An Analysis of the Sayings Found in the Folk Songs of Phoa Suchin Thaweekhet

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the sayings that appear in the folk songs of Suchin Taweekhet. The researcher analyzed the data based on a two-step saying analysis framework: 1) analyzing the meaning of the sayings that appear in Suchin Thaweekhet's folk songs and 2) the sayings with those of standard version.  The results showed 19 sayings in the folk songs. When compared to those of  the standard version, they were included in the sayings completely equal to  the standard version, the sayings adapted from the standard version, the new invented sayings based on the standard version, and the new invented sayings completely changed from the standard version.