#1223 Folklore

Folklore, a modern term for the ___ of traditional customs, superstitions, stories, dances, and songs that have been adopted and maintained within a given ___ by processes of repetition is not reliant on the written ___. Along with folk songs and folktales, this broad ___ of cultural forms embraces all kinds of legends, riddles, jokes, proverbs, games, charms, omens, spells, and rituals, especially those of pre-literate societies or social classes. Those forms of verbal expression that are handed on from one generation or locality to the next by word of mouth are said to constitute an oral ___.