original passage: The folk of the 19th century, the social group identified in the original term "folklore", was characterized by being rural, illiterate and poor. They were the peasants living in the countryside, in contrast to the urban populace of the cities. Only toward the end of the century did the urban proletariat (on the coattails of Marxist theory) become included with the rural poor as folk. The common feature in this expanded definition of folk was their identification as the underclass of society.
original sentence: The folk of the 19th century, the social group identified in the original term "folklore", was characterized by being rural, illiterate and poor.
sentence2: Would a quintessential member of the "folk" discussed above be able to provide write out a telling of his family's favorite folk tale, even if he himself greatly preferred to pass it along by spoken word?
sentence1: The term "folklore" relates to a nineteenth-century social group, the 'folk', who were widely considered to be poor, rural residents who could not read or write. They were the peasants living in the countryside, in contrast to the urban populace of the cities. Only toward the end of the century did the urban proletariat (on the coattails of Marxist theory) become included with the rural poor as folk. The common feature in this expanded definition of folk was their identification as the underclass of society.