Itâs both what folklorists study and the name of the discipline they work within. Yes, folklore is folk songs and legends. Itâs also quilts, Boy Scout badges, high school marching band initiations, jokes, chian letters, nicknames, holiday foodâ¦ and many other things you might or might not expect. Folklore exists in cities, suburbs and rural villages, in families, work groups and dormitories. Folklore is present in many kinds of informal communication, whether verbal (oral and written texts), customary (behaviors, rituals) or material (physical objects).
For other uses, see The Phantom (disambiguation). The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating in the African jungle.
Print the pdf: Newspaper Word Search One of the words in this word search puzzle is funnies, which refers to the comic strips found in newspapers. These comic strips are often known as the funny pages. The Sunday comics are full-color comic strips which first appeared in the Sunday edition of newspapers in the late-19th century shortly after the invention of the color printing press.