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folk memories

folk memories is the plural of folk memory.

Meaning of folk memory

Noun

folk memory (usually uncountable, plural folk memories)

  1. (usually) The collective lore, beliefs, and traditional stories which help to define a society, culture, or nation.
    • That leisured past . . . is insistently evoked in Mr. Kiely's new collection. A compendium of folk memory, it features great bursts of balladry and doggerel.1988 Aug. 21, Julia O'Faolain, "Bard of the Bar" (review of A Letter to Peachtree and Nine Other Stories by Benedict Kiely), New York Times (retrieved 8 June 2014)
  2. (countable, usually) A belief, traditional story, or the like, which is common to the people of a particular culture; especially, such a belief or piece of knowledge that is not consciously held but is nonetheless known.
    • But behind these folk-memories of national history, extending over more than a thousand years, there is, in the popular consciousness, a dim background of a far earlier period.1898, The Scottish Review, volume XXXII, page 126

Questions about folk memories

What is folk memories the plural of?
Folk memories is the plural of folk memory.

Words near folk memories in the dictionary

  1. folk linguistics
  2. folk magic
  3. folk magick
  4. folk medicine
  5. folk medicines
  6. folk memories
  7. folk memory
  8. folk metal
  9. folk music
  10. folk musics
  11. folk name

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