The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CHILDREN USUALLY MADE THEIR FIRST COMMUNION WHEN THEY
WERE SEVEN YEARS OLD. AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN OR TWELVE,
THE CHILDREN MADE WHAT WAS CALLED THE BIG COMMUNION.
AT THIS TIME, BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS WERE DRESSED IN WHITE
AND ON THEIR ARM WAS A THING WITH GOLD FRINGES, THIS WAS
THE GREATEST THING. THEN THEY MADE THEIR COMMUNION AS
A GROUP.

Submitter comment: IN BELGIUM, TWENTY YEARS AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 10-20-1971