This originated a deadly feud between the leaders of the opposite parties, for Joab, as next of kin to Asahel, was by the law and custom of the country the avenger of his blood.

The custom of the Easter egg originated amongst the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion.

By convention, the charge carried by electrons is deemed negative, and that by protons positive, a custom that originated with the work of Benjamin Franklin.

In Western culture, the custom of a newlywed couple going on a holiday together originated in early 19th century Great Britain, a concept borrowed from the Indian elite, in the Indian Subcontinent.

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 ).

Sullivan III, however, argued that the custom originated among the Welsh people themselves, since the custom was known in Wales prior to the 1700s when he believed Gypsies arrived there.

The custom of firing cannon salutes originated in the Royal Navy.

This custom appears to have originated in the late 1970s when topless go-go dancers first started collecting money from the audience as the fee for going " fully nude ".

In 1810 Alexander von Humboldt originated the modern usage of " Aztec " as a collective term applied to all the people linked by trade, custom, religion, and language to the Mexica state and the Triple Alliance.

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.

The Collectio canonum Hibernensis cites the authority of Saint Patrick as indicating that the custom originated with the swineherd of Lóegaire mac Néill, the king who opposed Patrick.

The custom of masquerading in costume and the wearing of masks probably originated among the Italian Jews at the end of the 15th-century.

This custom is said to have originated in the Qing Dynasty when Emperor Qian Long would travel in disguise through the empire.

The present custom of women covering their faces with fans originated from this story.

This custom was referred to as " wearing mufti " and originated from British Army officers and public servants opting to wear Indian dress of that period in the more leisurely setting of their homes.

The custom originated in the Spanish quarter of the city.

Others believe that the custom originated in Germany where people used to place a large candle in the centre of the cake to symbolize ‘ the light of life ’.

It is a common belief that belts are handed out more loosely in the West than in Asia, where the custom of using the color of the belt to indicate a practitioner's rank originated.

The word originated when Indian custom superseded the British practice of an afternoon tea, leading to a new word for the afternoon meal.

The custom of giving the name of a saint originated in France and Germany during the Middle Ages.

The Angelus originated with the 11th-century monastic custom of reciting three Hail Marys during the evening bell.

But the Korean Emperor was forced by Japan to follow a new custom to sign with his real name, which originated from the Western world.

It may be mentioned that the term may have been derived from the custom of certain tribes keeping their hair long and fastening it in a knot at the back of the head ( Lu-head, shei-long i. e. keeping the head long or long head ). It could also have originated from the custom of head hunting ( Lu = head, Shai = cut i. e. head cutting ).

By the early 18th century, the custom had become common in towns of the upper Rhineland, but it had not yet spread to rural areas.

On his part, Emmerich de Vattel argued instead for the equality of states as articulated by 18th century natural law and suggested that the law of nations was composed of custom and law on the one hand, and natural law on the other.

The late 18th century was a period of political, economic, intellectual, and cultural reforms, the Enlightenment ( represented by figures such as Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Adam Smith ), but also involving early Romanticism, and climaxing with the French Revolution, where freedom of the individual and nation was asserted against privilege and custom.

In the 18th and 19th centuries there was considerable commercial traffic on the river, mainly from Selby, which then had a custom house, downstream, but after 1826 with the opening of the Aire and Calder Navigation most traffic was concentrated on the port of Goole, which continues until today, though the coal trade which formed its backbone has ceased.

Another boost to the tradition was the Festival of Britain ; in villages like Wormhill where the custom appears to have ceased in the late 18th century, it was revived as part of the Festival of Britain, and has continued nearly every year since.

Indeed, the 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys noted how Welsh celebrations in London for St David's day would spark wider countercelebrations amongst their English neighbours: life-sized effigies of Welshmen were symbolically lynched, and by the 18th century the custom had arisen of confectioners producing ' Taffies ' – gingerbread figures baked in the shape of a Welshman riding a goat-on St David's Day.

The custom of washing the feet did not survive the 18th century.

" One of the main traditions in Sweden is to light large bonfires, a custom that is most firmly established in Svealand and may have begun in Uppland during the 18th century: " At Walpurgis ( Valborg ), farm animals were let out to graze, and ever since the early 18th century bonfires ( majbrasor, kasar ) have been lit to scare away predators.

In the 18th century, as inheritances and dowries gradually became smaller, this custom disappeared.

The custom is mentioned ( along with apples suspended on a string ) in 18th century Ireland by Charles Vallancey in his book Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis.

The kings of France continued the custom until Louis XV stopped it in the 18th century, though it was briefly revived to universal derision in 1825.

Records of the conferences of the Swiss Mennonites have been consistently recorded since 1889, but various records indicate that an annual conference was an " old custom " in the 18th century.

In the 18th century it was the custom for the wealthy in Poulton to bury their dead at night, following a lamp-lit procession through town.

This custom of singing died out in the 18th century.

In the North and East of Germany, the custom was practised no earlier than the 15th Century and, in some rural regions, surnames became fashionable only in the 18th century, nearly 900 years after their first appearance in Europe.

It can now be visited in the old custom house, a historic 18th century building by the River Shannon in Rutland Street, in central Limerick.

Even in the 18th century the Navarrese successfully resisted Bourbon attempts to establish custom houses on the French frontier, dividing French from Spanish Navarre.

In Japan, bathing with yuzu on Tōji, the winter solstice, is a custom that dates to at least the early 18th century.

The custom dates back at least to the late 18th century, being recorded in 1803, and continued until 1909.

The Oxford English Dictionary records: ' the custom ( in the 18th c. prevalent in France and sometimes imitated in England ) of going away from a reception, etc.

In 1925 the first " Peace and Goodwill Message " from the youth of Wales to the youth of the world was issued by the Urdd, a custom that continues every year on the 18th May.

As the 18th century drew to its close the custom of using the same apartment as reception room by day and sleeping room by night produced a demand for what was called harlequin furniture pieces which were contrived a double or triple debt to pay.

The current custom of Congress ' declaring an official date of statehood did not begin until 1812, when Louisiana was admitted as the 18th state.