[Ads-l] Antedating of "Fakelore"

[Shapiro, Fred]

fakelore (OED 1949)

1948 _Times Herald_ (Port Huron, Mich.) 26 Sept. 2/8 (Newspapers.com)  Dr. Richard M. Dorson ... illustrated his point by relating legends of the lumberjacks. ... the real legends are quite different from "fakelore," Dr. Dorson said.

Fred Shapiro


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