lore

n.

1. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject. See synonyms at knowledge.
2. Knowledge acquired through education or experience.
3. Archaic. Material taught or learned.

[Middle English, from Old English lār.]

lore² (lôr, lōr)
n.

The space between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird or between the eye and nostril of a snake.

[Latin lōrum, thong.]

noun

1. That which is known about a specific subject or situation: data, fact (used in plural), information, intelligence, knowledge. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. A body of traditional beliefs and notions accumulated about a particular subject: folklore, legend, myth, mythology, mythos, tradition. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. That which is known; the sum of what has been perceived, discovered, or inferred: information, knowledge, wisdom. See knowledge/ignorance.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular course of instruction but comes of the reading of occult books, or by nature. This latter is commonly designated as folk-lore and embraces popularly myths and superstitions. In Baring-Gould's Curious Myths of the Middle Ages the reader will find many of these traced backward, through various people son converging lines, toward a common origin in remote antiquity. Among these are the fables of "Teddy the Giant Killer," "The Sleeping John Sharp Williams," "Little Red Riding Hood and the Sugar Trust," "Beauty and the Brisbane," "The Seven Aldermen of Ephesus," "Rip Van Fairbanks," and so forth. The fable with Goethe so affectingly relates under the title of "The Erl- King" was known two thousand years ago in Greece as "The Demos and the Infant Industry." One of the most general and ancient of these myths is that Arabian tale of "Ali Baba and the Forty Rockefellers."

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IN BRIEF: A body of knowledge or tradition.

She knows much about forest lore.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kendskab, kundskab, lærdom

2.
n. - tøjle

Nederlands (Dutch)
traditionele/ anekdotische kennis, overlevering, teugel (van vogel)

Français (French)
1.
n. - traditions, connaissance traditionnelle

2.
n. - (Zool) partie entre les yeux et le bec (chez les oiseaux)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - (Zoo) Zügel, Mundleiste, Raum zwischen Auge u. Nasenlöchern

2.
n. - Überlieferung, Wissen, überliefertes Wissen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (βαθιά, επιστημονική ή εσωτερική) γνώση, μάθηση, (παλιά) παράδοση, λαϊκές παραδόσεις

Italiano (Italian)
tradizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - saber (m), conhecimento (m), sabedoria (f) popular

Русский (Russian)
традиционные практические знания, ученость, уздечка (у птиц)

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - saber popular

2.
n. - erudición, instrucción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kunskap, kännedom, lära, (folk)kultur, (åld.) lära, lärdom

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 全部知识, 学问, 学识

2. 传说

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 全部知識, 學問, 學識

2.
n. - 傳說

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 지식 , 구전, 학식 , 교육

2.
n. - 콧등

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 民間伝承, 伝承的知識, 知識, 学問, 目先

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معرفه مكتسبه عن طريق الدراسه أو الخبرة, معرفه تقليديه, معتقد تقليدي, مجموعه معينه من المعارف أو التقاليد, ما بين عين الطائر ومنقاره أو ما يقابله في زحافه أو سمكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ידע, חכמה, תורה‬
n. - ‮מסורות וידע שקבוצה אנושית מסוימת מחזיקה בהם‬

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