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2. Babes in the Wood - Wikipedia

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   The traditional children's tale is of two children abandoned in a wood, who die and are covered with leaves by robins.. It was first published as an anonymous broadside ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595 with the title "The Norfolk gent his will and Testament and howe he Commytted the keepinge of his Children to his own brother whoe delte most wickedly with them and howe God ...

3. Maltese folklore - Wikipedia

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   Whichever object the child shows most interest in is said to reveal the child's path and fortunes in adulthood. Money refers to a rich future while a book expresses intelligence and a possible career as a teacher. Infants who select a pencil or pen will be writers. Choosing bibles or rosary beads refers to a clerical or monastic life.

4. Honduran folklore - Wikipedia

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   see Cadejo 1. A supernatural character from Central American and southern Mexican folklore. 2. 2. The tale of the mythical creature with which parents threatened their children not to misbehave. La Mula Herrada (the shod mule) see La Mula Herrada A story of an apparition of a hellish mule accompanied by the dragging sound of a horse shoe. El Bulero (the shoeshine man) see El Bulero The ...

5. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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   Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.

6. Czech folklore - Wikipedia

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   Czech folklore is characteristic for elaborate traditional costumes distinctive to each region or even village. [ 7 ] Specific aspects such as colors, embroidery , themes and fragments of traditional costumes varied on the basis of social, geographical and symbolical factors as well as according to the purpose of their use.

7. ‘How The Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales Silence Women’ by ...

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   children's tales. "The classic fairy tale was appropriated to serve the purpose of socializing children," writes Tatar, and "the Grimms seem to have favored violence over whimsy." Violence, in the right context, was considered funny to young readers, while explicit references to sex were perceived as superfluous to the story, providing neither ...