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EASTER SUNDAY BREAKFAST IS BLESSED SATURDAY NIGHT.
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
FIXED FESTIVAL DATE
IN INDIA ON DECEMBER 22 THERE IS THE FEAST OF ST. RAMA.
(ST. RAMA WAS BANISHED FROM HIS HOMETOWN CITY AND
FINALLY RETURNED AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS). THE
CELEBRATION OF HIS RETURN IS CALLED PIWALI OR THE
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. DURING THIS FESTIVAL, SMALL
MUD LAMPS ARE LIT SYMBOLIZING THE EARTH'S PURITY;
SWEETS ARE EXCHANGED AMONG FRIENDS; FIRECRACKERS ARE
SET OFF AND THERE IS LOTS OF WINE DRUNK.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-02-1969
VOCABULARY OF SPECIAL GROUPS
IN ENGLAND, YOU CALL A WASHCLOTH A "FRANNEL."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
VOCABULARY OF SPECIAL GROUPS
THERE IS AN EXPRESSION USED IN GEORGIA WHICH SAYS "I'LL TAKE YOU
THERE" BUT THIS MEANS "I'LL CARRY YOU THERE."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
VOCABULARY OF SPECIAL GROUPS
IN THE SOUTH, THEY CALL HOT DOGS "TUBESTICKS."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
VOCULARY OF SPECIAL GROUP
IN CANADA, YOU CALL A COUCH A "DAVENPORT."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME;
ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME; BUT NEVER ALL
ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HER CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
BLUEBELLS, COCKERSHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY OVER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD ON
THE WEST SIDE OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
THE FAMILY TAKES A BASKET CONTAINING SOME BREAD,
BUTTER AND KILBASSA TO CHURCH ON EASTER EVE.
THE FOOD IS BLESSED AND EATEN FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST.
HER CHURCH IS ST. SCHOLASTICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
PUTTING YOUR SHOES OUT ON ST. NICHOLAS EVE. IF YOU DO,
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET SOMETHING PUT IN THEM.
Submitter comment: DECEMBER 6, ST. NICHOLAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 |
Date learned: 03-21-1971
AN INITIATION PRACTICE I HAD TO UNDERGO TO ENTER CHORUS WAS
TO DRESS IN THE PAJAMAS OF ONE OF THE MALE MEMBERS OF
CHORUS AND RECITE A POEM ABOUT TREES IN FRONT OF THE
WHOLE GROUP.
Submitter comment:
MY INITIATION TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER, 1966 AT A SUMMER
CAMP WHICH THE CHORUS HOLDS EVERY YEAR IN WESTERN
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-13-1968 ; 09-00-1966
HIGH SCHOOL TRADITION
AT THE FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES, THE STUDENTS WOULD SIT
IN THEIR CLASSES. THE SENIORS SAT WITH THE SENIORS, THE
JUNIORS WITH THE JUNIORS, THE SOPHS WITH THE SOPHS, AND THE
FROSH WITH THE FROSH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL CHUMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
HIGH SCHOOL TRADITION
THE SENIORS ALWAYS GOT THE BEST LUNCHROOM SEATS AT
COSINO HIGH. THEY WERE SEATED IN THE LOWEST TIER OF A
THREE TIER CAFETERIA. THIS HAS GONE ON SINCE THE SCHOOL
WAS FOUNDED.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS HIGH SCHOOL CHUMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IF YOU BLOW OUT ALL THE CANDLES ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE
ON THE FIRST PUFF, YOU'LL GET YOUR WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
LUCKY PENNY
A POLISH TRADITION: ON THE WEDDING DAY, THE FATHER PUTS
A PENNY IN HIS DAUGHTER'S SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK AND A HAPPY
MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
POLISH FUNERAL CEREMONIES HAVE BECOME MORE SIMPLIFIED
AND GENERALLY ARE NOW A DIGNIFIED, LAST TRIBUTE TO
THE DECEASED. THE FESTIVE AND ELABORATE "STYCU"
(FUNERAL BANQUET) IS BECOMING EXCEEDINGLY RARE, BUT
THE CUSTOM OF LEAVING AN EMPTY PLACE AT TABLE FOR
THE DEPARTED IS STILL OCCASIONALLY PRACTICED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
GARLIC KEEPS DRACULA AWAY-IT SCARES HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
GHOST FESTIVAL CUSTOM
PRIESTS WHO ARE CALLED TAOISTS ARE SOMETIMES CHARGED
WITH THE DUTY OF CHASING GHOSTS AWAY BY RELIGIOUS
CEREMONIES. THEY WILL THROW RICE ALL AROUND THE
FLOOR AS A FINAL ASSURANCE OF CHASING GHOSTS AWAY.
THIS IS NOT DONE DURING A MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
SWITCHING DAY
ACCORDING TO AN OLD POLISH CUSTOM, THE MONDAY AFTER
EASTER IS CALLED, "SWITCHING DAY." ON THIS DAY IN THE
MORNING, A BOY GOES OUT AND CUTS A SWITCH FROM A BUSH.
HE GOES TO A GIRL'S HOUSE WHERE HER MOTHER LETS HIM IN,
AND HE SWITCHES THE GIRL. WHEN HE IS DONE, THE
MOTHER PAYS HIM FOR SWITCHING HER DAUGHTER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD OF THIS CUSTOM AT ABOUT THE
AGE OF FIVE FROM HER MOTHER; THE FIRST TIME THAT HER
MALE COUSIN CAME OVER TO SWITCH HER. SHE REMEMBERS
BEING SWITCHED TILL ABOUT THE AGE OF NINE OR TEN,
WHEN SHE FINALLY LOCKED HERSELF IN THE BATHROOM ON
THE MORNING OF SWITCHING DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
VERSE OF DAILY LIFE
WHEN A PERSON HAS SAID SOMETHING THAT HE SHOULDN'T
HAVE SAID, HE MAY APPROPRIATELY SAY:
OPEN MOUTH,
INSERT FOOT,
CHEW VIGOROUSLY.
Data entry tech comment: NOT VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-13-1968