Editing Oral tradition (section)

==== Ireland ====
An Irish ''[[seanchaí]]'' (plural: ''seanchaithe''), meaning bearer of "old lore"'','' was a traditional [[Irish language]] storyteller (the [[Scottish Gaelic]] equivalent being the ''seanchaidh,'' [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] as shanachie). The job of a ''seanchaí'' was to serve the head of a lineage by passing information orally from one generation to the next about [[Irish folklore]] and history, particularly in medieval times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKendry |first=Eugene |title=Study Ireland: An Introduction to Storytelling, Myths and Legends |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/storyteller/pdf/gen_notes_all.pdf |url-status=live |website=BBC Northern Ireland |access-date=2022-01-18 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211021132/https://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/storyteller/pdf/gen_notes_all.pdf }}</ref>