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CUSTOM FESTIVAL

For verse in custom and festival add BN C840 on a separate line.

F | CUSTOM FESTIVAL
For verse in custom and festival add BN C840 on a separate line.
F000 | NOT SURE
F0000 | NOT SURE
F0007 | NOT SURE
F0008 | not sure
F0013 | 13th Day of the Month
F0100 | January
F0101 | January 1 New Year's
F0102 | 39815
F0103 | 39816
F0103 | January 3
F0104 | January 4
F0105 | January 5
F0106 | January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany
F0107 | January 7
F0108 | January 8
F0109 | January 9
F0110 | January 10
F0111 | January 11
F0112 | January 12
F0113 | January 13
F0114 | January 14
F0115 | January 15
F0117 | January 17
F0119 | January 19
F0120 | January 20
F0121 | January 21
F0131 | January 31
F020 | NOT SURE
F0200 | February
F0201 | February 1
F0202 | February 2 Candlemas Groundhog Day
F0203 | February 3
F0204 | February 4
F0205 | February 5
F0206 | February 6
F0213 | February 13
F0214 | February 14 Valentine's Day
F0215 | February 15
F0217 | February 17
F0228 | February 28
F0229 | February 29
F0300 | March
F0301 | March 1
F0302 | March 2
F0303 | March 3
F0309 | March 9
F0312 | March 12
F0315 | March 15
F0317 | March 17 Feast of St. Patrick
F0317 | March 17
F0319 | March 19 Feast of St. Joseph
F0320 | March 20
F0321 | March 21
F0325 | March 25
F0331 | March 31
F0400 | April
F0401 | April 1 April Fools
F0401 | April 1 (April Fool's Day)
F0402 | April 2
F0403 | April 3
F0405 | April 5
F0406 | April 6
F0413 | April 13
F0415 | April 15
F0417 | April 17
F0420 | April 20
F0422 | April 22
F0423 | April 23
F0424 | April 24
F0425 | April 25
F0430 | April 30
F0500 | May
F0501 | May 1 May Day
F0502 | May 2
F0503 | May 3
F0505 | May 5
F0506 | May 6
F0512 | May 12
F0513 | May 13
F0514 | May 14
F0515 | May 15
F0525 | May 25
F0527 | May 27
F0531 | May 31
F0600 | June
F0601 | June 1
F0602 | June 2
F0603 | June 3
F0613 | June 13
F0615 | June 15
F0621 | June 21
F0623 | June 23
F0624 | June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day
F0625 | June 25
F0630 | June 30
F0700 | July
F0701 | July 1
F0702 | July 2
F0703 | July 3
F0704 | July 4 Independence Day
F0706 | July 6
F0707 | July 7
F0714 | July 14
F0715 | July 15
F0717 | July 17
F0725 | July 25
F0731 | July 31
F0800 | August
F0801 | August 1
F0802 | August 2
F0803 | August 3
F0806 | August 6
F0807 | August 7
F0814 | August 14
F0815 | August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
F0816 | August 16
F0819 | August 19
F0822 | August 22
F0824 | August 24
F0828 | August 28
F0831 | August 31
F0900 | September
F0900 | FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER
F0900 | First Monday in September
F0900 | First Monday in September
F0901 | September 1
F0902 | September 2
F0903 | September 3
F0908 | September 8
F0912 | September 12
F0912 | September 12
F0913 | September 13
F0914 | September 14
F0915 | September 15
F0916 | September 16
F0921 | September 21
F0922 | September 22
F0928 | September 28
F0930 | September 30
F103 | October 31 Halloween
F110 | November 1 All Saints
F110 | November 2 All SoulsDay of the Dead
F120 | December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas
F122 | December 24 Christmas Eve
F122 | December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below.
F122 | December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day
F122 | December 28 Holy Innocents
F123 | December 31 New Year's Eve
F500 | Custom
For explanation of a belief related to a custom see P500.
F530 | Daily Life
For song concerning daily life, see C330. For vocabulary of special group, see S550.
F532 | Home
For hours of working, eating, sleeping, see F574.8.
F533 | Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
F534 | Work Commerce Business
F536 | Entertainment Diversion
We have been entering Sports in this category.
F537 | School
F537 | Custom/Festival : School

Heading: Custom/Festival

Sub Heading: Custom

Section: Daily LIfe

Sub Section: School

F538 | Church
F539 | Common law
F540 | Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle
F542 | Birth
F543 | Baptism Naming rite
F544 | Maturity
Interpreted broadly to include first haircut, first tooth, bar mitzvah, Confirmation, sweet sixteen party, etc.
F545 | Marriage
F546 | Death Funeral Burial
F549 | War
F570 | Number Measure
F572 | Numbers System of counting Calculation
F574 | Measure of time
Time measure by astronomy or heavenly body, ruler or historic event, festival, or routine activity.
F575 | Measure of space: distance, height, depth
F577 | Measure of quantity or weight
F578 | Measure of quality
F600 | Festival
Complex unit of customs and other folklore to celebrate a special occasion, usually annually and of public interest. For festival dances, see C436.
F620 | Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern
Religious or other ritual, parade, fireworks, special dress, work tabu, etc.
F640 | Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system:
F642 | December 21 solstice to March 20
F643 | March 21 equinox to June 20
F644 | June 21 solstice to September 22
F645 | September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent.
F647 | Private birthday or anniversary
F660 | Movable Date
F662 | Winter
F663 | Spring Planting
F664 | Summer
F665 | Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving
F667 | Private
F668 | Fair
F680 | Irregular
F682 | Foundation rite Laying of cornerstone
F684 | Sacrificial rite for special occasion
F686 | Initiation rite Hazing
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