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Definition of Folk tale

1. Noun. A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk.

Definition of Folk tale

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of folktale) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Folk Tale

Literary usage of Folk tale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke (1904)
"A FOLK-TALE may be studied from two quite different points of view. It may be regarded as a single example of a larger or smaller world-wide class of ..."

2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1917)
"Recently, when I was looking over some old field-notes, I came across a hitherto unpublished short Zuñi folk-tale which I recorded during my first visit to ..."

3. Journal of Biblical Literature by Society of Biblical Literature (1908)
"The folk-tale often depends for its power to capture the memory upon some pat saying or unexpected ... The folk-tale proper seldom teaches a moral lesson. ..."

4. The Folk-lore Record by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"As already stated, the Council have acted upon the suggestion made at the last Annual Meeting, and appointed a Folk-Tale Committee. ..."

5. Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the by Raymond Wilson Chambers (1921)
"In a Sicilian version of the folk-tale the doors spring open of themselves as the foe ... Yet there are other features in the folk-tale which are entirely ..."

6. Educating by Story-telling: Showing the Value of Story-telling as an by Katherine Dunlap Cather (1918)
"203 The Discontented Pig (Thuringian folk tale — Ethics, ... 227 The Rabbit and the Easter Eggs (Bavarian folk tale) . .228 The Easter Eggs (Ethics) 229 ..."

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