folk memory

Noun

 * 1)  The collective lore, beliefs, and traditional stories which help to define a society, culture, or nation.
 * 2) * 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) :
 * 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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.