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JELLY DONUT DAY
IT IS A POLISH CUSTOM THAT THE DAY BEFORE LENT
BEGINS-- ASH WEDNESDAY, TO HAVE JELLY ROLLS, A SYMBOL
OF REJOICING BEFORE GOING INTO PENANCE. THIS IS CALLED PACZKI DAY.
Data entry tech comment: PACZKI IN ENGLISH IS PRONOUNCED "PUNCHKIE".
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
POLISH CUSTOM
PECZKI DAY OCCURS THE DAY BEFORE LENT BEGINS. EACH MOTHER IS
SUPPOSED TO BAKE SPECIAL JELLY DONUTS FOR THE FAMILY TO FEAST
UPON BEFORE THE LENTEN FAST BEGINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DOUGHNUTS ; PACZKI ; RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday |
BLESSING
SOME HAE MEAT
AND CANNA EAT,
AND SOME HAE NONE AND WANT IT
BUT WE HAE MEAT
AND WE CAN EAT,
SO WE SHOULD ALL BE THANKFUL.
THIS WAS A BLESSING WE USED TO SAY BEFORE DINNER.
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
LENTEN CUSTOM
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM AMONG CHRISTIANS DURING THE LENTEN SEASON
TO GIVE-UP OR ABSTAIN FROM SOMETHING THEY REALLY ENJOY.
CIGARETTES, CANDY, ETC.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 03-07-1968
IRISH CUSTOM
ON THE EVENING BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY ALL FOOD IN THE CUPBOARDS
WAS COOKED.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday |
Date learned: 02-21-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SUGAR CATCHES MORE FLIES THAN VINEGAR.
Submitter comment: YOU CAN GET MORE COOPERATION FROM PEOPLE BY BEING NICE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
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
RECIPE FOR COUGH MEDICINE
EQUAL PARTS OF LEMON JUICE, HONEY, AND WHISKEY. THE MIXTURE IS
TAKEN WARM , TWO TABLESPOONS AT A TIME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-16-1967
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
WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T GO TO KISS THE CROSS IN CHURCH ON GOOD FRIDAY,
IT WILL APPEAR BEFORE THEM THE WHOLE DAY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): APPARITION OF CROSS
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
CHILDHOOD FESTIVAL CUSTOM
ON GOOD FRIDAY, DURING TREORES, A USUAL CUSTOM IS TO COLOR EASTER
EGGS.
Data entry tech comment:
TREORES, OR TRE ORES, IS THE TRADITIONAL TIME SPENT ON GOOD
FRIDAY OBSERVING CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION.
(BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12:00 NOON AND 3:00 P.M.)
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
HOLY SATURDAY: PASANKA; WRITINGS
ON HOLY SATURDAY THE FAMILIES MADE PASANKA, OR WHAT WE KNOW AS EASTER
EGGS. FIRST ONION SKINS WERE SOAKED TO MAKE A BROWN DYE. THEN
DESIGNS WERE MADE ON THE EGGS WITH WAX. THE EGGS WERE THEN PUT IN
THE DYE. THE LONGER THEY SOAKED, THE DARKER THE EGGS GOT.
THE DESIGNS WERE MADE WITH A QUILL. THIS QUILL WAS DIPPED IN HOT WAX
AND THE DESIGNS WERE THEN PUT ON THE EGG.
Data entry tech comment:
THE WORD PASANKA, WHICH I HAVE FOUND SPELLED PYSANKI, COMES FROM THE
UKRAINIAN WORD, PYSAC: TO WRITE, TO DESIGN. THE CUSTOM HAS BEEN
ELEVATED TO A FINE ART; EACH EGG IS, IN THE WORDS OF F.X. WEISER, THE
EASTER BOOK, "A MASTERPIECE OF PATIENT LABOR, NATIVE SKILL, AND
EXQUISITE WORKMANSHIP." "NO TWO PYSANKI ARE IDENTICAL."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
CUSTOM HOLY SATURDAY:
IN THE AFTERNOON, A PILE OF THORNS, LIKE THOSE USED IN CHRIST'S
CROWN, IS SET ON FIRE. WHEN THE FIRE HAS BURNED ABOUT HALF DOWN,
EACH PERSON TAKES A PIECE OF BURNED THORN AND KEEPS IT IN THEIR
( HIS ) HOME FOR A YEAR.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
CUSTOM HOLY SATURDAY
THE FAMILIES TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD TO CHURCH IN THE AFTERNOON AND
HAVE IT BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. THIS BASKET ONCE CONTAINED ONLY SMALL
LOAVES OF BREAD, BUT NOW CONTAINS BREAD, BUTTER, SALT, SAUSAGE, AND
COLORED EGGS. THIS IS THE FIRST FOOD EATEN WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNS
FROM MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY.
THIS IS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES; IT
IS ALSO A REQUEST THAT GOD WILL MAKE THE YEAR PLENTIFUL.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
SEWING: PRICKING FINGER
IF YOU PRICK YOUR FINGER WHILE SEWING, YOU WILL GET A KISS
WHILE WEARING THAT GARMENT.
Submitter comment: TOLD WITHOUT EVER REMEMBERING IT EVER HAPPENING THAT WAY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
EASTER CUSTOM
ON HOLY SATURDAY OF EASTER WEEK, EACH FAMILY TAKES A BASKET OF FOOD
TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED. ALL THE FOOD IS PRE-PREPARED: HARD BOILED
EGGS, BREAD, SAUSAGE, HAM, SALT AND PEPPER, BUTTER AND HORSERADISH.
THE NEXT MORNING, ALL OF THE BLESSED FOOD IS EATEN. THE FATHER
CHOPS UP THE EGG INTO AS MANY PIECES AS THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE
FAMILY, AND DISTRIBUTES THEM TO BE EATEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
CUSTOM
ON EASTER MORNING, WHEN THE CHURCH BELLS RING, THE MOTHERS BATHE
THEIR BABIES SO IF THEY ARE FRIGHTENED OF ANYTHING, THE FRIGHT WILL
BE WASHED AWAY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): bathing ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; WASHING ; WATER
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
BEILEF
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT IF ONE PUTS A PIECE OF CLOTHING ON INSIDE
OUT, HE WILL SOON RECEIVE A GIFT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
CUSTOM
ON EASTER MORNING, APPROXIMATELY 5:00 A.M., THE PRIEST APPROCHES
( APPROACHES ) THE FRONT DOOR OF THE CHURCH AND KNOCKS 3 TIMES
WITH A CRUCIFIX.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A SIGN THAT CHRIST HAS RISEN WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED LIKE
THE TOMB WAS OPENED.)
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SYMBOLIC ACTION
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Religious CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-00-1968