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Brewer's: Folk
Latin, vulg' (the common people); German, volk; Dutch, volch; Saxon, folc; Danish, folk. Folk and vulgar are variants of the same word. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Berg Folk
Pagan spirits doomed to live on the Scandinavian hills till the day of redemption. (Scandinavian mythology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BergæanBerenice…Brewer's: Folk Fairies
lso called “people,” “neighbours,” “wights.” The Germans have their kleine volk (little folk), the Swiss their hill people and earth people. The little folk, So happy and so gay, amuse…Brewer's: Folk-lore
Whatever pertains to a knowledge of the antiquities, superstitions, mythology, legends, customs, traditions, and proverbs of a people. A “folklorist” is one who is more or less acquainted…Brewer's: Folk-mote
[a folk meeting ]. A word used in England before the Conquest for what we now call a county or even a parish meeting. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Good Folk
(Scotch guid folk) are like the Shetland land-Trows, who inhabit the interior of green hills. (See Trows.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Good Form, Bad…Brewer's: Hill-folk
The Cameronian Scotch Covenanters, who met clandestinely among the hills. Sometimes the Covenanters generally are so called. Sir W Scott used the words as a synonym of Cameronians.…folk art
(Encyclopedia) folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either…folk song
(Encyclopedia) folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. These assume that the…Sharp, Cecil James
(Encyclopedia) Sharp, Cecil James, 1859–1924, English musician, best known for his researches in English folk music. In 1911 he founded the English Folk Dance Society. In the United States he…Trending
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