Oral Tradition what is it? After writing and sharing with you Aesop and his fables, it got me thinking, what is oral tradition? We know that Aesop lived during the time when the written word was not ...

Before the gospels were composed, Jesus' first followers sustained his memory by sharing stories of his life, death and teachings. It's rather clear from the way that the stories develop in the ...

I remember well my grandmother's wake. I was sent to bed early but could still hear voices coming from the kitchen as bottles of McArdle's were passed around the table. I slept in the box room with ...

In a world characterized by the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the instant knowledge of Google, it’s hard to believe things have not always been so. In the ancient world, ideas, customs, stories ...