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| folklore |
Folklore is all the stories and beliefs of a group of people from a certain place or country. These things are handed down through the years from one generation to the next. |
| leprechaun |
an elf in Irish folklore who knows about secret treasure. He must tell the location of the treasure to whomever can catch him. |
| Saint Nicholas |
in North American folklore, a chubby, jolly, bearded old fellow who wears a red suit, lives at the North Pole, and brings children presents at Christmas, also called Santa Claus. (abbreviated: St. Nicholas) [1/2 definitions] |
| Santa Claus |
in North American folklore, a chubby, jolly, bearded old fellow who typically wears a red suit, lives at the North Pole, and brings children presents at Christmas; St. Nicholas. |
| werewolf |
in folklore, a human who has changed into or is capable of changing into a wolf and back into a human again. |
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