noun
folklore
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
In a sentence
Six example sentences with folklore, each labelled with its topic.
The band collected fiddle tunes from three valleys, and half the album's melodies come from folklore no one had recorded.
Music
Guides in the highlands still repeat the folklore about the loch, and every version places the creature in a different bay.
Travel
Researchers used folklore about changelings to trace how communities once explained illnesses they had no other language for.
Psychology
Tolkien drew on Norse folklore for his dwarves, borrowing their names straight from a medieval list of them.
Literature
The game's monsters come from Slavic folklore, and players who know the stories spot the trick behind each one.
Gaming
Local folklore says the lake freezes only after the geese leave, and the records show the saying is usually right.
Environment
Study folklore until you keep it
Learn English words in sentences about topics you pick, with a quick quiz. With an account, words come back for review.
Found in these word lists
Each source is a published word list that contains folklore. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.