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folklore

rain

weather

weather lore

seaweed

sunshine

snow

harvest

meme

social media

urban legend

Christmas

christmas present

is all of the many different ways we express who we are as members of a particular group, but which we have learned directly from other people rather than from books, television, or movies.

all of the many different ways we express who we are as members of a particular group -a family, an ethnic group, a fraternity, a religious community, and so on but which we have learned directly from other people rather than from books, television, or movies' (2007: 35)

is defined by multiplicity and variation.

Dorson does suggest that the term 'tradition' is more important than 'oral,' he essentially defines folklore as oral traditional texts.' (in dudes 1980 interpreting folklore)

is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living.

Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living.

is the material that is handed on by tradition, either by word of mouth or by custom and practice.

the material that is handed on by tradition, either by word of mouth or by custom and practice' (2002: 34)

the unofficial heritage of a people' (1982, 1-11)

Folklore is basically just really old memes, right?

is like a vampire. It converts others to its way in the telling. It makes itself grow with its bite.

Folklore is like a vampire. It converts others to its way in the telling. It makes itself grow with its bite.

folklore, n.All

folklore