The main goal of a frame tale is as a conceit which can adequately collect otherwise disparate tales.

He had a special interest in the local dialect, collecting tales and words told by his father.

The rest of Far North collects dark mythological tales from around the world.

Thereafter he had collected tales, and now they were his livelihood.

At age 16, her family moved to Florence, Italy, where she collected folk songs, tales, and customs.

Fitzpatrick later collected tales of their adventures into a popular book of the same name.

During his stay, he collected traditional Basque tales from the local people.

We who tread the roads collect tales upon tales.

The eighteenth-century antiquarians started to collect tales they heard.

We collect tales of other lands, and artifacts that could help us.