Folk
Folk noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.
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Traditional and folk are semantically related In some cases you can use "Traditional" instead an adjective "Folk".
Traditional
Traditional adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Folk and traditional are semantically related in old topic. Sometimes you can use "Folk" instead an adjective "Traditional", if it concerns topics such as usual, handed-down.
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There is an entire subgenre of folk/traditional music known variously as freak folk, weird folk, rural gothic or country gothic.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Music -
Scotland has a large body of traditional and folk music, much of it dealing with Scottish life and history.
Source: Useful Notes / Scotland - BTW, the song is Older Than They Think: GBS did a cover of a traditional Newfoundland folk song (as usual), which is purported to come from the time of Kidd himself.
Source: Lyrical Dissonance / Folk
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