The Communists had banned it as superstition, but the custom was coming back.

The custom had come to be almost a family ritual, and it never failed to leave its impress in greater or lesser degree.

That makes me wonder if the custom nearly died out in the thirties and came back again for some reason.

The modern custom of trick-or-treating may have come from these practices.

Now, after thousands of years, this custom is coming to an end.

They shook hands - the Terran custom had come to be generally accepted.

The German language, its culture, customs, and even food came under attack.

I don't know where the custom ever developed of letting children and dogs come into the house.

These would indicate that certain institutions and customs came directly from the Etruscans.

From those times comes a custom that has survived to the present day, the practice of placing lights in the window.