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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
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
RIDDLE
LITTLE WILLIE LIT A ROCKET
WHICH WAS IN HIS DADDY'S POCKET
THE NEXT DAY HE TOLD HIS COUSIN DAN
DADDY IS A TRAVELING MAN .
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; HUMOR ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT HAS MANY EYES BUT CANNOT SEE?
A: A POTATOE.
Data entry tech comment: 4 DUPLICATES IN U OF D FOLKLORE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL
James Callow Keyword(s): VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
POLISH PROVERB
WITHOUT WORK, THERE IS NO CAKE.
BEZ PRACY, NIEMA KOLACZY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CURSE
IF AN ORIENTAL GIVES YOU A GIFT AND YOU DON'T ACCEPT IT YOU ARE
CURSING THEIR RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
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
AT A POLISH WEDDING THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE GIVEN A
PIECE OF BREAD AND A BIT OF SALT TO EAT SO THAT
THEY WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY AND WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE
THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 10-12-1969
POLISH WEDDING
BRIDE AND GROOM ARE GIVEN A PIECE OF BREAD AND A BIT
OF SALT TO EAT SO THAT THEY WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY
AND WILL TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bread and salt |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOMS
THE WEDDING GUESTS LINE BY A TABLE ONE BY ONE AND
GET THEIR CHOICE OF A SHOT OF WHISKEY OR A CIGAR.
THE BRIDE'S SHOE IS PASSED AROUND AND PEOPLE PUT
MONEY IN FOR THE FIRST BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IT IS A MEXICAN CUSTOM THAT THE PEOPLE STANDING UP TO
THE WEDDING (THOSE ACTING AS USHERS AND BRIDESMAIDS)
PAY FOR IT. EACH PERSON STANDING UP CAN EITHER PAY
FOR THE CAKE, THE ENTERTAINMENT, THE FOOD, ETC. THE
CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE FAMILY, THE MORE YOU BUY FOR THE
WEDDING. THE BEST MAN USUALLY PAYS FOR THE RENTING
OF THE HALL.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MENTIONED THAT THIS RELIEVES A LARGE
FINANCIAL BURDEN FROM THE BRIDE'S FATHER. SHE ALSO
SAID THAT SHE ATTENDED A WEDDING WITH 48 PERSONS
STANDING UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
THE BRIDE TOSSES HER GARTER AND THE UNMARRIED MALE
WHO CATCHES IT WILL BE NEXT TO MARRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN MUNICH, GERMANY, THEY HOLD A BEER FESTIVAL EVERY
YEAR CALLED THE OCTOBER FEST TO CELEBRATE THE
MARRIAGE OF A MEDIEVAL PRINCESS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING
ON FOR AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IRISH WEDDING CUSTOM
THROW CORN INSTEAD OF RICE AFTER THE WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
EVERY NEW BRIDE SHOULD BY CUSTOM HAVE SOMETHING OLD,
SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, AND SOMETHING BLUE.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
A BRIDE MUST WEAR A PENNY IN HER SHOE ON HER WEDDING
DAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY, BUT IT IS
ALSO AN OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM THAT WAS POSSIBLY REVIVED
WHEN AN ENGLISH LADY SENT LUCI JOHNSON NUGENT A PENCE TO
PUT IN HER SHOE ON HER WEDDING DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
LUCI JOHNSON NUGENT IS THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER U.S.
KC[ PRESIDENT, LYNDON JOHNSON.
CN[ SIKORSKI, JOLANTA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Penny in shoe |
Date learned: 09-20-1967