father’s passing, and age milestones theorized by Erikson, Piaget, and others. After applying these concepts to my life, I was able to have a greater understanding of my identity, doubts, methods in which I was raised, and ultimately myself. In this essay, I will be exploring the developmental concepts that have most influenced my development, as I understand it. I grew up in a small town in California, in the back bay of the east Bay Area. Martinez is an industrial city, originally built for families
different groups, such as: calendar customs which are activities related to certain days in the year or lifecycle customs which are activities connected with the key moments in people’s lives like getting married or dying. (GREEN, 169, 1997) This essay will describe 3 calendar customs which people in Ireland celebrated and will show how they celebrated them. The first one will be Saint Brighid’s day which is celebrated on 1st February between winter solstice and spring equinox. As a second one will