...Is this where I post?? Jessica Tibbs' HW 5/18

Okay...so, Folk Groups! From what I understand from our reading, a folk group is a group that's comprised of members who create and perform traditions, which then get passed (folklore!) There are six major kinds of folk groups: occupational, age, family, gender-differentiated, regional, and ethnic/nationality/religious groups.  

We all fit into different types of folk groups...my folk groups (for each of the six varieties) would be: student (occupational), young adult (age), female (gender), Virginian or Eastern? (regional), and caucasian/American/Jewish (ethnic). The only one I'm confused about is the family group. I don't really know how to define that one. I have a family...does that count?

Within each folk group, there are specific folklore, for example there's the age-old Bunnyman Bridge legend of Northern Virginia (though I don't really remember the story all that much). In Judaism, one example of folklore is the hiding of the matzoh at Passover. The adults would wrap a piece of matzoh in a cloth and hide it somewhere in the house. The kids would race to find it, and whoever found it would win a prize. Usually just some extra chocolate coins; it was a pretty lame game, but folklore nonetheless.