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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Folk Lore"”.
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Bantu medical folk-lore
… for investigation and record of the Medical Folk Lore of the Bantu Tribes; which was becoming more and more difficult of attainment as time went on; owing to the fact that the true unsophisticated native was rapidly becoming a thing of the past, or if one may put it so, becoming contaminated …
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Investigating the 'Legends of the Carrs': a study of the tales as printed in 'Folk-lore' in 1891
… of the Cars, a group of tales published in Folk-Lore in 1891, as having been collected in North Lincolnshire from local people. The stories, have been criticised for their relatively unique content and the collector, Marie Clothilde Balfour has been accused of creating the …
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The Lincoln tradition in American poetry
… United States, usually do not have a developed folk-lore nor an abundance of national legends. It is only after centuries that ancient tales and certain heroic figures become part of the literature of a race or nation.|United States history is rich in the names of outstanding characters and …
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The educative value of folk tales among the Zulu
… paper is to bring forth the educational value of folk tales as well as the relationship that existed between grandmothers and grandchildren. Education is an old phenomenon amongst Zulus. It existed long before the white man came with a formal type of school.
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The experience of receiving ginger compresses in persons with osteoarthritis : a phenomenological study
… OA symptoms, which has its origins in ancient folk lore, having been used for thousands of years in China. Today, it is a routine treatment for OA in Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics in the Guangzhou province of China and hospitals in Germany specialised in complementary healthcare. In 2006 …
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The Representation of Femininity and Masculinity in Andrew Lang’s Fairy Book Series (1889-1910)
… fairy tales from the collection. This thesis explores how traditional gender roles are embedded throughout the tales and, alongside this, looks at the burgeoning feminist movement and the alternative displays of masculinity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It argues that the …