The British Columbia Folklore Society

Social Customs.

Social Customs include:

Marriage Customs, involving stag nights, bridal showers, and bedroom lore, and wedding anniversaries Skipping Games and hopscotch.
Funeral Customs that include such things as putting pennies on the eyes or in the mouth of corpses so that they can pay the ferryman to carry them across to the other side.
Birthing Rites: Coming of Age Ceremonies and Graduation Ceremonies including ten year and twenty year reunions, etc.
Household Celebrations and Festivals and Calendar Customs.

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