old folk
Example Sentences
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Out in the fields of the Jordan valley, Palestinian women still sing old folk songs as they harvest the olive groves.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
A declining labour force faces an increasing burden of looking after the rising numbers of old folk.
From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2022
Wong, of Los Angeles County, likened Newson’s proposal — and the idea that counties have extra money to implement it — to the old folk tale about making soup from a stone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2022
“I don’t like all this patriotic madness, the speeches and slogans and public singing of old folk songs. I don’t have any labels attached to me saying ‘I’m Ukrainian’ because I don’t need them.
From New York Times • May 24, 2022
The fact that they were following old folk traditions meant people in Trebon were more superstitious than I would usually expect.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
