• Folklore

    Origin

    compound of folk + lore, coined in 1846 by William Thoms to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volksüberlieferung ("popular tradition").

    Noun

    folklore

    (countable and uncountable; plural folklores)
    1. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.
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