tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284602429922976266.post9211443578709407569..comments2023-12-28T08:46:47.400+00:00Comments on Humphrey With His Flail: Dorson, Hospital, and Folklore LivedPaul Cowdellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03450745221810240378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3284602429922976266.post-24905487433488784432010-05-19T14:54:19.626+01:002010-05-19T14:54:19.626+01:00Sorry to hear that you’ve been in harms way; I do ...Sorry to hear that you’ve been in harms way; I do hope that you make a swift recovery.<br /><br />I picked up an ex. lib. Copy of Peasant Customs and Savage Myths a few months ago, and have had some great fun reading through the extracts and Dorson’s glosses. Dorson, of course, saw 1813-1914 as the Golden Age of British folklore studies. For the sake of social history, it is a shame that during his day there were fewer folklorists actively collecting material from the lips of people in the towns and the countryside.The Spectatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200261777770012246noreply@blogger.com