Before the Grimm Brothers gathered their collection of well-known German folk fairy tales, these stories followed an oral tradition, being passed on from grandmother to mother to children.

在格林兄弟时代，当这两个兄弟在搜集整理德国民间童话故事之前，这些古老的民间故事的都是口口相传的，一般由祖辈传给父辈，再由父辈传给孩子。

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Cleaning the room, put the garbage collection heap to one place, this also is the han folk say "poor".

清扫室内，把垃圾收集堆到一处，这也是汉族民俗中说的“扔穷”。

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The author discussed the significance of folk literature including its collection, collation, development and utilization.

论述了民族民间地方文献的意义以及收集、整理、开发利用。

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In nineteen thirty-two, the MacMillan Publishing Company agreed to help them create a collection of folk songs, especially from black Americans.

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Bess Lomax helped her father with his folk music collection.

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"From the Ground Up" (Blue Dirt), the debut album by 24-year-old John Fullbright, is a stellar collection of folk and Americana that already has the feel of a classic.

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That same year, the Kalman collection of British folk art came on the market.

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One of the most beloved pieces Matisse made during those last few years is an abstract take on "One Thousand and One Nights, " the famed collection of Middle Eastern folk tales relayed by the fictional Scheherazade each evening to avoid death at the hands of a murderous Persian king.

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