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BURIAL CUSTOM
EVERY REGION OF UKRAINE HAS ITS OWN COSTUME, SO
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE DECEASED TO BE BURIED IN HIS
REGIONAL COSTUME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Data entry tech comment:
PICTURE OF SOME COSTUMES ATTACHED TO 5 X 8 CARD.
CN[ FYLYPIW, OREST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UKRAINE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-13-1967
IN UKRAINE, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A CAT (NOT
SPECIFICALLY BLACK) CROSSES YOUR PATH, IT MEANS
BAD LUCK. HOWEVER, IF A DOG CROSSES YOUR PATH
IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM GRANDPARENTS
IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UKRAINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-01-1967