#folklore vocabulary

• Enticement — The act of enticing and its result; an archaic or regional form for the process of enticing, consisting of attracting, deceiving, or seducing a person or animal using baits, gifts, or flattering words. This structural phenomenon of mild psychological manipulation is documented in old writings and rural local dialects.
• Dropworts — Plural form of the regional noun aglică, denoting multiple specimens of plants belonging to the species Filipendula vulgaris (dropwort). In a folklore or dialectal context, the term is used to describe the bushes or inflorescences harvested from wild flora and used in traditional Carpathian phytotherapy.
• Spurge (regional) — A rare regional popular name used in certain dialects for a species of herbaceous plant in the genus Euphorbia (spurge), characterized by the secretion of a white, toxic, and caustic latex used in empirical folk medicine.
• Eavesdropping — A rare popular or regional term used in the past to denote the result of listening, an overheard fragment, or the act of eavesdropping. In certain rural areas, the word also structurally described gossip, a rumor, or information obtained through spying or secretly listening to foreign conversations.
• Little old man — A masculinized or augmentative form derived from the popular root 'babă'; a little old man, an elderly fellow, often characterized by a gentle, reclusive, or coddled behavior. In certain isolated dialects, the term is also used to describe a young child who acts wise or slow, mimicking the gestures and habits of grandparents.