Folklore is an English word with synonyms like lore. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Folklore in a sentence
Folklore meaning
- The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
- The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.
- The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
Synonyms of Folklore
Using Folklore
- The main meaning on this page is: The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population. | The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community. | The collective of proofs or techniques which are widely known among mathematicians, but have never been formally published.
- Useful related words include: lore, traditional knowledge.
- In the example corpus, folklore often appears in combinations such as: folklore and, the folklore, and folklore.
Context around Folklore
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Folklore
- In this selection, "folklore" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, american, releasing, term, society, record and stands stand out and add context to how "folklore" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include according to folklore while santa and articles on folklore often in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "folklore" sits close to words such as alma, attain and bookings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with folklore
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Manifestation of Slovak folklore culture is the "Východná" Folklore Festival. (10 words)
Folklore main Robin Hood illustrated in 1912 wearing Lincoln green English folklore developed over many centuries. (16 words)
According to folklore, while Santa rewards good children with presents, Krampus punishes those who have been naughty. (17 words)
He became the editor of the Journal of American Folklore in 1908, regularly wrote and published articles on folklore (often in the Journal of American Folklore), and helped to elect Louise Pound as president of the American Folklore Society in 1925. (41 words)
So on Nov. 24 when she announced she would be releasing “folklore: the long pond studio sessions”, a concert-like, behind-the-scenes film focused on “folklore” that night at midnight pst, it’s safe to say I was pretty excited. (41 words)
Folklore/Fable Nai Khanomtom According to Thai folklore at the time of the fall of the ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767, the invading Burmese troops rounded up thousands of Siamese and took them to Burma as prisoners. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
He became the editor of the Journal of American Folklore in 1908, regularly wrote and published articles on folklore (often in the Journal of American Folklore), and helped to elect Louise Pound as president of the American Folklore Society in 1925.
So on Nov. 24 when she announced she would be releasing “folklore: the long pond studio sessions”, a concert-like, behind-the-scenes film focused on “folklore” that night at midnight pst, it’s safe to say I was pretty excited.
British antiquarian William Thoms is generally credited with coining the term "folklore" in 1846. citation Elliott Oring states that folklore is that part of culture that "lives happily ever after".
Elijah in Jewish folklore The volume of references to Elijah in folklore stands in marked contrast to that in the canon.
Folklore/Fable Nai Khanomtom According to Thai folklore at the time of the fall of the ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767, the invading Burmese troops rounded up thousands of Siamese and took them to Burma as prisoners.
Folklore main Robin Hood illustrated in 1912 wearing Lincoln green English folklore developed over many centuries.
Folklore The folklore of Chile, cultural and demographic characteristics of the country, is the result of mixture of Spanish and Amerindian elements that occurred during the colonial period.
In Western folklore and also in Persian folklore, foxes are depicted as a symbol of cunning and trickery – a reputation derived especially from their reputed ability to evade hunters.
Legends in folklore The World of Legends - Székely Land, 2014 Legends are used as a source of folklore, providing historical information regarding the culture and views of a specific legend's native civilization.
Manifestation of Slovak folklore culture is the "Východná" Folklore Festival.
While biologists regularly identify new species, cryptozoologists focus on creatures from the folklore record and, in turn, any figure from the folklore record may be considered a cryptid—a 'hidden animal'—by cryptozoologists.
According to a bizarre piece of folklore, washing belongings on the first day of the year could lead to 'washing a loved one away'.
According to folklore, while Santa rewards good children with presents, Krampus punishes those who have been naughty.
According to Sotheby's, many have drawn comparisons between plesiosaurs and the Loch Ness monster of Scottish folklore, as the plesiosaur's long neck, small head and flippers mirror recorded descriptions of the fabled monster.
According to Yerkin Zhuasbekov, a renowned Kazakh theater playwright and an art history scientist, orteke has brought a wide variety of theatrical styles and unique “steppe theater” to Kazakh folklore.
After launching the project last year, Hiroshi Kinoshita of the Okayama Folklore Society said the creature could have had religious significance.
A harpy is a mythical creature in various mythologies and folklore, often depicted as a bird with the face of a woman.
Also releasing this week are Eastern Exorcist, a side-scrolling action RPG about battling demons; and Ghostlore, an “eastpunk” action-RPG with retro-style graphics in which players fight monsters inspired by Southeast-Asian folklore.
And if you're a fan of you'll be able to look out to Reynisdrangar (featured in Season 7), and maybe you'll hear the folklore about the trolls that live there.
As well as weaving incidents from her own personal life into her lyrics, she’s increasingly used her tracks to create characters and craft narratives: think of the tales that she spins on her lockdown albums Folklore and Evermore.
Common combinations with folklore
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- folklore and 35×
- the folklore 24×
- and folklore 14×
- of folklore 13×
- folklore the 10×
- in folklore 9×
- folklore of 7×
- american folklore 6×
- folklore that 6×
- folklore in 5×