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WHENEVER YOU BUILD A SNOWMAN YOU SHOULD BUILD IT SO IT FACES
THE ROAD TO PROTECT YOUR HOUSE FROM DANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
THE BRIDE TAKES THE IVY FROM HER WEDDING BOUQUET AND
PLANTS IT AND DISPLAYS IT IN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE
HOME AS A REMINDER OF HER WEDDING DAY AND OF THE
GROWTH OF THEIR LOVE AND LIFE TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Day after wedding |
Date learned: 03-07-1971
VIKING WEDDING CUSTOM
ON THE WEDDING NIGHT, THE WAR LORD OR REIGNING
CHIEFTAIN HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ANY OF HIS
CLANSMAN'S WIVES ON THE WEDDING NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage First night, honeymoon, and day after wedding |
Date learned: 02-01-1968
A RAT IN TOMMIES HOUSE MIGHT EAT TOMMIE'S ICE CREAM.
ANSWER: ARITHMETIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
IN POLISH WEDDINGS, JUST BEFORE THE BRIDE AND
GROOM LEAVE, THE MAID OF HONOR TAKES OFF THE BRIDE'S
VEIL AND GIVES IT TO THE MOTHER AND FATHER OF THE
BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
AT MIDNIGHT OF POLISH WEDDING, A BRIDE WILL EXCHANGE HER
VEIL WITH THE VEIL OF THE MAID OF HONOR, WHICH SIGNIFIES
THE END OF THE WEDDING CELEBRATIONS. SOON AFTERWARDS
THE BRIDE LEAVES THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
GIVE MARRIED COUPLE AN ORANGE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: ALWAYS BEEN DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Gifts |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IT IS AN HUNGARIAN CUSTOM FOR THE BEST MAN TO TAKE
THE BRIDE (AFTER EVERYONE HAS HAD A GOOD TIME AT
THE RECEPTION) AND TO START SINGING THAT HE HAS
A BRIDE FOR SALE. THEN ALL THE MALES COME AROUND
THEM AND DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. AFTER EACH MAN
DANCES WITH HER, HE PUTS MONEY IN A KETTLE.
THE COLLECTION IS FOR THE NEWLYWEDS. (THE
HUNGARIAN NAME FOR THIS CUSTOM IS "EL ADUM A
MINASON).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 10-30-1970
IN ITALIAN WEDDINGS, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DANCE
WITH THE BRIDE MUST PAY HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
AT POLISH WEDDINGS, THE MAN WHO CATCHES THE GARTER
OF THE BRIDE PUTS IT ON THE LEG OF THE GIRL WHO
CATCHES THE BOUQUET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Garter toss |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
AFTER THE CEREMONY IS OVER, THE BRIDE TOSSES HER
BOUQUET AND THE MAIDEN WHO CATCHES IT IS SUPPOSED
TO WED NEXT.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT THE WEDDING, THE BRIDE WILL FEED THE GROOM
THE FIRST PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, WHICH SIGNIFIES
THE FIRST MEAL WHICH THE BRIDE FEEDS HER NEW
HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wedding cake |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
POLISH
DURING THE RECEPTION MEAL, THE GUESTS BEGIN TO
BEAT THEIR PLATES AND GLASSES WITH THEIR SILVER-
WARE, THUS CALLING ON THE NEW COUPLE TO KISS.
THIS HAS SPREAD TO OTHER CULTURES NOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
CATHOLIC ITALIAN AND POLISH WEDDINGS
AT THE DINNER, AFTER THE WEDDING, WHENEVER A GUEST
KNOCKS A FORK AGAINST A GLASS OR DISH, THE GROOM
HAS TO KISS THE BRIDE.
Submitter comment:
JIM ALSO REMARKED THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THE
BRIDE AND GROOM WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EAT MUCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINED WHEN A PERSON DIED, IT MEANT THAT THE ANGELS WERE
CRYING FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS 10 YEARS OLD, BY HIS
PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
James Callow Keyword(s): TEARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
AT THE RECEPTION-BREAKFAST FOR THE MARRIED COUPLE,
EASTERN-EUROPEAN GUESTS FREQUENTLY STRIKE THEIR
GLASSES WITH A SPOON OR A SIMILAR OBJECT. THIS
STRIKING OF THE GLASS MEANS THAT THEY WANT THE
COUPLE TO KISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
POLISH
AT A POLISH WEDDING THE BRIDE'S MOTHER WILL GIVE THE
COUPLE SOME SALT, A CRUST OF BREAD AND A SILVER
DOLLAR SO THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING IN
THEIR HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Given by parents of bride |
Date learned: 02-27-1968
AT UKRAINIAN WEDDING RECEPTIONS, THE COUPLE GOES UP
AND KNEELS BEFORE THEIR PARENTS. THE PARENTS GIVE
THEM THEIR BLESSING AND HAND THEM A LOAF OF BREAD
AND SOME SALT. THE BREAD REPRESENTS THE HOPE THAT
THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY TO EAT AND THE SALT
REPRESENTS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Given by parents of bride |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
NEVER GIVE A GOOD FRIEND PEARLS, PEARLS MEAN TEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
NAMES OF MY RELATIVES
IN MY FAMILY ALL OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE THEIR NAMES
BEGIN WITH THE LETTER J.
JALAL, JALILA, JAMAL, JOHN, JENNIFER, JULIA, JANETTE, JANE, JACK,
JOSEPH, AND JAMES OR JEFFERSON.
IN MY BROTHER JALAL'S FAMILY HIS KIDS' NAMES BEGIN WITH THE K
SOUND. CARMEN, CONNIE, KIMBERLY, CAROLINE, AND DENNY. HOW DID
THAT GUY GET IN THERE? IT'S THEIR ONLY BROTHER.
IN MY SISTER JALILA'S FAMILY, HER KIDS' NAMES BEGIN WITH THE
LETTER R, RITA, RONNIE, AND ROBERT.
IN MY AUNT SALEEMA'S FAMILY, HER KIDS' NAMES ALL BEGIN WITH
THE LETTER L, LEATH, LINDA, LAHEEB, AND LANA.
Submitter comment:
I CAN'T EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY THE PARENTS DID THIS, MAYBE TO
CALL ONE OF THE KIDS AND MANY WOULD ANSWER BECAUSE OF THE SAME
BEGINNING SOUND. I REMEMBER MY MOM WOULD RATTLE OFF FOUR OR
FIVE OF OUR NAMES BEFORE SHE GOT WHO SHE WANTED RIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname Favorites |
Date learned: 00001960S