Folk traditions one stops in French department (5)
I believe the answer is:
loire
'french department' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'folk traditions one stops' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'traditions' could be 'lore' (lore can mean traditions or stories) and 'lore' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for loire that I've seen before include "valley famous for its wines" , "River of central France" , "French runner" , "European river" , "French river (Orleans, Tours, Nantes)" .)