Where does this tradition originate from?
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Bank Holidays originate from the time when financial institutions needed three days to clear their accounts. Hence the reason they are always Mon or Fri.\nThere is absolutely no need for them now in this "electronic banking age".\nWould it not be better to give everyone an extra week's holiday, which they could take when they wanted to?\nThat way, you would not have traffic jams and people queuing up to get on the beach, supermarkets etc... KC UK
625168
All I can find is that the origin is Hindu, and it's numerology is 3. I would suggest calling your local Hindu Temple Society and asking for further assistance. They will be completely thrilled to share their culture, trust me.\n\nGood luck!
565887
We would say "pinch, poke..you owe me a coke"\nI imagine it originated in some play ground somewhere....obviously after coke originated
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It originated in the 1630's and had a military origin. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necktie\n\nThey became popular as dress wear back then as they were more comfortable than the starched linen ruffs that were worn at the time.
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tradition is wonderful
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Great question indeed sor!\n\nThanks t' ye fer askin' and I'll try t'enlighten ye!\n\nIf you have a free Amazon account, you can  search each of the books below for the words "custom" or "folk" or "lore" or "folkways". You can read pages and page for free!\n\nFor example:\n\n"IT is a custom amongst the people, when throwing away water at night, to cry out in a loud voice, " Take care of the water"! \n\nEvery person who passes the spot where the body was found add a rock to the growing heap there...\n\n(first book)\n\nSlán leat! (goodbye!)
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Literally, it is a "handing on", which refers to the passing down of God's revealed word. In Catholicism, there are two forms of Tradition, Sacred Scripture (the Bible) and Sacred Tradition (that part which is not contained in Sacred Scripture). How was Tradition passed on? It started with the Apostles and what Christ and the Holy Spirit revealed to them. Hope this helps.
58693
It comes from buddism
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There is a madsci article about this question at: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/888691550.Ph.r.html\n\nHope that helps...the site discusses the hypothesized origins...
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The tradition of this holiday seems to have stemmed from an English celebration in the 1600's honoring the mothers of England called, "Mothering Sunday."  See the rest of the story on the link below.
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Tradition is a connection, respect and acknowlodgment of where you came from or your past.  \n\nie if you like and respect your past/heritage then do it!  If you don't care at all, even in regards to family then don't.
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I'm not sure what your question is.\n\nKneeling in worship of God is a longstanding Christian tradition.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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I'm not so sure about the origin but there's a carving of the said 3 monkeys in the temple dedicated to Tokugawa Ieyasu in Japan, built by his grandson.
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Wrong section to post this question.\n\nTry re-posting in Mythology and Folklore.\n\nPeace.
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Yeah there is a lot of debate on where it originally came from. This is all I could really find:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids#Origin_of_HIV\n\n(I can't believe that person copy and pasted the whole article from Wikipedia!! lol)
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Well they pray to statues.  That is a pagan tradition.
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Where did u hear this from? (place, person)