Folklore and Truth

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Folklore noun - The body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place.

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Truth is an antonym for folklore in tales from the past topic.

Truth noun - Agreement with fact or reality.

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Folklore is an antonym for truth.

common	common folklore	common truth
original	original folklore	original truth
actual	actual folklore	actual truth
real	real folklore	real truth
Other adjectives: religious, imperial.

The case was thrown out three weeks after Joe Meek committed suicide in 1967.* Fortunately, there is no truth to the common folklore that he committed suicide due to the lost royalties.

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