Folklore includes an oral tradition.
Folklore . These include oral traditions such as tales , proverbs and jokes . Coming from Old English lār ` instruction , ' and with German and Dutch cognates , it is the knowledge and traditions of a particular group , frequently passed along by word of mouth . A more modern definition of folk is a social group which includes two or more persons with common traits , who express their shared identity through distinctive traditions . Oral tradition . A folklore is a type of oral tradition , but knowledge other than folklore has been orally transmitted and thus preserved in human history . Word of mouth or viva voce , is the passing of information from person to person by oral communication , which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day .