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folk school

NOUN
elementary school
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She attended a folk school throughout her youth which engaged her in arts, crafts, music and working with her hands.

From Washington Times Jul. 22, 2017

“Being just a folk school is not enough for us to be financially successful,” French said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2017

Generally speaking, the typical folk school student is older, “someone who has the time, interest and the money, as well as a strong interest in lifelong learning,” Wright said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2017

At eighteen, she enrolled in a Norwegian folk school and learned how to dogsled.

From The New Yorker Sep. 26, 2016

That wakens the memory of the instruction of the old Karstensen, her teacher when she attended the folk school, from which we understand that he appears in the place of her father.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.




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