Sentence examples for bit of folklore from inspiring English sources

But when the returnees were asked about this bit of folklore they seemed perplexed.

"Sacred Deer" feels like a dark, opaque bit of folklore transplanted into an off-kilter modern setting.

He also came across a local bit of folklore that said: "When the dog meat is being simmered, even the gods become dizzy with hunger".

(When supplies got cut off by the war, Americans simply invented synthetic rubber). The veracity of these stories, like that of any good bit of folklore, hardly matters.

So the poet may be tempering the enormous realism of his/her description with a little bit of folklore about magic powers.

There, among others of similar heritage, he'll show off his work, stopping occasionally to regale fans with a bit of folklore about his most popular items.

Were there any bits of folklore that you ended up leaving out of the novel?

MICHAUD: I was glad to have the bits of folklore and the anthropological reports to break up the narrative.

HB: There are a few bits of folklore I drew on specifically for The Darkest Part of the Forest.

A single ski-jumping accident can become a frightful bit of Olympic folklore.

But this bit of family folklore for son David (Will Forte) takes the biscuit.