lore

English Thesaurus

1. knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	cognitive content, content, mental object,
definition	:	the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	old wives' tale,
definition	:	a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	folklore,
definition	:	the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture (noun.cognition)