folk tale
Use Folk tale in a sentencefolk tale
noun
1.
a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
2.
any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.
Also, folk·tale.
Also called folk story.
Origin:
1890–95
1890–95
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| folk tale or folk story | |
| —n | |
| a tale or legend originating among a people and typically becoming part of an oral tradition | |
| folk story or folk story | |
| —n | |
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Folk tale
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Then ask each group to predict how they think the folk tale will end.
It may be defined as a realistic folk tale, not bookish in its flavor, but with the simple shrewdness of the plain people.
Students should be encouraged to apply the moral of the folk tale to real-life situations.
Now give students the second half of the folk tale and have them read it.
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