storylore

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English

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Etymology

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From story +‎ lore.

Noun

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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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