Look up: folklore

1. Folklore
   Traditional sayings, cures, faerie tales, and folk wisdom of a particular locale which is separate from their mythology.
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2. folklore
   [n] - the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
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3. folklore
   Oral traditions and culture of a people, expressed in legends, riddles, songs, tales, and proverbs. The term was coined in 1846 by W J Thoms (1803-1885), but...
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4. Folklore
   Folk'lore` noun , or Folk' lore` Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. Trench.
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5. folklore
   The common orally transmitted traditions, myths, festivals, songs, superstitions, and stories of all peoples. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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6. folklore
   noun the unwritten literature (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
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7. Folklore
   • Alt. of Folk lore
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8. folklore
   in modern usage, an academic discipline the subject matter of which (also called folklore) comprises the sum total of traditionally derived and ... [8 related articles]
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9. folklore
   Folk tales, customs and beliefs of a national or racial group.
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10. folklore
    folklore, the body of customs, legends, beliefs, and superstitions passed on by oral tradition. It includes folk dances, folk songs, folk medicine (the use of magical charms and herbs), and folktales (myths, rhymes, and proverbs). The study of folklore emerged significantly in the 19th cent., partly...
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11. folklore
    Oral traditions and culture of a people, expressed in legends, riddles, songs, tales, and proverbs. The term was coined in 1846 by W J Thoms (1803–1885), but the founder of the systematic study of the subject was Jacob Grimm; see also oral literature. The approach to folklore has varied greatly; the early alternative term `Popular...
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12. Folklore
    `Folklore` consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called fo...
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13. Folklore
    (Nelly Furtado album) | Name = Folklore | Type = studio | Single 1 = Single 2 = Try (Nelly Furtado song)|Try | Single 2 date = March 15, 2004 | Single 3 = Single 4 = Explode (song)|Explode | Single 4 date = September 27, 2004 | Single 5 = The Grass Is Green | Single 5 date = February 28, 20...
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14. Folklore
    (video game) `Folklore`, known in lit. "FolksSoul -Lost Folklore-"--> is an Action-adventure game|action-adventure role-playing video game developed by Game Republic and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in 2007 on June 21 in...
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15. Folklore
    (Jorge Cafrune album) `Folklore` is the second album by the Argentine singer Jorge Cafrune, released in Argentina in 1962. Track listing : #"Zamba de un cantor" #"La olvidada" #"Zamba de abril" #"Cuando nada te debía" #"La Caspi Corral" #&q...
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