Traditional accounts of the author's life are found in many commentaries and include details such as these: He was born on Salamis Island around 484 BC, the son of Mnesarchus, a retailer who lived in a village near Athens.

Traditional fishing accounts for two-thirds of total catch.

Traditional accounts place him in the Spring and Autumn Period of China ( 722 – 481 BC ) as a military general serving under King Helü of Wu, who lived c. 544 – 496 BC.

Traditional accounts state that his descendant, Sun Bin, also wrote a treatise on military tactics, titled Sun Bin's Art of War.

Traditional accounts of the battle tend to give most of the credit for the victory to Little Turtle.

Traditional accounts of the poet's life embody a variety of themes.

Traditional accounts relate the event with Saint Andrew, Saint Simon the Zealot, and Saint Matata.

Traditional white accounts attribute to Gall the attack that drove Custer up onto the ridge, but Indian witnesses have disputed that account.

Traditional accounts suggested a founding of 1735 or so, but the historian Carl Ekberg has documented a more likely founding about 1750.

Traditional historical accounts painted an unflattering picture of Wang Pi — describing him as ugly in appearance, lacking ambitions in accomplishment, and speaking in Wu tongue.

Traditional accounts of his life, on which we rely for biographical details, were almost entirely deduced from his poetry or were simply fiction, as for example an account by Pausanias of his supposed transformation from a lame, stupid school teacher in Athens to the mastermind of Spartan victories against the Messenians.

Traditional accounts of Adi Shankara's life can be found in the Shankara Vijayams, which are poetic works that contain a mix of biographical and legendary material, written in the epic style.

Traditional accounts say that, around 530 BC, Siddhartha Gautama, a young Indian Prince who saw the suffering of the world and wanted to end it, reached the sylvan banks of Falgu River, near the city of Gaya, India.

Traditional accounts among the Wolof agree that the founder of the state and later empire was the possibly mythical Ndiadiane Ndiaye ( also spelled Njaajaan Njaay ).

Traditional accounts, such as the life-story summarized earlier, transformed him into a cultural hero whose mother conceived him virginally.

Traditional accounts of the Allied fighter bomber attacks in the Battle of Mortain accepted the claims of the pilots of over two hundred destroyed German tanks.

Traditional Lutheran belief accounts that saints pray for the Church in general, but are not mediators of redemption.

Traditional accounts recount the mystical experiences of her devotees.

Traditional accounts say that, during the reign of Songtsän Gampo, examples of handicrafts and astrological systems were imported from China and Minyag ; Dharma and the art of writing came from India ; material wealth and treasures from the Nepalis and the lands of the Mongols, while model laws and administration were imported from the Uighurs to the North.

Traditional Inuit seal hunting accounts for three percent of the total hunt ; it is excluded from the European Commission's call in 2006 for a ban on the import, export and sale of all harp and hooded seal products.

Traditional accounts of the siege emphasise the sultan's threats to destroy churches, especially the monastery of St Eugenios, even though destroying churches was not usual Seljuk practice.

Traditional accounts tell of several esoteric sadhanas that he performed, including standing neck-deep in the river Ganges, singing songs to Kali.

Traditional accounts identify fourteen settlements of this community from Pattuvam in Kannur to Panambur in Mangalore.

Traditional historical accounts describe Empress Wang as an unhappy widow during her father's reign, still retaining her loyalty to the overthrown Han Dynasty.

Traditional hand-to-hand, knife, and spear techniques continue to see use in the composite systems developed for today's wars.

Traditional ayahuasca brews are often made with Banisteriopsis caapi as an MAOI, although Dimethyltryptamine sources and other admixtures vary from region to region.

Traditional church buildings are often in the shape of a cross and frequently have a tower or dome.

Traditional pre-Christian elements are often adopted into modern Christian and secular wedding ceremonies in many parts of Europe ( syncretism ), and a handfasting-style ceremony is also practised outside of the Neopagan subculture.

Traditional wet curing requires immersing the ham in a brine for an extended period, often followed by light smoking.

Traditional free-weight training is often used by javelin throwers.

Traditional pocket knives and Swiss Army Knives commonly employ the nail nick, while modern folding knives more often use a stud, hole, disk, or flipper located on the blade, all which have the benefit of allowing the user to open the knife with one hand.

Traditional kayaks encompass three types: Baidarkas, from the Alaskan & Aleutian seas, the oldest design, whose rounded shape and numerous chines give them an almost Blimp-like appearance ; West Greenland kayaks, with fewer chines and a more angular shape, with gunwales rising to a point at the bow and stern ; and East Greenland kayaks that appear similar to the West Greenland style, but often fit more snugly to the paddler and possess a steeper angle between gunwale and stem, which lends maneuvrability.

Traditional opera, often referred to as " number opera ", consists of two modes of singing: recitative, the plot-driving passages sung in a style designed to imitate and emphasize the inflections of speech, and aria ( an " air " or formal song ) in which the characters express their emotions in a more structured melodic style.

Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint.

Traditional desserts are often unavoidable, especially those made only during Ramadan.

Traditional skinheads sometimes wear suits, often made out of two-tone tonic fabric ( shiny mohair-like material that changes colour in different light and angles ), or in a Prince of Wales or houndstooth check pattern.

Traditional construction uses animal glue, and internal joints are often reinforced with strips of either linen or vellum soaked in hot animal glue — a practice also employed in early plucked vihuela construction.

* Traditional Hepburn, as defined in various editions of Hepburn's dictionary, with the third edition ( 1886 ) often considered authoritative ( although changes in kana usage must be accounted for ).

Traditional bird names are often based on detailed knowledge of the behaviour, with many names being onomatopoeic, many still in use.

Traditional Japanese origami, which has been practiced since the Edo era ( 1603 – 1867 ), has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper or using nonsquare shapes to start with.

Traditional square dance groups are less structured and often have no particular dress code.

Traditional Chinese medicine often incorporates ingredients from all parts of plants, the leaf, stem, flower, root, and also ingredients from animals and minerals.

Traditional music continues in many parts of the UK in the 21st century, often using English and Anglo-system concertinas.

The Wubizixing input method (), often abbreviated to simply Wubi or Wubi Xing, is a Chinese character input method primarily for inputting simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese text on a computer.

Traditional medallion designs, tessellated and geometric designs are most often used.

Traditional instruments were often played in nontraditional or highly modified ways.

Traditional Tuareg music has two major components: the monochord violin anzad played often during night parties and a small tambour covered with goatskin called tende, performed during camel and horse races, and other festivities.

Bandjin survivors of an often violent non-indigenous ' occupation ' of the region continue to value and consider Goold Island as part of their sea country and, in December 2005, they included Goold Island within Australia's and Queensland's first accredited ' Traditional Use of Marine Resource Agreement '

Traditional acrylic fiber is used more often as a synthetic replacement for wool.

Traditional systems ( often found as Legacy systems ) are ' passive ', in that they provide excellent functionality when specifically asked to do something-they will answer enquiries, process updates and produce reports.