Social & Folk Custom (Customary Lore)

Social and Folk Custom is one type of folklore. Basically, it is those parts of folklore that have to do with our actions. Our customs may revolve around holidays or around various rites of passage. According to a class handout by Dr. Genelle Morain, some examples are:

• Birth
• Courtship
• Death
• Epitaphs
• Folk Belief (Superstition)
• Folk Games
• Folk Humor
• Folk Medicine
• Graffiti
• Holidays & Festivals
• Kinesics (Body Language)
• Marriage
• Music & Folk Dance
• Paperwork Empire
• Pranks & Practical Jokes
• Puberty
• Rites of Passage