“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there are no societies that did not tell stories.” Ursula K. LeGuin

ORAL TRADITION wakes up our imaginations, tapping into our wisdom and our funnybones. Folktales take us over the threshold of the here and now and into the land of story where anything can happen. Where else do we know where dragons live and that sometimes, animals speak and help us find our way?

 We tell stories by heart. Tellers express by word and gesture, while the listeners imagine the story, creating the images in their minds.  In this way we tell the stories together.
Brenda Byers

 

Everything that’s important comes from folklore.
From folklore, from stories and songs that are handed down from one generation to another, I learnt everything about history, manners, geography, philosophy, love, morals and religion.

 Louise Bennett
 


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