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Manners and customs
1

-- See Also the narrower term Award presentations


Here are entered works on ceremonies during which awards or prizes are presented.
2

-- See Also the narrower term Birth customs


3

-- See Also the narrower term Body marking


Here are entered works on marking the body (e.g., by branding, cutting, tattooing, cutting, or piercing) as a cultural practice or expression of creativity or identity.
4

-- See Also the narrower term Bohemianism


5

-- See Also the narrower term Caste


6

-- See Also the narrower term Chivalry


7

-- See Also the narrower term Clothing and dress


Here are entered works on the utilitarian aspects of clothing, including works on how to dress. Works on clothing treated as an artistic object, as well as works on clothing created for the stage, screen, or special events, are entered under Costume.

--subdivision Clothing under names of individual persons and families, and under classes of persons and ethnic groups
8

-- See Also the narrower term Country life


Here are entered popular works on living in the country and works on manners and customs in rural areas. Popular works on farms and works on manners and customs on farms are entered under Farm life. Theoretical works on the social organization of rural areas are entered under Sociology, Rural. Works on the social conditions of rural areas are entered under Rural conditions.
9

-- See Also the narrower term Courts and courtiers



--subdivision Court and courtiers under names of countries, cities, etc.
10

-- See Also the narrower term Cries


11

-- See Also the narrower term Dandyism


12

-- See Also the narrower term Dating (Social customs)


13

-- See Also the narrower term Drinking customs


14

-- See Also Etiquette


15

-- See Also the narrower term Excuses


16

-- See Also the narrower term Fads


17

-- See Also the narrower term Fairs


Here are entered works on public gatherings at a stated time and place at which goods are exhibited and sold. Works on competitive exhibitions of farm products, livestock, baked goods, etc., with prizes for excellence, often combined with carnival-like entertainment, and held annually by states, counties, etc., are entered under Agricultural exhibitions. Works on areas within which or arrangements by which many buyers and sellers are brought into contact with one another in order to exchange goods or services are entered under Markets.

--names of individual fairs
18

-- See Also the narrower term Farewells


19

-- See Also the narrower term Festivals


20

-- See Also the narrower term Folklore



--subdivision Folklore under names of countries, cities, etc., and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, uniform titles of sacred works, and topical headings, for collections of folklore texts on those subjects or for works about those subjects as themes in folklore
21

-- See Also the narrower term Food habits



--subdivision Food under ethnic groups
22

-- See Also the narrower term Frontier and pioneer life


23

-- See Also the narrower term Funeral rites and ceremonies



--subdivision Funeral customs and rites under ethnic groups
24

-- See Also the narrower term Gifts


25

-- See Also the narrower term Halloween


26

-- See Also the narrower term Holidays


27

-- See Also the narrower term Hugging


28

-- See Also the narrower term Hunting customs


29

-- See Also the narrower term Island life


Here are entered general works on living on an island and general works on manners and customs on islands. This heading may be divided geographically by names of individual regions, countries, states, etc. Works on life, manners, and customs on specific islands or island groupings are entered under the name of the island or island group subdivided by Social life and customs, e.g., Nantucket Island (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
30

-- See Also the narrower term Kissing


31

-- See Also the narrower term Lifestyles


32

-- See Also the narrower term Marriage customs and rites



--subdivision Marriage customs and rites under ethnic groups
33

-- See Also the narrower term Minstrels


Here are entered works about professional entertainers from the 12th to 17th centuries, primarily professional secular musicians.
34

-- See Also the narrower term Morning customs


35

-- See Also the narrower term Mourning customs


36

-- See Also the narrower term Music in the home


Here are entered works on activities involved in and related to making music in the home.
37

-- See Also the narrower term Nightlife


38

-- See Also the narrower term Oaths


Here are entered works on judicial or official oaths. Works on profane language are entered under Swearing. Works on blasphemy in the legal and theological sense of maliciously reviling God or religion, are entered under Blasphemy.
39

-- See Also the narrower term Ordeal


40

-- See Also the narrower term Outdoor life


41

-- See Also the narrower term Political customs and rites


42

-- See Also the narrower term Precedence


43

-- See Also the narrower term QuinceaƱera (Social custom)


44

-- See Also the narrower term Recreation



--subdivision Recreation under classes of persons and ethnic groups, and subdivision Recreational use under types of land, types of bodies of water, types of geographic features, and types of buildings with other functions
45

-- See Also Rites and ceremonies



--subdivision Liturgy under Judaism; under individual Jewish and Christian sects; under names of individual Christian monastic and religious orders; and under individual Jewish and Christian ceremonies, rituals, holidays, etc., e.g. Catholic Church--Liturgy; Judaism--Ari rite--Liturgy; Jesuits--Liturgy; Seder--Liturgy; Good Friday--Liturgy; also subdivision Rituals under names of individual religions and sects other than Judaism and Jewish and Christian sects, e.g. Buddhism--Rituals; also subdivision Customs and practices under names of religions and sects, e.g. Catholic Church--Customs and practices; Buddhism--Customs and practices; and subdivision Rites and ceremonies under ethnic groups
46

-- See Also the narrower term Salons


47

-- See Also the narrower term Salutations


48

-- See Also the narrower term Seafaring life



--subdivision Sea life under names of individual navies, e.g. United States. Navy--Sea life
49

-- See Also the narrower term Sex customs



--subdivision Sexual behavior under classes of persons and ethnic groups and under names of individual persons
50

-- See Also the narrower term Sleeping customs


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