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AGNUS DEI
AFTER THE EASTER LAMB CAKE IS MADE AND DECORATED, IT IS TAKEN TO THE
CHURCH ON EASTER MORNING TO BE BLESSED BY THE PRIEST FOLLOWING THE
MASS. THIS LAMB CAKE, BEARING A TINY SILK BANNER WITH A CROSS ON
IT, REPRESENTS CHRIST, THE VICTORIOUS LAMB OF GOD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDMOTHER. THIS IS A VERY POPULAR POLISH CUSTOM, WHICH IS EVEN OBSERVED IN MANY POLISH PARISHES IN THIS COUNTRY. MY GRANDMOTHER HAS KNOWN THIS CUSTOM ALL HER LIFE.
Data entry tech comment:
AGNUS DEI MEANS "THE LAMB OF GOD" WHEN TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Grandmother
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 04-08-1965
Song
Miss Susie had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell--ding ding
Miss Susie went to heaven
The steamboat went to hell--o
Operator give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll push you right behind--the refrigerator
There lay a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it
And broke her little ass.
Ask me no more questions;
Tell me no more lies;
Miss Susie told me all of this
The day before she died.
Submitter comment:
This song is sung while clapping hands with a partner. The informant does practice it now at Hull Elementary School in Livonia.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Informant's grandmother's house ; 5678 Tarnow
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Lullaby
Go tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell Aunt Rhody
That the old grey goose is dead.
The one she's been saving
The one she's been saving
The one she's been saving
To make a feather bed.
Old gander's weeping . . .
Because his wife is dead.
The goslins are crying . . .
Because their mother's dead.
Go tell Aunt Rhody . . .
That the old grey goose is dead.
Submitter comment:
From childhood; my grandmother used to sing it.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Grandmother
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |
Lullaby
Rock a bye baby on the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come baby cradle and all.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MOTHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |
Lullaby
Close your eyes my baby,
Close your eyes so blue,
Soon will come the sandman,
Bringing dreams to you.
Submitter comment:
Informant learned from her mother.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MOTHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |