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folie à deux
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folktale
folk·tale [ fṓk tàyl ] (plural folk·tales) or folk tale (plural folk tales)


noun 
Definition:
 
traditional story: a story or legend that is passed down orally from one generation to the next and becomes part of a community's tradition
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