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Type of lore, traditional knowledge

Examples of folklore

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Other symbols of Scandinavian folklore can be seen in the Swedish film Marianne.
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The museum presents the art, history and folklore of the French Flanders region.
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Despite persistent folklore, there is no evidence that saltpeter reduces libido.
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Sindhi folk Singers and women play a vital role to transmit the Sindhi folklore.
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The most famous of all the enchantress in the Philippine mythology and folklore.
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Most of these places are famous in American folklore and in grim modern history.
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He warms to his past either as romantic folklore or the wellsprings of neurosis.
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When need for a town crier disappeared, the position passed into local folklore.
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Best-known is the medieval folklore and theology surrounding demons and witches.
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More examples
  • The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
  • Folklore consists of culture, including stories, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that culture, subculture, or group. ...
  • Folklore is the second album by the Argentine singer Jorge Cafrune, released in Argentina in 1962.
  • The Folklore Society was founded in England in 1878 to study traditional vernacular culture, including traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief. The foundation was prompted by a suggestion made by Eliza Gutch in the pages of Notes and Queries. ...
  • Folklore is the second album by Canadian pop singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, released by DreamWorks Records in North America on November 25, 2003 (see 2003 in music).
  • (Folklorist) Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore. The term derives from a nineteenth century German designation of folkloristik to distinguish between folklore as the content and folkloristics as its study, much as language is distinguished from linguistics. ...
  • The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population
  • (Folklorist) A person who works with people and their communities to document, understand, archive, exhibit, and encourage their oral, material and customary traditions.
  • Traditions and myths preserved in a culture or group of people. Typically, these are passed on by word of mouth in various forms such as legends, songs, and proverbs or preserved in customs and ceremonies. This term was first used by W. J. Thoms in 1846. ...