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IT USED TO BE CUSTOMARY TO KISS THE BODY OF A LOVED
ONE GOODBYE WHEN VIEWING IT IN STATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FUNERAL--INDIA
IT USED TO BE A COMMON CUSTOM IN INDIA THAT THE HUSBAND
BE CREMATED. IN THE PROCESS, THE WIFE OF THE
DEAD MAN WOULD THROW HERSELF ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
IT IS COMMON IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE
A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY BY BAKING A BIRTHDAY CAKE. ON TOP
OF THE CAKE ARE PUT TINY CANDLES LIGHTED AND TO BE
BLOWN OUT BY THE PERSON IT IS FOR, AFTER HE HAS
SECRETLY MADE A WISH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 01-28-1968
WHEN OAK LEAVES ARE THE SIZE OF SQUIRREL'S EARS, IT IS
TIME TO PLANT CORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRISTMAS
IF YOU ARE GOOD EVERY DAY YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE
STRAW TO THE MODEL MANGER TO MAKE CHRIST'S CRIB
SOFTER.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM AS A CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 645 September 23 Equinox to December 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
HUNGARIANS DON'T GO SWIMMING BEFORE TRINITY SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting After all |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM IN THE U.S. TO HAVE A BACHELOR
PARTY FOR THE GROOM TO BE, ONE DAY BEFORE THE
EVENT. AT THE PARTY A NAKED GIRL IS WHEELED OUT IN
A FAKE CAKE, THUS GIVING HIM HIS LAST BIT OF FREEDOM
AS A BACHELOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bachelor parties |
Date learned: 02-15-1968
METHODIST WEDDING
THE BRIDE AND GROOM EACH RECEIVE A LIGHTED CANDLE
FROM THE MINISTER AFTER THEY SAY THEIR VOWS. THE
MINISTER, STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM, HOLDS AN UNLIGHTED
CANDLE. THE CANDLE THAT EACH HOLDS SYMBOLIZES THEIR
LIFE BEFORE MARRIAGE. THEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM LIGHT
THE CANDLE HELD BY THE MINISTER WITH BOTH OF THEIR
LIGHTED CANDLES AT THE SAME TIME. THEN THEY BLOW OUT
THE CANDLE EACH IS HOLDING. THIS CANDLE THAT THEY
LIGHT TOGETHER SYMBOLIZES THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AS A
MARRIED COUPLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
THE JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE THEIR MARRIAGE BY
DRINKING OF WINE PRESENTED THEM BY THE RABBI AND
THEN BREAKING THE GLASS AND CRUSHING IT ON THE
FLOOR.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED DURING CHILDHOOD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Stepping on wine glass |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MARRIAGE RITUAL FOR GYPSIES IS TO JUMP OVER THE
UMBRELLA OWNED BY THE GROOM. THIS IS THE CEREMONY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Jumping over umbrella: simple ceremony |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WHEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE KNEELING AT THE ALTAR,
A VEIL IS PLACED ON THE HEADS OF BOTH OF THEM, AND
THEN A KNOTTED ROPE IS PLACED ON TOP OF THAT. TWO
CANDLES ARE LIGHTED. THIS SYMBOLIZES PERPETUAL
TOGETHERNESS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Headdress |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
AFTER THE VEIL CEREMONY, THE GROOM HANDS THE BRIDE
THIRTEEN SILVER COINS WHICH SYMBOLIZE PROSPERITY
IN MARRIED LIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Giving coins |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IN JAPAN BRIDES WEAR A WHITE SCARF OVER THEIR
ELABORATE HEADRESS TO COVER UP THEIR HORNS BECAUSE
(THEY) ARE SUPPOSEDLY PART DEVIL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; JAPAN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH MARRIAGE CUSTOM
AFTER THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY IS OVER AND BEFORE THE
COUPLE ENTER THE HALL FOR THE RECEPTION, THEY ARE
MET BY THE COOK WITH BREAD AND SALT, WHICH THEY
MUST EAT. THIS SIGNIFIES GROWTH AND PLENTY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Given by cook |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM TO PASS A BOWL AROUND AT A
WEDDING. THIS BRINGS THE NEWLYWEDS GOOD FORTUNE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR
GOOD LUCK AND NOW IT IS DONE TO TAKE UP A
COLLECTION FOR THE BAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dinner |
Date learned: 04-18-1965
RUSSIAN WEDDING CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM TO MAKE A
A TOAST WITH EVERY MALE GUEST AT THE RECEPTION.
SINCE THIS WOULD MEAN TOTAL DISTRUCTION FOR THE GROOM
AND BRIDE, THEY ONLY HAVE ONE DRINK AS A TOKEN, THEN
THE BEST MAN TAKES THE NEWLYWEDS PLACE AND HE HAS
THE DRINKS WITH EVERY MALE GUEST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dinner |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
AT POLISH WEDDINGS THE GUESTS BANG PLATES WITH THEIR
FORKS WHEN THEY WANT BRIDE AND GROOM TO KISS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
AT A POLISH WEDDING RECEPTION, THE BRIDE WEARS AN
APRON. WHEN THE GUESTS DANCE WITH THE BRIDE,
THEY PIN MONEY TO THE APRON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM TO GIVE THE BRIDE AND GROOM
AT A WEDDING A JUG OF WINE AND A LOAF OF BREAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS CUSTOM IS CARRIED OUT,
SO THAT THE BRIDE AND GROOM WILL NEVER WANT FOR
FOOD..
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Gifts |
Date learned: 04-18-1965