St John's Wort has been used for many years in folk medicine to treat disorders such as burns, wounds and depression.
His music is deeply rooted in folk, African jazz and the a capella "mbube" music that Ladysmith Black Mambazo made famous.
Just about any contemporary sport has corollaries in competitions in the ancient world, or a pedigree in folk games or aristocratic recreations.
Srowing up, she says she saw plenty of women playing guitar in folk and rock groups, but little in the way of jazz guitar.
English singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner specializes in folk-tinged pop music.
On the third of February, the official day of both saint and city, parish banner bearers flow into the city in folk costume for the centrepiece of the festival, a procession attended by bishops, ambassadors, civic leaders, visiting notables and the people of Dubrovnik.
Most literary tales were derived in some measure from folk sources, and, once they were published, they in turn influenced folk versions.
Waits' place in the folk tradition is something he has acknowledged, consciously or otherwise, in his music.
But often the forms they choose--like lessons in Portuguese folk dancing--have little connection to Macau itself.
He was feted to a lavish ceremony with singers in traditional folk costumes.
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That coal mining has been memorialised in a folk museum is itself a sign of creeping irrelevance, a point the museum acknowledges, perhaps accidentally.
But in recent years the movement has pushed beyond its anarchist roots, drawing in old folk and corporate executives as well as the usual kids.
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Her fingerpicked guitar lines and delicate melodies have roots in traditional folk, but given a choice, her songs always choose the overgrown, lesser-worn paths that lead in unexpected directions.
"Tommy had no need to fight again, his heart wasn't in it, and his place in boxing folk law had long been guaranteed, " said former BBC Wales boxing commentator John Evans.
On "Stuck on the Treadmill, " for example, he plays a beefy riff in unison with Mr. Prodaniuk, a technique that found its way into early heavy metal, but which Mr. Thompson said is common in Celtic folk.
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If there haven't been any of those either, they have to refer to similar transactions that other banks have been involved in which Barclays folk have themselves observed in the market - and so on and so on.
Buyers included a shopping center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City.
What is more, rich countries can expect a surge in the numbers of retired folk, starting in a decade's time, as the world's baby boomers start withdrawing assets for consumption.
While the stage features children twirling in vibrantly coloured skirts and adolescent boys performing gallant folk dances in traditional boots and bombachas (loose-fitting gaucho-style trousers), the most exciting spectacle of the day is the sortija.
Carnival booths appeared in 1816, the folk costume and riflemen's parade followed in 1835, while the brewers first paraded in 1887.
When you're my age, a remark like that could land you in an old folk's home.
Folk in Maharashtra are looking for a messiah, and Mr Chavan is the only sensible candidate around.
The twenty-something artist became interested in dough sculpting after visiting a folk-arts exhibition in Beijing about seven years ago.
The family then joins in a larger folk dance and provides refreshments before the girls continue to another house.
Mr Kerry has solid Yankee connections, an interesting immigrant background and a lot of folk in Massachusetts probably think he is Irish anyway.
Traditional Sohbet Meetings play a crucial role in transmitting Turkish folk literature, folk dances and music, village plays as well as societal values.
Are they too big for their boots - over-cosseted - or are they standing up for ordinary folk in the face of rapacious bosses?
Since 1997, for example, indigenous folk in Oaxaca, Mexico, have been encouraged by the Mexican government and the World Bank to establish community forest enterprises.
Meaning corn flower in Urdu, the native language of the region, Gul Makai is a name taken from a character in a Pashtun folk story.
So while folk in the west of Wales may complain about Treasury stinginess, the best chance of improving their lot is still largely in their own hands.
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