folk tales
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Still, the apocalyptic folk tales offer an irresistible fable for the times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
She’s immersed in Yeats and Irish folk tales while being bored at school reading “Fun With Dick and Jane.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2025
These feel-good features function almost like folk tales: a recognizable parable in which a benevolent stranger swoops in to resolve a community’s shameful problem, restoring order before the credits roll.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025
Topics covered by the series range from forgotten characters to intriguing folk tales, such as the "missing" bugler of Kirkstead Abbey.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Poppy always included camels in his childhood stories and folk tales, but they’d mostly vanished from this land since then.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
