folk tale

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For the Folk-tale is the father of all fiction, and the Folk-song is the mother of all poetry.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Materials and Methods 123-179   Traditional Material 123-129   Myth, Folk-tale, and Legend 129-153   Custom, Belief, and Rite 154-179       III.

From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence

A Fairy-tale, they say, should be like an old Folk-tale, marked by sincerity and simplicity—as if humour cannot be sincere and simple too.

From The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy by Spielmann, Mabel Henriette

With the Folk-tale as with the Ballad, Lowland Scotch may be regarded as simply a dialect of English, and it is a mere chance whether a tale is extant in one or other, or both.

From English Fairy Tales by Jacobs, Joseph

Christian Legendary, and Folk-tale, secondary, not primary, features.

From From Ritual to Romance by Weston, Jessie Laidlay