Oral Tradition Quotations

Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual.

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.

I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South,

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.