SO'P
Sorry; seem to be at cross purposes; probably my fault.
I didn't suggest that folklore was a thing of the past; nor do I believe that (gave you an example with our singer, and could have mentioned walking under ladders, throwing salt, visitors leaving house through same door they entered, coins buried in mortar of newly built houses (ours has 4, thanks to kindly neighbour - another neighbour, on our moving in, presented us with a paper bag containing a lump of coal, a coin and a potato; thus wishing us heat, wealth and food). Folklore continues to occur and have newly added aspects - no argument there from me.
It's just the 'community' aspect we seem to be hung up on.
Jim Carroll