Definition Essay: What Is Folklore?

Everyone doing it, everyone is transmitting it, it everywhere and you cannot get away from it. This is folklore, a simple definition is it is all the informal things you have to know to operate or accepted within a group. The folklore I collected was birthday celebrations, all the groups were family groups but none were a part of the same family group. I have known the individuals that I collected from six months to five years. I went to high school with them or with the case for most of them I met them in college because we were both apart of the cross-country and track teams. Everyone I talked to about birthdays was apart same structured family group with kids and a mom and a dad. This is also what they had in common other than celebrating their birthdays. I choose this type of folklore because I wanted to learn or collect from people that I care about and interact with on a more daily bases.

Somethings that I want to point out about what I learn while collection …show more content…
One I need to be a better listener and process the information when someone is talking to me. Each time I would relisten to the interviews I recognize something I did not process the first time when they were talking face to face with me. This also helped me understand why people ask the same question multiple times and even at times quite close to each other. The seconded thing I want to share about what I learn is why we celebrate birthdays and why it 's a bigger deal when we are younger. Birthdays are often a time to recognize the progression of an individual, but also to let people know why there are here, and why they are loved. Often times this can be expressed by giving someone their favorite candy, siblings being extra nice, or helping them out in anyway to make them happy. In the end I see birthdays are a way to tell everyone to stay positive and that everything is going to be