English Dictionary

folklore

/ˈfəʊk.lɔː/

noun

The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population. / (by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

Folklore is an important part of a country's cultural heritage.

意味（1）

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

[…] there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folk-lore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

意味（2）

(by extension) The tales, superstitions etc. of any particular group or community.

A selection of longer items of hacker folklore and humor is included in Appendix A, Hacker Folklore.