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folklore

noun as in tales from the past

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An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation tribe, Hobson weaves his community’s folklore into the story of the Echota family, whose lives have been tragically altered by the death of their son.

Disinformation—whether it’s gang folklore or rumors of election intimidation—is almost always most effective at a local level.

Throughout the weekend, there will be more online presentations about folklore, crafts and cuisine associated with the holiday.

They’re stored in the minds of a small circle of people who learned their subfield of math from people who learned it from the person who invented it — which is to say, it exists nearly as folklore.

She would go on to star in American children’s picture books and folklore collections for decades.

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“British folklore has this very inextricable link to nature and the elements,” he told The Daily Beast.

The tomb-raiders are more terrified of the folklore spirits than they are of authorities that might catch them, he added.

He recounts a parable that has long been a staple of dairy farm folklore.

“That became part of the folklore of the World Trade Center,” the cop noted.

Yes, as a figure, “Santa Claus” has his roots in early Christian Europe, Dutch folklore, and Germanic paganism.

John and Judas became the good and evil Wandering Jews of mediæval folklore.

His name is less romantic than those of the wonted demons of legend and folklore.

The making of folklore is not, however, extinct in Spain, a country where poetry seems to be an inherent faculty.

In the folklore of north Germany the Brocken holds an important place, and to it cling many legends.

Iv course there's such folklore as Epicbaulus in Marsupia an' th' wurruks iv Hyperphrastus.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to folklore, such as: custom, fable, legend, myth, mythology, and superstition.

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

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