The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IRISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM

WHEN A PERSON WALKS INTO A NEW CHURCH HE OR SHE IS TO PUT $1 INTO
THE COLLECTION BOX AND MAKE 3 WISHES.
THIS IS A CUSTOM WHEN AN IRISHMAN WALKS INTO A NEW CHURCH
WHEN THE APPROPRIATE TIME COMES DURING THE MASS
TO PUT MONEY INTO THE COLLECTION BASKET, HE OR SHE IS TO
PUT ONE DOLLAR INTO THE BASKET AND MAKE A WISH.
THIS CUSTOM IS TO BRING LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE IN THE COMING
YEAR. IF A PERSON FAILS TO PUT ANY MONEY INTO THE BASKET
THEN IT IS SAID THAT GOD WILL LOOK UPON HIM UNFAVORABLY IN THE
YEAR.

Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO HIM BY HIS FATHER WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
IRELAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT