Definition of Folk lore. Meaning of Folk lore. Synonyms of Folk lore

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Definition of Folk lore

Folk lore
Folklore Folk"lore`, n., or Folk lore Folk" lore` . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. --Trench.

Meaning of Folk lore from wikipedia

- customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, including folk religion, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas, weddings, folk dances...
- creation of a column on 'Folk-Lore' written by Thoms, which ran in the journal from 1846 to 1849. He began a column titled Folk-Lore in Charles Wentworth...
- Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales is a book by George McCall Theal published in 1882. It is sometimes called Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore...
- Folk-Lore is the third studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2002 on Hammerheart Records. Keith Fay - lead and acoustic guitars,...
- Thoms, the editor of Notes and Queries who had first introduced the term folk-lore, seems to have been instrumental in the formation of the society: as was...
- folk and lore. The word folk originally applied to rural, frequently poor and illiterate peasants.[citation needed] A contemporary definition of folk...
- Hausa Folk-lore is a book by Maalam Shaihua, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray, published in 1913. In two volumes, it contains a pronunciation guide...
- maiden'. Many of the folk-tales on selkie folk have been collected from the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland). In Orkney lore, selkie is said to denote...
- William. (1880). Stories and Folk-Lore of West Cornwall, Penzance: F. Rodda. Retrieved 7 November 2023 M****on, Elsie. (1929). Folk Tales of Brittany, Philadelphia:...
- in Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan Literature: A Study in Comparative Folk-Lore." The Jewish Quarterly Review 16.3 (1926): 287-336. Al-Saïd Muhammad Badawi...