Folklore Reading

          While reading about what folklore is I just kept thinking about how much we do in our daily lives that is considered folklore. Anything from, a silly drawing that you made about your favorite character from a T.V. to what you and your friend gossip about when you hangout, is folklore. A daily routine is not folklore, but what you do in that daily routine is, because it is something that defines you. I never thought folklore was as broad of a subject a it is, I always thought it was old stories told to scare kids and teach them not to misbehave or else something terrible would happen to them. I never knew folklore was so diverse having elements from literature, anthropology , sociology and  psychology all rolled into one subject. That makes it seem more sophisticated then what people make it out to be, and gives it a universal purpose rather then an entertaining one.
          I enjoy reading a piece of work that challenges my way of thought because I find it amazing to see the misconception of what we believe is true what the real truth is. This piece does just that by explaining that folklore is not old fashion fake stories but rather folklore is anything that defines us as people. Anything we are known for is folklore, because inside folklore we find folk and as people we are folk.