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Social Customs

Ancient customs are still practiced today even though their original meanings are fading from memory.

Weddings:
• The best man
• Carrying the bride over the threshhold
  
  
Funerals:
• One for the road
• Saved by the bell
• Widows weeds and wearing black
  
  
Odds and Ends:
• Paint the town red