lore

1 a body of facts learned by study or experience the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error Synonyms knowledge, science, wisdomRelated Words dope, information, intelligence, know, lowdown, news, skinny [slang]; data, evidence, facts; acquaintance, awareness, familiarity, literacy; erudition, learning, scholarship; expertise, know-howNear Antonyms ignorance, inexperience, innocence, nescience, unfamiliarity

2 the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished Synonyms legend, legendry, folklore, myth, mythology, mythos, traditionRelated Words folklife; information, knowledge, wisdom; anecdote, fable, folktale, old wives' tale, tale, yarn