The wonderlul world of english folclore

for a Booke
О for a Booke and a shadie nooke, eyther in-a-doore or out;
With the grene leaves whispering overhede, or the Streete cryes all about.
Where I maie Reade all at my ease, both of the Newe and Olde;
For a jollie goode Booke whereon to looke, is better to me than Gold.

many centuries ago? Can you explain why?

Dickens a Gulliver’s Travels
2 Robert Louis Stevenson b Alice in Wonderland
3 William Shakespeare c Jane Eyre
4 Jonathan Swift d Oliver Twist
5 Bernard Shaw e Hobbit
6 Unknown author f Treasure ireland
7 Lewis Carroll g Beowulf
8 Charlotte Bronte h Romeo and Juliet
9 Ronald Tolkien i The problem of Thor bridge
10 Arthur Conan Doyle j Pygmalion

1d 2f 3h 4a 5j 6g 7b 8c 9e 10i

your own definition of folklore?

What genres does folklore consist of?

folklore - traditional stories, sayings and beliefs from a particular region or country

and name stylistic devices used in all genres of literature.

are not just wise phrases. Lots of phrases are wise, such as: "The earlier you get up, the more you will do during the day". There is truth in this statement, but nobody would think of calling it a proverb. On the other hand, the following statement expressing the same idea is surely a proverb: The early bird catches the worm.
You can easily tell a proverb from an ordinary statement because the proverb is a miniature work of literature, and as such, usually has metre, rhyme, alliteration and wordplay as in the following: Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Metre, rhyme, alliteration and wordplay are some of stylistic devices used in all genres of literature.
Metre is the rhythmic pattern of a poetic line in which stressed and unstressed syllables alternate in a fixed order (see the proverbs above).
Rhyme is the repetition of the same or similar sound in the final syllables of two or more words (see the latter proverb).
Alliteration is of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Sometimes the repetition of initial vowel sounds is also called alliteration.

work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
2 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
3 Birds of a feather flock together.
4 Curiosity killed the cat.
5 Don't trouble troubles till trouble troubles you.
6 A friend in need is a friend indeed.
7 He laughs best who laughs last
8 In for a penny, in for a pound.
9 Like father, like son.
10 There is many a slip between the cup and the lip.

the Russian equivalents.

1 Never too much a) makes a heavy heart.
2 Best defence b) is never found again
3 Business before c) by the company he keeps.
4 Easier said d) is nobody's business.
5 Everybody's business e) is attack.
6 A light purse f) is a letter of recommendation.
7 A man is known g) all cakes and ale (a bed of roses).
8 A good face h) of a good thing.
9 Life is not i) than done.
10 Lost time j) pleasure

1h 2e 3g 4i 5d 6a 7c 8f 9j 10b

души.
С Каши маслом не испортишь.
D У семи нянек дитя без глазу.
Е Потерянного времени не воротишь.
F Жизнь прожить — не поле перейти.
G Скажи мне, кто твой друг, и я скажу тебе, кто ты.
Н Нападение — лучшая защита.
I Хуже всех бед, когда денег нет.
J Скоро сказка сказывается, да не скоро дело делается.

at first you don’t succeed …
2 An idle mind is …
3 A penny saved is …
4 Love all, trust …
5 Where there’s smoke …

2 … the devil’s workshop.
3 … a penny gained.
4 … none.
5 …fire.

Compare with the British kids’ variants

1 …get new batteries.
2 …the best way to relax.
3 … not much.
4 … me!
5 … pollution.

sea-shells on the sea shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells I’m sure.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piker picked.

in an unusual amusing way

comparison between two unlike things

can that be?

they stand still.

stands,
The shorter she grows.

roof?

A mushroom