The transformation of age-old customs, commerce and administration to the Swedish model could not be effected quickly or easily.
A young couple on their honeymoon have come to study the age-old customs, including the blood feud, of the people living in these mountains.
Despite the Emperor's dictates, however, the common people continued to follow age-old custom.
To command, by navy regs and age-old custom, you have to be a commissioned officer.
The age-old custom of tipping at Christmas is now a ritual that needs some extra attention.
By age-old custom, the folk of Cimmeria celebrated whether the harvest was good or bad.
And the other age-old custom is a romantic walk before dinner, to take in the sunset.
Clearly he was torn between the age-old customs of his people and the necessity for immediate action.
You are the property of the city, according to age-old custom not even I can ignore.
It's an age-old custom in that business, but you don't say it out loud.