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• FOLKLORE — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Folklore of India — This article is about the folklore of the Indian subcontinent. For Native American folklore, see Native American folklore. [ thumb|The culture of India has been broken down into five main geographical regions.] The folklore of India compasses the …   Wikipedia

• Folklore — For other uses, see Folklore (disambiguation). Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of… …   Wikipedia

• folklore — folklorist, n. folkloristic, adj. /fohk lawr , lohr /, n. 1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people. 2. the study of such lore. 3. a body of widely held but false or unsubstantiated beliefs. [1846; FOLK +… …   Universalium

• Folklore Society —    The Folk Lore Society was founded in January 1878 (it kept the hyphen till 1968), and was thus the first society in the world devoted to the subject. There had been protracted correspondence in *N&Q in 1876 7, initiated by Eliza *Gutch ( St… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• folklore — [fōk′lôr΄] n. [ FOLK + LORE1: suggested (1846) by W. J. Thoms (1803 85), Eng antiquary, to replace earlier popular antiquities] 1. all of the unwritten traditional beliefs, legends, sayings, customs, etc. of a culture 2. the study and scientific… …   English World dictionary

• Folklore Society — The Folklore Society was founded in England in 1878 to study traditional vernacular culture, including traditional music, song, dance and drama, narrative, arts and crafts, customs and belief.The society publishes a quarterly journal Folklore ,… …   Wikipedia

• Punjabi folklore — Folklore is the body of expressive culture, including tales, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions (including oral traditions) of that …   Wikipedia

• 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

• folklore — /ˈfoʊklɔ / (say fohklaw) noun 1. the lore of the common people; the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people. 2. the study of such lore. –folklorist, noun –folkloristic /foʊklɔˈrɪstɪk/ (say fohklaw ristik), adjective …  

• folklore — n. the traditional beliefs and stories of a people; the study of these. Derivatives: folkloric adj. folklorist n. folkloristic adj …   Useful english dictionary