folklore
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After methodically putting himself into the lead, a moment of magic ensured Rai will go down in golfing folklore.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
According to folklore, when she was told the poor were running out of bread, she responded: "Let them eat cake".
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
The germination of taverns, eating houses, crafts and industries to cater to this commerce generated a culture replete with folklore, songs, literature and art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Today many of us are as likely to be disorientated by his fondness for folklore and myth, his assumptions about religion and social order, and his immersion in the conventions of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
The fact that many prescriptive rules are worth keeping does not mean that every pet peeve, bit of grammatical folklore, or dimly remembered lesson from Miss Thistlebottom’s classroom is worth keeping.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing folklore
Literary Genres - Introductory
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Literary Genres - Advanced
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