According to Orthodox Jews too there are variations in Jewish custom from one part of the world to another.

According to Diskin Clay, Epicurus himself established a custom of celebrating his birthday annually with common meals, befitting his stature as hero ctistes ( or founding hero ) of the Garden.

According to Hume these beliefs were to be accepted nonetheless because of their profound basis in instinct and custom.

According to Strabo their territory was divided in accordance with custom, each tribe was further divided into cantons, each governed by a military aristocratic ruler whose title chief of the tribe gave him the powers of a King-Priest (' tetrarch ').

According to scholar Alan Dundes, who wrote extensively on the topic, the custom originated among Romani Gypsies in Wales ( Welsh Kale Gypsies ) and England ( English Romanichal Gypsies ).

According to Frankish custom, Louis had expected to share his inheritance with his brothers, Charles the Younger, King of Neustria, and Pepin, King of Italy.

According to Slavonic custom, a father was expected to divide his legacy among all his sons.

According to current Swazi law and custom, the monarch holds supreme executive, legislative, and judicial powers.

According to Jan Michiel Otto, Professor of Law and Governance in Developing Countries at Leiden University, " Anthropological research shows that people in local communities often do not distinguish clearly whether and to what extent their norms and practices are based on local tradition, tribal custom, or religion.

According to custom, all free Norse men were required to own weapons, as well as permitted to carry them all the time.

According to Strauss the beginning of philosophy involved the " discovery or invention of nature " and the " pre-philosophical equivalent of nature " was supplied by " such notions as ' custom ' or ' ways, which appear to be really universal in all times and places.

According to custom, the verses would have been passed from person to person and often copied.

According to custom, he was named after the patron saint of the church.

According to custom, the young bride would continue to live with her parents until her husband started earning and could establish their household.

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the etymology of the word can be traced back to the Old English word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning ' bread keeper ' or ' loaf-ward ', reflecting the Germanic tribal custom of a chieftain providing food for his followers.

According to custom, the mistletoe must not touch the ground between its cutting and its removal as the last of Christmas greens at Candlemas ; it may remain hanging through the year, often to preserve the house from lightning or fire, until it is replaced the following Christmas Eve.

According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss.

According to an interview with Bernard's trainer Bouie Fisher, prior to the fight members of Hopkins ' team visited the Trinidad dressing room in what is considered a normal boxing custom to watch the taping of Trinidad's hands before his gloves were placed on.

According to Worcester, it was " very much the custom with Gov.

According to Japanese custom, the solid ingredients are chosen to reflect the seasons and to provide contrasts of color, texture, and flavor.

According to the custom of the time, the continuator did not hesitate to interpolate Fordun's portion of the work, with additions of his own, and the whole history thus compiled is known as the Scotichronicon.

According to the custom of wealthy families of the time, after receiving basic instruction at home with private instructors including his parents, young Alberto was sent out alone to larger cities to do his secondary studies.

According to Burmese custom a person's age is their age upon their next birthday.

According to Singer, Aquinas held that conscience, or conscientia was an imperfect process of judgment applied to activity because knowledge of the natural law ( and all acts of natural virtue implicit therein ) was obscured in most people by education and custom that promoted selfishness rather than fellow-feeling ( Summa Theologiae, I – II, I ).

According to custom he married early, but he avoided intercourse with his wife ; she applied for a divorce, which he granted.

According to Tacitus, Agrippina ’ s eldest daughter Agrippina the Younger had written memoirs for posterity.

According to Nihonshoki and Kojiki, Richū was the eldest son of Emperor Nintoku and Iwanohime.

According to tradition, Ikshvaku was the eldest son of Vaivasvata Manu, who established himself at Ayodhya.

According to Ctesias ( in Persica 20 ), Artabanus then accused the Crown Prince Darius, Xerxes's eldest son, of the murder and persuaded another of Xerxes's sons, Artaxerxes, to avenge the patricide by killing Darius.

According to Caroline's mother, who was British, all German princesses learned English in the hope that they would be chosen to marry George, Prince of Wales, George III's eldest son and heir apparent and Caroline's first cousin.

According to the traditional rabbinic interpretation, in the early part of the Bible, as recorded in the Book of Genesis, the duties of a priest fell upon the eldest son of each family.

According to the Orphic hymns, Phorcys, Cronus and Rhea were the eldest offspring of Oceanus and Tethys.

According to mythical stories Obatala is the eldest of all orisha and was granted authority to create the earth.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, the first emperor was born in 259 BC as the eldest son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin.

According to mundaka upnisad and other texts, he was eldest son & ( Manas putra ) born from mind of the brahma.

According to historian John Van der Kiste, this was done to limit the influence Ernest's eldest brother George, Prince of Wales, who was leading an extravagant lifestyle, would have over his younger brothers.

According to his eldest son, Nicolas Walter, " he was politically on the left, a communist fellow-traveller before the Second World War and an anarchist sympathiser after it.

According to the Puranas, the Magadha Empire was established by the Brihadratha Dynasty, who was the sixth in line from Emperor Kuru of the Bharata dynasty through his eldest son Sudhanush.

According to the legend related in the poem, a blind beggar living in Bethnal Green was in fact Henry de Montfort, eldest son of Simon de Montfort, having escaped from the field of the Battle of Evesham in 1265.

According to legend, the Hairy Tree was planted by Sawney Bean's eldest daughter in the town's Dalrymple Street.

According to this patent Lady Rothes was succeeded by her eldest son John, the ninth Earl ( who assumed the surname of Leslie ; see the Earl of Rothes for further history of this branch of the family ).

According to Jang Ho-kweon, Jang's eldest son and current publisher of the journal, Jang told him that Kim was a patriotic soldier who would one day work together for democracy.

* According to the Midrash, the first person to pray at Rachel's tomb was her eldest son, Joseph.

In the Biblical Book of Genesis, Er ( " awake ; roused "; ) was the eldest son of Judah, and is described as marrying Tamar ; According to the text, Yahweh killed Er because he was wicked, although it doesn't give any further details.

According to the first tradition, the next holder would be infanta Barbara of Portugal ( 1711 – 58 ), the eldest daughter of John V of Portugal.

According to the first tradition, the next holder of Beira would be Infanta Mariana Vitória of Portugal ( 1768 – 88 ), the eldest daughter of Maria I and Pedro III.

According to the first tradition, the next holder would be Infanta Maria da Glória Joana ( 1819 – 53 ), the eldest daughter of Pedro IV.

According to legend, upon their father's death, the eldest son Locrinus was given Loegria, Camber was given Cambria and Albanactus Albania.

According to a May 2010 article and interview, Enzensberger was born in 1929 in a small town in Bavaria and is the eldest of four boys.

According to the Nihon Shoki, Emperor Suinin's eldest son, Prince Inishiki ordered a thousand swords made and was placed in charge of Isonokami's treasures.