- folklore folk·lore n
- ['fəʊkˌlɔː(r)]
folclore m
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Folk lore — Folklore Folk lore , n., or Folk lore Folk lore . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as stories, proverbs, riddles and songs. Trench. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
folk|lore — «FOHK LR, LOHR», noun. 1. the beliefs, legends, customs, and the like, of a people, tribe, or other group: »The literate peoples of antiquity left a…folklore; the Greek stories of the origins of fire and of agriculture are examples (Beals and… … Useful english dictionary
Folk-Lore Record — The first journal published by the *Folk Lore Society, and thus the first journal in the world to be devoted solely to the subject. Folk Lore Record ran for five volumes, 1878 to 1882. It was succeeded by the *Folk Lore Journal, and later by… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Folk Lore Museum Mysore — The Folklore Museum at Mysore India, is a museum which exhibits folk art and crafts from all over the state of KarnatakaDescriptionThe folklore museum that contains representative collections of art and crafts from allover Karnataka. The museum… … Wikipedia
Folklore — Folk lore , n., or Folk lore Folk lore . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people; the unwritten literature of a culture, such as stories, proverbs, riddles and songs. Trench. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
FOLKLORE — Le folklore comme discipline est né à l’aube du XIXe siècle. Alors que, dans la plupart des pays d’Europe, la réflexion folklorique a été préparée par un mouvement d’idées lié au préromantisme et opposé à l’esprit des Lumières, elle a surgi… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Folk music — Folk song redirects here. For other uses, see Folk song (disambiguation). Folk music Béla Bartók recording Slovak peasant singers in 1908 Traditions List of folk music traditions … Wikipedia
folk dance — folk dancer. folk dancing. 1. a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Cf. court dance. 2. a piece of music for such a dance. [1905 10] * * * Dance that has developed without a choreographer and that… … Universalium
Folklore (disambiguation) — Folklore may refer to:* Folklore, a body of expressive culture * Folklore (originally Folk lore ), the journal of the Folklore Society * Folklore , a 2007 Playstation 3 video game * Folklore , a 2003 album by Nelly Furtado * Folklore , a 1962… … Wikipedia
folklore — (n.) 1846, coined by antiquarian William J. Thoms (1803 1885) as an Anglo Saxonism (replacing popular antiquities) and first published in the Athenaeum of Aug. 22, 1846, from FOLK (Cf. folk) + LORE (Cf. lore). Old English folclar meant homily.… … Etymology dictionary
folklore — folk•lore [[t]ˈfoʊkˌlɔr, ˌloʊr[/t]] n. 1) soc the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people 2) soc the study of such lore 3) soc a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs • Etymology: 1846; coined … From formal English to slang
