[Ads-l] Antedating of "Fakelore"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Oct 12 21:41:37 UTC 2019
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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