"folk memory" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: folk memories [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} folk memory (usually uncountable, plural folk memories)
  1. (uncountable) The collective lore, beliefs, and traditional stories which help to define a society, culture, or nation. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-folk_memory-en-noun-PSDJjcBL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (countable) 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. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-folk_memory-en-noun-DPbGqBCg

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "1997 June 3, Ruth Dudley Edwards, “No need to apologise for the potato famine”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-06-08:",
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          "ref": "2011 October 18, Peter Beresford, “Harassing people on benefits degrades us all”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-06-08:",
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