The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

ROMANIAN CUSTOM

LITTLE PASTRIES ARE BAKED WITH COINS INSERTED INTO THEM ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY. EVERYONE TRIES TO GET THE LARGEST COINS.
YOU CANNOT JUST BREAK OUT THE CAKE. ONCE YOU PICK ONE UP
IT MUST BE COMPLETELY EATEN. THE ONE WHO GETS THE GREATEST
AMOUNT OF COINS HAS THE BEST LUCK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR
THIS REASON WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. SHE NOTED, HOWEVER,
THAT FEW ROMANIANS PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM TODAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-07-1971