Classification of Folk Beliefs

Hand System of Classification

I.                    Birth, Infancy and Childhood (Rite of Passage)

II.                 Human Body, Folk Medicine (Related to Folk Diseases and Folk Remedies)

III.               Home, Domestic Pursuits (Cooking, clothing, housekeeping...)

IV.              Economic, Social Relations (Games, purchases, business, gambling...)

V.                 Travel, Communication

VI.              Love, Courtship and Marriage (Rite of Passage)

VII.            Death and Funeral Customs (Rite of Passage)

VIII.         Witchcraft, ghosts and Magical Practices (Dowsing, ghost conjuring, spells...)

IX.              Cosmic phenomena: Times, Numbers, Seasons (Eclipses, comets, meteors, full moons...)

X.                 Weather (Weather tends to be the result.)

XI.              Animals and animal husbandry (Ranching)

XII.            Fishing and Hunting

XIII.         Plants, and plant husbandry (Farming)

XIV.   Miscellaneous (Good Luck/Bad Luck...)

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