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CHRISTMAS TRADITION
ALONG WITH THE USUAL ORNAMENTS, THIS FAMILY HANGS PAPER CHAINS
THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE ON THE TREE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CHRISTMAS TRADITION
SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, THEY ALWAYS PUT AN ANGEL ON
TOP OF THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CHRISTMAS TRADITION
SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD, THEY ALWAYS HANG OUT STOCKINGS
FOR SANTA TO FILL ON THE FIREPLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS YOUNG, THE PARENTS WOULD ALWAYS
GET A GALLON OF ICE CREAM FROM THE CREAMERY AND SERVE
IT WITH HOMEMADE SAUCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY.
THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK HOME IN A BURLAP BAG FILLED
WITH ICE AND SALT TO KEEP IT COLD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHEN THE CHILD HAS A BIRTHDAY, THE GRANDMOTHER MAKES
PLACEMATS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE BIRTHDAY
PARTY. EACH HAS A POEM OR VERSE FOR THE PERSON SITTING
AT THE SEAT WITH THE PERSON'S NAME AND FORTUNE INSIDE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHEN THERE IS A BIRTHDAY IN THE FAMILY, THE CAKE IS
DECORATED WITH TINY CHINA FIGURES AND SMALL CHARMS AND
TRINKETS ARE PUT INSIDE THE CAKE ITSELF SO THAT THEY
MAY BE KEPT BY THE CHILD WHO FINDS THEM IN HIS
PORTION.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
AS A CHILD, MY NEIGHBOR ALWAYS GOT A CHOICE OF DINNERS,
AS DID HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ON HER BIRTHDAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHENEVER A BIRTHDAY OCCURS IN THE FAMILY, NOT ONLY THE
PARENTS AND CHILDREN CELEBRATE IT, BUT AS MANY OF THE
RELATIVES AS POSSIBLY CAN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHENEVER THEY WERE IN THE IRON MOUNTAIN REGION, WHERE
THEY VACATION, THEY WOULD CELEBRATE THE CHILDRENS'
BIRTHDAYS WITH A TREASURE HUNT. THE FATHER WOULD MAKE
UP THE TREASURE HUNT AND SEND ALL OF THE KIDS AT THE
PARTY IN SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE. IT USUALLY COVERED
LOTS OF TERRITORY. CLUES HAD TO BE DUG UP, SWUM FOR, OR
RIDDLED TO GET THE FINAL CLUE. THE TREASURE WAS USUALLY
A LARGE TIN OF CANDY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; IRON MOUNTAIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
WHENEVER THERE IS A BIRTHDAY IN THE FAMILY, THE PARENTS
WRAP THE GIFTS IN NEWSPAPERS RATHER THAN IN FANCY
WRAPPING PAPER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
EASTER CHURCH CUSTOM OF SWIENSONKA: ON HOLY
SATURDAY A BASKET OF FOOD IS TAKEN TO THE CHURCH FOR
THE BLESSING OF THE PRIEST.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
ON HOLY SATURDAY A BASKET WITH THE EASTER BREAKFAST
(SWIECONKA IN POLISH) IS TAKEN TO THE CHURCH.
Where learned: HOME
| 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: 10-00-1968
SWIECONKA: THE BREAKFAST AFTER MASS ON EASTER WITH
EGGS, BREAD, SALT AND PEPPER, KIELBASA, HAM, AND
HORSERADISH.
Submitter comment: POLISH
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ON EASTER MONDAY (DYNGUS) LITTLE BOYS KNOCK ON THE
DOORS OF LITTLE GIRLS' HOUSES. THE GIRLS MUST LET THEM
IN, AND IF THEY CAN SWITCH THE GIRLS WITH STICKS,
THE GIRLS MUST GIVE THE BOY AN EASTER EGG. ON
TUESDAY, THE GIRLS HIT THE BOYS WITH STICKS AND
POUR PERFUME ON IT (THEM?)
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Tuesday Revenge Day |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
HIDE AND SEEK
THE PLAYERS WOULD CHOOSE AN "IT" WHO WAS USUALLY THE
SCAPEGOAT OF THE GROUP. THE OTHERS WOULD RUN AND
HIDE AS THE IT COUNTED. AFTER COUNTING, HE WOULD
BEGIN TO SEEK OUT THE HIDDEN KIDS. IF HE SPOTS ONE,
HE CALLS OUT THE NAME AND RUNS BACK TO TOUCH A
DESIGNATED TELEPHONE POLE. IF HE BEATS THE PERSON
BACK, THE PERSON WHO LOST IS THE NEW "IT." WHEN HE
CAN'T FIND ANYONE, HE YELLS OUT "I GIVE UP" AND THE
GAME IS RESTARTED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
THE MIDNIGHT GHOST
THIS IS A GAME SIMILAR TO HIDE AND SEEK. THE "GHOST"
BLINDS HIS EYES AND COUNTS TO 12 WHILE THE OTHER
CHILDREN RUN AND HIDE. WHEN HE IS DONE COUNTING,
HE SAYS, "THE MIDNIGHT GHOST WALKS" AND STARTS
LOOKING FOR THE OTHER KIDS. THE ONES WHO ARE HIDDEN
TRY TO RUN TO THE "GHOUL" (GOAL) WITHOUT BEING
TOUCHED BY THE MIDNIGHT GHOST. IF THEY ARE TOUCHED
THE FIRST ONE TO BE TOUCHED IS IT FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
MOTHER, MAY I?
THIS IS A GAME WHERE THE OBJECT IS TO REACH THE PERSON
WHO IS "IT," BY TAKING DIFFERENT SIZE STEPS. THE
FIRST PERSON CALLS OUT TO THE "IT" "MOTHER, MAY I TAKE
FOUR GIANT STEPS?" HERE, THE NUMBER OF STEPS IS
ARBITRARY AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STEPS.
THERE IS THE GIANT STEP--THE PERSON TAKES HIS LONGEST
STRIDE; THE BABY STEP--THE PERSON TAKES ONE FOOT AND
PLACES HIS HEEL OF ONE FOOT TO THE TOE OF THE OTHER;
THE BANANA PEEL--THE PERSON KEEPS ONE FOOT STATIONARY
AND PIVOTS AS FAR AS HE IS ABLE WITH THE OTHER; THE
RABBIT HOP--THE PERSON HOPS WITH BOTH FEET TOGETHER;
THE UMBRELLA TURN--STEPPING OUT WITH ONE FOOT WITH ARMS
OUTSTRETCHED AND THEN TURNING AROUND BY MOVING THE
OTHER FOOT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE "IT."
ALTHOUGH THE PERSON MAY ASK FOR SO MANY STEPS, THE
FINAL DECISION IS UP TO THE "IT." IF HE APPROVES, YOU
EXECUTE THE NUMBER OF STEPS AND THE TYPE OF STEP
AGREED UPON. IF HE DOES NOT, HE TELLS YOU HOW MANY
STEPS TO TAKE OF ONE KIND. IF YOU FORGET TO BEGIN EACH
REQUEST WITH "MOTHER, MAY I," YOU RETURN TO THE
STARTING POINT AND BEGIN AGAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
HOP SCOTCH
THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED ON THE DIAGRAM BELOW IS AS
FOLLOWS: A STONE IS THROWN (OR A PIECE OF TAR) ONTO
ONE OF THE SQUARES. IF IT BOUNCES OUTSIDE THE LINES,
YOU MUST WAIT FOR ANOTHER TURN BEFORE YOU TRY AGAIN.
THE STONE OR TAR MUST BE THROWN ON ALL OF THE NUMBERS
IN SEQUENCE, I.E., 1, 2, 3, ETC. THEN THE PERSON MUST
GET TO HIS STONE BY HOPPING. ONE FOOT IS HOPPED ON IN
THE 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, AND 12TH SQUARES AND THE OTHERS
MUST BE HOPPED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE LEFT AND RIGHT
FEET. SO, THE WAY TO GET TO THE 7TH SQUARE, FOR
EXAMPLE WOULD BE: 1 (RIGHT), 2-3 (RIGHT AND LEFT) 4
(RIGHT), 5 (RIGHT), 6-7 (RIGHT AND LEFT). YOU THEN
PICK UP YOUR MARKER AND REVERSE THE PROCESS.
THE GAME ENDS WHEN YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GONE TO 12
AND BACK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE OTHER CHILDREN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON REMAINS
IN THE CENTER. THIS PERSON GOES AROUND TAPPING
EACH PERSON ON THE HEAD. HE SAYS "DUCK" AS HE TAPS
EACH ONE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE TAPS ONE AND SAYS "GOOSE,"
THIS DESIGNATED PERSON MUST CHASE HIM. THE OBJECT
IS TO GET TO THE CHOSEN ONE'S PLACE BEFORE HE TAGS
YOU. IF YOU DO, THE "GOOSE" IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE.
IF HE TAGS, HOWEVER, IT'S BACK IN THE MIDDLE FOR YOU.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 03-00-1970