The Folklore Society (FLS) is a registered charity under English law based in London, England for the study of folklore. Its office is at 50 Fitzroy Street...
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Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...
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The American Folklore Society (AFS) is the United States (US)-based professional association for folklorists, with members from the US, Canada, and around...
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Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of...
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Prestige Records Folklore (journal), the journal of The Folklore Society Folklore (TV series), a 2018 HBO Asia television series Folklore (video game), a...
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The Texas Folklore Society is a non-profit organization formed on December 29, 1909, in Dallas, Texas. According to John Avery Lomax, the first print collection...
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The Missouri Folklore Society was organized December 15, 1906, "to encourage the collection, preservation and study of folklore in the widest sense, including...
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The Houston Folklore & Music Society is a group dedicated to keeping alive traditional folk music and lore. In 1951, Houston hosted its first National...
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Folklore is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was surprise-released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. Swift...
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The New Jersey Folklore Society is an academic organization that formed in an attempt to spread awareness about folklore. The group took trips throughout...
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American folklore encompasses the folklore that has evolved in the present-day United States mostly since the European colonization of the Americas. It...
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The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore (French: Société Internationale d’Ethnologie et de Folklore or SIEF) is a professional association...
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above all, boggarts. While folklore writing was taking off in Britain, often under the influence of the Folklore Society, it receded in Lancashire. In...
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English folklore consists of the myths and legends of England, including the region's mythical creatures, traditional recipes, urban legends, proverbs...
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directions for slaves to escape. The song was published by the Texas Folklore Society in 1928. (The cover spells the title "Foller de Drinkin' Gou'd.") In...
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Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during...
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Canadian folklore is the traditional material that Canadians pass down from generation to generation, either as oral literature or "by custom or practice"...
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The Pineridge Bluegrass Folklore Society (PBFS) is a non-profit organization initiated in 1977 for the purpose of preserving and promoting bluegrass music...
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Hilda Ellis Davidson (category Presidents of the Folklore Society)
University of Cambridge and The Folklore Society, and specialized in the study of Celtic and Germanic religion and folklore. A graduate of Newnham College...
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Albanian folklore is the folk tradition of the Albanian people. Albanian traditions have been orally transmitted – through memory systems that have survived...
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Folklore is a quarterly academic journal for the study of folklore published by the Western States Folklore Society (formerly the California Folklore...
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John Lomax (category Presidents of the American Folklore Society)
co-founded the Texas Folklore Society, following Kittredge's suggestion that Lomax establish a Texas branch of the American Folklore Society. Lomax and Payne...
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An obia or obeah is a monster in West African folklore. It is described as being a massive animal that witches send into villages to kidnap young girls...
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and Cultural Hegemony in Northern Ireland", Western Folklore, 55 (3), Western States Folklore Society: 213–232, doi:10.2307/1500482, JSTOR 1500482 Cannadine...
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Family folklore is the branch of folkloristics concerned with the study and use of folklore and traditional culture transmitted within an individual family...
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Jan Harold Brunvand (category Presidents of the American Folklore Society)
Brunvand". Western Folklore. 67 (4). Western State Folklore Society: 417–421. JSTOR 25474941. "Folklore and Folklorists". Western Folklore. 25 (4). Western...
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European folklore or Western folklore refers to the folklore of the Western world, especially when discussed comparatively. The history of Christendom...
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The Russian folklore, i.e., the folklore of Russian people, takes its roots in the pagan beliefs of ancient Slavs and now is represented in the Russian...
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"public sector folklore" and was first used by members of the American Folklore Society in the early 1970s. Public folklorists are engaged with the documentation...
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American Folklore is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Folklore Society. The journal has been published since the society's founding...
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