROUGHT HOME FROM CHURCH AND PLACED
SOMEWHERE IN THE HOME.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RECALLED IN DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
THE TENEBRAE SERVICE
THE TENEBRAE (SHADOW) SERVICE IS SPECIFICALLY CATHOLIC. IT IS
HELD ON THE WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK IN THE EVENING. AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SERVICE, THE CHURCH IS DARKENED. ONLY A CANDELABRA WITH
NINE BURNING CANDLES LIGHTS THE CHURCH. GREGORIAN CHANTS
FORETELLING THE PASSION OF CHRIST ARE SUNG BY THE CHOIR. AFTER
EACH PSALM A SINGLE CANDLE IS EXTINGUISHED. WHEN ONLY ONE CANDLE
REMAINS, THE PRIEST PLACES IT BETWEEN THE PALMS OF HIS HANDS AND
WALKS SOLEMNLY TOWARD THE SANCTUARY. UPON REACHING THE SANCTUARY
HE WITHDRAWS BEHIND ITS PURPLE CURTAIN, LEAVING THE CONGREGATION
IN TOTAL DARKNESS. IT IS AT THIS TIME THAT THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO
BANG ON THE PEWS WITH THEIR FISTS OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE BROUGHT
WITH THEM, REPRESENTING AS THEY DO SO, THE QUAKING OF THE EARTH
AT CHRISTS DEATH. FINALLY, THE PRIEST RETURNS WITH THE LIGHTED
CANDLE INTO THE CHURCH PROPER. THE SINGLE LIT CANDLE
REPRESENTED THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. THE PRIESTS DISAPPEARANCE
BEHIND THE CURTAIN REPRESENTED CHRIST IN THE TOMB. THE EMERGENCE
OF THE PRIEST WITH THE CANDLE SIGNIFIED THE RETURN OF CHRIST, THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
Submitter comment: MR. LEBLANC BELONGS TO THE DETROIT CATHEDRAL CHOIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.31 |
Date learned: 04-03-1968
HOLY THURSDAY
ON HOLY THURSDAY, THE FLOWERS ON THE SIDE ALTAR OF THE CATHOLUC
CHURCH WERE ARRANGED IN AN ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL MANNER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM
ON HOLY THURSDAY NIGHT YOU SHOULD VISIT SEVEN CHURCHES TO GAIN
SPECIAL BLESSINGS AND INDULGENCES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
HOLY THURSDAY
MY MOTHER AND HER FAMILY WOULD VISIT AS MANY CHURCHES AS
POSSIBLE ON HOLY THURSDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 00001930S
HOLY THURSDAY
A CANDLE BLESSED IN THE CHURCH ON HOLY THURSDAY HAS A SPECIAL
MEANING FOR UKRAINIANS: IT IS BROUGHT OUT IN TIME OF GRAVE
DANGER AND PLACED LIGHTED BEFORE THE ICONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
HOLY THURSDAY
EASTER ACTUALLY BEGINS ON HOLY THURSDAY (JULIAN CALENDER) WITH
EVENING SERVICES AT WHICH THE GOSPEL FOR EACH OF THE APOSTLES IS
SAID. ONE LARGE CANDLE IS LIT AND RE_LIT UNTIL EASTER SUNDAY.
AFTER THAT THE CANDLE IS THEN PRESERVED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR IN A BOX.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELATED THAT DETROIT'S ADVENT OF THE HOLY GHOST
ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HAS AN ENTIRE ROOM FILLED WITH CANDLES.
NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHY THE ORTHODOX CONSIDER THE CANDLE A
SACRED OBJECT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
A RELIGIOUS TRADITION
ON HOLY THURSDAY MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE US KIDS AND WE WOULD WALK
A PILGRIMAGE OF SEVEN CHURCHES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AT EACH CHURCH
WE WOULD STOP AND PRAY. THIS WAS DONE TO COMMEMORATE THE SEVEN
LAST WORDS OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN HER MOTHERS HOME
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
HOLY THURSDAY
VISITING NINE CHURCHES ON HOLY THURSDAY, LIKE A NOVENA. IF A
WOMAN WAS BARREN, IN DOING SO THEY THOUGHT SHE WOULD BECOME PREGNANT.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
ON HOLY THURSDAY EVENING, IT IS A CUSTOM IN MY PARENTS HOME TO
VISIT CHURCHES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO PRAY.
THE CHURCHES ARE PICKED ACCORDING TO DIFFERING TRADITIONAL AND
NATIONALITY BACKGROUNDS. EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, IT
HAS BEEN MY FATHER WHO MOST ENCOURAGED THIS ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 03-14-1970
HOLY THURSDAY
IN THE UKRAINE, ON HOLY THURSDAY, THERE IS A SPECIAL CHURCH
SERVICE AT NIGHT, DURING WHICH THE TWELVE GOSPELS ARE READ, AND THE
PEOPLE BOW DOWN AND TOUCH THE GROUND WITH THEIR FOREHEADS 365 TIMES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 12-03-1967