are nursery rhymes that are orally transmitted.
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Folk music is traditional to everywhere - folk music is, by definition, the traditional music of any country. One of the most famous examples of Russian folk music is Korobeiniki.
"folk music has no nameable origin."
No. Classical music is typically European church music while folk music is the music composed and played by plain old folk from about any country, but particularly America.
Folk music is traditional music passed through generations of a specific nationality. Folk means "people". Art music is music composed by a certain, known person. If you find "folk" music composed by a specific person, for example the song O Death by John Renbourn, It is merely imitation folk.
A collection of old recordings that inspired the second folk-music boom.