noun
a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
• Syn: ↑folktale
• Members of this Topic: ↑flying carpet
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Arabian Nights' Entertainment, ↑Arabian Nights, ↑Thousand and One Nights
• Part Holonyms: ↑folklore
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1. a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, esp. one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
2. any belief or story passed on traditionally, esp. one considered to be false or based on superstition. Also, folktale. Also called folk story.
[1890-95]
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folk story or folk tale noun
A popular story handed down by oral tradition from a more or less remote antiquity
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Main Entry: ↑folk
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an old traditional story
Thesaurus: types of story or playhyponym
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folk tale,
a story or legend originating and handed down among the common people.
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n. a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth
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a very old traditional story from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in a spoken form
Useful english dictionary. 2012.