The lottery has been a tradition in the village since its earliest days. Some aspects of the lottery are rooted in tradition and superstition. For example, the black box “became more dilapidated every year” (4); The box is barely black anymore after years of use. Their attachment is based solely on the fact that this box may have been constructed from an old black box used for the lottery. Stoning and ticketing style are part of the continuing tradition. However, they have forgotten most of the rituals from the old days. They now write on a slip of paper instead of wood chips as a result of the village growing in size in terms of population. So many other rituals have been forgotten, which begs the question: If you can't stay consistent with the rituals year after year, why continue to play such a bizarre and horrible game? The attachment to tradition in this tale can be found in today's modern society. Many people hold on to religions like Christianity because their mother went to church and their ancestors went to church. In the story, Old Man Warner is so set in his ways that the thought of the villages around his giving up the lottery seemed ridiculous and somehow devolutionary. Most blindly follow what is perceived as normal, not because it has always been done that way; It's because that's how they interpret and/or remember it to be