Genre?
A folklore genre that always has an element of magic
What is a fairy tale?
A brother and sister whose parents tried to leave them in the woods.
Who were Hansel and Gretel?
Little Miss Muffet sat on one
What is a tuffet?
A folklore genre that always teaches a lesson
What is a fable?
The character who held the element of magic in Cinderella.
Who was the fairy god-mother?
What are curds and whey?
A folkore genre that uses exaggeration
What is a tall tale?
She plopped on a tuffet and consumed curds and whey
Who was Little Miss Muffet?
This type of folklore is based on a person that may or may not have been real and uses supernatural, bizarre, or highly improbable events
What is a legend?
He is known for spreading the apple tree around the United States
Who was Johnny Appleseed or John Chapman?
A pail of water
What were Jack and Jill fetching?
This type of folkore was told as an attempt to explain something in the natural world that science at the time could not explain.
What is a myth?
He is Paul Bunyan's side-kick
Who was Babe the Blue Ox?
Vinegear and brown paper
How Jack mended his head