Associations to the word «Folklore»

Wiktionary

FOLKLORE, noun. The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

Dictionary definition

FOLKLORE, noun. The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky