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folklore

noun as in tales from the past

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Two came the following day - Cook and Jonny Bairstow - but it was the wicket Agar did not take that has a place in Ashes folklore.

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Faribault Mill, one of the last vertical wool and cotton mills in the country, partnered with Anishinaabe artist Madison Rae Holler to create a series of blankets honoring traditional folklore and storytelling.

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Having etched his name into Republic of Ireland folklore, Troy Parrott let the tears flow.

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For Mr Crory, tales of puffins once breeding on the Isle of Muck "felt more like folklore", but the myth is now becoming a reality.

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Even if things hadn't gone to script on Sunday - or at any stage during his interim tenure - his place in club folklore is fixed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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