folk tale

But no: this has become a subgenre of its own, a kind of folk tale the news loves to tell.

Topics covered by the series range from forgotten characters to intriguing folk tales, such as the "missing" bugler of Kirkstead Abbey.

“I think there’s the folk tales, the storytelling aspect that you see in Western African music that’s also a very big part of country music,” he said.

Historical accounts and later folk tales suggest white horses were valued for sacrifices, for example.

Sweet July’s first title, forthcoming in January, will be Roselle Lim’s Chinese folk tale “Celestial Banquet.”