Occupational Folklore is a branch of folklife that deals with:

Blacksmithing, boat building, farming, and silviculture (tree planting and tending) and other work-related lore. Commercial and recreational fishing practices are very largely based on oral traditions, so it is easy to see here how all the different aspects of folklore are linked. In commercial fishing Occupational Folklore includes navigation points that might be known in the industry by names other than the names given on charts, equipment proper names and slang names, slang names for different fish, and beliefs about the weather, the days of the week, or unusual occurrences.

House building out of wood, brick and logs is an aspect of Occupational Folklore, and so is folk architecture including gargoyles, grotesques and other designs on buildings in the city. Farming folklore includes such things as planting seasons and planting and harvesting customs. Styles of barn types in the country, along with haystack and the different hay-bale types are also parts of Occupational Folklore in the Farming Community. Large, family houses like the Doukhobor communities that surround a central courtyard are of interest to the folklorist together with different farm implements, specialised tool making, and the fine craft of instrument building.