storylore

English

Etymology

From story +‎ lore.

Noun

storylore (uncountable)

1. (sociology) The lore associated with stories told within a culture.
   • 2008, Richard Mercer Dorson, James P. Leary, Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers: Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula:

     […] these include a host of dirty stories, and the tall tales and traveling jokes which form so much American floating storylore.

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