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Meanings of oral lore in English

Russian
устная традиция
Portuguese
contos populares
Spanish
tradición oral
Catalan
transmissió oral

When cultural customs and stories are passed down through generations by speech alone.

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      устная традиция
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      Examples for "oral tradition"
      Examples for "oral tradition"
      1
      Sanchez balances the oral tradition's truth with both wisdom and a charge.
      Ebony
      2
      But we must also allow room for the influence of oral tradition.
      The Books of the New Testament
      3
      Werewolf legends are kept in the oral tradition, from howler to howler.
      Changeless
      4
      Stick to the old oral tradition like the ancient troubadours-it'smuch safer.
      The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
      5
      History is available to us only through oral tradition and the written word.
      The book of spies
      Usage of oral lore in English
      1
      He has produced a painstaking collection of written and oral lore about this rural parish, its history, people, churches, antiquities, graveyards and schools.
      The Irish Times