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folk tale
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folk·tale or folk tale  (fktl)
n.
A story or legend forming part of an oral tradition.
folk tale, story
n
a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition
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Noun1.folk talefolk tale - a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
folktale
flying carpet - (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go
folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
narration, narrative, story, tale - a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
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folk tale
n → Volksmärchen nt


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In the 1963 Open Court reader, titled Reading Is Fun, which was designed for the second semester of 1st grade, at least half the entries were classics, including Aesop's fables ("The Fox and the Grapes," "The Hare and the Tortoise," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"); Mother Goose rhymes; folk tales ("The Little Red Hen," "The Gingerbread Boy," "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," "The Three Bears"), and poems (by Vachel Lindsay, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Christina Rossetti).
The triumph of look-say: dumbing-down reading instruction by Ravitch, Diane / Education Next
Persecution of melungeons included imprisonment, whipping, slavery, lunching, gun battles, forced sterilization, and exile, yet they persevered and preserved folk tales.
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Hidden away in the sonorous ancient culture of Sudan, and passed on through generations of storytellers and oral historians is a rich tradition of songs and folk tales.
AET Book Club catalog: Summer 2006 by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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