About The Word Folklore
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Folklore
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What's The Definition Of Folklore?
[n] the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Synonyms | Synonyms for Folklore: Related Terms | Find terms related to Folklore: ancient wisdom | archetypal myth | archetypal pattern | charm | common law | custom | fairy lore | fairyism | folk motif | folktale | immemorial usage | legend | lore | Mishnah | myth | mythical lore | mythicism | mythology | mythos | popular belief | racial memory | spell | Spiritus Mundi | Sunna | superstition | superstitiousness | Talmud | tradition | traditionalism | traditionality See Also | folk tale | folktale | lore | traditional knowledge Folklore In Webster's Dictionary \Folk"lore`\, n., or Folk lore \Folk" lore`\ .
Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the
people. --Trench.
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