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Lucky W Amulet Archive - Encyclopedic resource with hundreds of interlinked pages describing and illustrating folkloric amulets, talismans, and lucky charms from around the world and all historic eras, including horseshoe, swastika, four-leaf clover, rabbit foot, raccoon penis bone, hamsa hand, John the Conqueror root, scarab beetle, and black cat bone.

Old Wives Tales - Sayings, superstitions, portents, lore, and rhymes, passed along to us, and being passed along to the next generation.

Paganism in British Folk Customs by Bob Trubshaw - A thought-provoking article that contrasts the true remains of Pagan origins in the folk customs of England with those customs created or exaggerated through "paganisation" by Victorian romantic authors.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage - Festival information, recordings, events, and resources.

The Folklore of the Isle of Man - Myths, legends, superstitions, customs and proverbs, by A. W. Moore (1891), e-text from a Manx Note Book.

Types of Personality in the Study of Folklore. - In her research Eleanor Long described four basic types of folk lore and folk song performers: the perseverators, the confabulators, the recreators, and the integraters.

Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland - Collected and arranged by Lady Augusta Gregory (1920), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

What is Folklore? (British Columbia Folklore Society) - A definition and explanation of folklore provided by the British Columbia Folklore Society, with examples.

What is Folklore? (New York Folklore Society) - There are lots of definitions of folklore and the related terms folklife and folk arts. Here are some definitions and explanations collected by the New York Folklore Society.

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