[Ads-l] Major Antedating of "Fakelore"

[Shapiro, Fred]

fakelore (OED 1949)

1893 Philadelphia Inquirer 18 June 15/2 (Newspapers.com)

The Oriental section [of the Chicago World's Fair], in charge of Mr. Culin, director of the museum [at the University of Pennsylvania], has its collection in the Anthropological Building.  It comprises an extensive exhibit of games, fakelore and religious objects.

Fred Shapiro

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