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folk tale

[fohk teyl] / ˈfoʊk ˌteɪl /
NOUN
story that is passed down
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But no: this has become a subgenre of its own, a kind of folk tale the news loves to tell.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

Sweet July’s first title, forthcoming in January, will be Roselle Lim’s Chinese folk tale “Celestial Banquet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2024

The lavish folk tale draws from the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" from the 1940 cartoon film "Pinocchio," about a puppet wishing to become a real boy.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

Noseda instead led his Washington players into a gauzy, gossamer-spun dreamland of a Russian folk tale.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

In the mean time it has become a folk tale, and as such retains its value.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various