| Anecdotal wisdom | 16 |
| Tradition | 9 |
| Handed-down stories | 19 |
| Handed-down knowledge | 21 |
| Folk knowledge | 14 |
| Folk follower | 13 |
| Traditions | 10 |
| Tales and such | 14 |
| Traditional teachings | 21 |
| Passed-down knowledge | 21 |
| Old wives' tales | 20 |
| Anecdotal knowledge | 19 |
| Traditional teaching | 20 |
| Old wives' tale | 19 |
| Legendary tales | 15 |
| Handed-down tales | 17 |
| Folktales | 9 |
| Folk learning | 13 |
| Body of traditional knowledge | 29 |
| Wisdom of the ages | 18 |
| Tribal history | 14 |
| The stuff of folk tales | 23 |
| Popular belief | 14 |
| Oral tradition | 14 |
| Grandparents' stories, e.g. | 31 |
| Anecdotal history | 17 |
| Accumulated traditions | 22 |
| Wisdom passed along | 19 |
| Tribal knowledge | 16 |
| Traditional learning | 20 |
| Tales, sagas and such | 21 |
| Tales of old | 12 |
| Stories passed from generation to generation | 44 |
| Store of knowledge | 18 |
| Space between the eye and the bill | 34 |
| Scholar's acquisition | 25 |
| Popular knowledge | 17 |
| Passed-down stories | 19 |
| Old knowledge | 13 |
| Oft-told tales | 14 |
| Local knowledge | 15 |
| It's passed on | 18 |
| Historian's interest | 24 |
| Folktale collection | 19 |
| Elders' teachings | 21 |
| Collected stories | 17 |
| Annals | 6 |
| Ancestral stories and such | 26 |
| Woodcraft, e.g. | 15 |
| Wisdom of the elders | 20 |
| Washington chopping down the cherry tree, e.g. | 46 |
| Tribal wisdom | 13 |
| Tribal tales | 12 |
| Traditional beliefs | 19 |
| Traditional accounts | 20 |
| Stuff of legend | 15 |
| Something handed down | 21 |
| Shared knowledge | 16 |
| Shaman's wisdom | 19 |
| Shaman's knowledge | 22 |
| Savant's acquisition | 24 |
| Passed-on stories | 17 |
| Oral history, e.g. | 18 |
| Oral histories | 14 |
| Old-time wisdom | 15 |
| Old wives' tales, e.g. | 26 |
| Legends and such | 16 |
| Knowledge gained through tradition | 34 |
| Knowledge gained through anecdote | 33 |
| Handed-down wisdom | 18 |
| Folktales, collectively | 23 |
| Folk tradition | 14 |
| Folk legend | 11 |
| Folk facts | 10 |
| Family fables and facts, collectively | 37 |
| Ethnobotany, e.g. | 17 |
| Collected wisdom | 16 |
| Collected anecdotes | 19 |
| Ancient knowledge | 17 |
| Age-old stories | 15 |
| Wives' tales | 16 |
| Wisdom passed down through generations | 38 |
| What some campers acquire | 25 |
| What savants are steeped in | 27 |
| What a reference librarian might search through | 47 |
| Traditional know-how | 20 |
| Traditional folktales | 21 |
| Tradition has it | 16 |
| Time-honored wisdom | 19 |
| Time-honored stories | 20 |
| Tales of the Round Table, e.g. | 30 |
| Stuff of legends | 16 |
| Storyteller's material | 26 |
| Stories that have been passed down | 34 |
| Stories passed down through generations | 39 |
| Stories like Washington chopping down the cherry tree | 53 |
| Stories from the ancients | 25 |
| Space on the face of a bird | 27 |
| Space on a snake's face | 27 |
| Space on a bird's face | 26 |