* Commoners of both sexes bow their heads to royalty.

* Burials are followed by wakes.

* It is unlucky and an offence to the gods to kill a cat, for the cats are the eyes and messengers of gods. It is good to keep a cat, but a sin to clip its tail, or fur, or hamper its ability to produce kittens. A cat may not be kept in a cage.

* Women interested in finding a mate wear purple scarves at hip and/or throat.

* Adventurers who go in peace, but armed, wear peacestrings about their swordhilts.