- published: 29 Nov 2014
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Folklore (or lore) consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word "folklore" was first used by the English antiquarian William Thoms in a letter published in the London journal The Athenaeum in 1846. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology. Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs.
Folklore can be divided into four areas of study: artifact (such as voodoo dolls), describable and transmissible entity (oral tradition), culture, and behavior (rituals). These areas do not stand alone, however, as often a particular item or element may fit into more than one of these areas.
the tried to take complete control
they tried to keep us locked away
thought they brought silence to the world
they tried to take our voice away
and when all hope faded away
the child cried out and we were saved
we found our voices on that day
took back our voices on that day
we found our voices on that day
took back our voices on that day
we took the war to their front door
wouldn't be silenced anymore
took back the rights they stole away
never alone never afraid
never alone never afraid
took back our voices on that day
we can't be silenced anymore