Samantha Wilcoxson's Blog - Posts Tagged "mary-anne-yarde"

The word folk referred to the rural poor who were, for the most part, illiterate. Lore means instruction. So folklore means to instruct the poor. But we understand it as verbal storytelling.

If folklore is just storytelling, is there any truth in the tale of King Arthur and his Knights?

Mary Anne Yarde answers this question for us today on my blog.