Use of ancient writings is again combined with a statement of long-standing practice, reflecting a society that was still in the early nineteenth century based on custom andfolkmemory.
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Warren believed all these mythical lands were folk memories of a former inhabited far northern seat where man was originally created.
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There are evident advantages in mobilizing thefolkmemoryof pre-modern cultures of song to generate audience solidarity.
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The rhetoric used in such situations often made an appeal to long-standingfolkmemoryand a tradition of timeless territorially stable parishes.
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These were in some ways fuelled by the content of afolkmemorywhich often appears to be divorced from the events of the revival itself.
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That is the picture, that is thefolkmemory, by which our nation has been formed.
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In the winter of 1978–79, which has gone intofolkmemoryas the winter of discontent, the fabric of society was disintegrating fast.
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Anyone who has experienced a means test, or has a familyfolkmemoryof the means test from days gone by, realises the implications.
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It will not be easy because those traditions are in ourfolkmemoryand in people's historical dimensions.
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I am sure that they will do it on the basis offolkmemory—quite rightly so.
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Sometimes, the feelings of outrage, which can superficially seem unreasonable, are about afolkmemorythat goes deeply.
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Distrust of beef products will probably remain as afolkmemoryfor a long time.
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We are surely in danger of losing an important part of local history andfolkmemory.
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Such collective action is within our closefolkmemory, yet we have made great advances since then.
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It has ensured that rule by faction has become afolkmemoryand that governments stay or change as soon as the results of the election become clear.
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