The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166939   Message #4020022
Posted By: Lighter
18-Nov-19 - 08:24 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Has the folk Process died?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Has the folk Process died?
> If we did know their names would it still be traditional folk?

As somebody once said (more or less) long ago, "A peasant-made pot is still a peasant pot, even if we know the name of the peasant."

Let's not fall into the fallacy of defining things by their origin (in folk studies, usually presumed origins) instead of their nature.