[Ads-l] More Major Antedating of "Fakelore"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Jon Lighter is probably right that the 1893 citation for "fakelore" is a typo.  But here are two major authentic antedatings of Dorson's claim that he coined the word in 1949 / 1950 (Charles Doyle pointed out in an article that Dorson himself was not accurate about the dating).

1892 Boston Daily Globe 29 Dec. 4/5 (Newspapers.com)  Col. Higginson thought that the traditions of Maine should be collected at once, as the boarding-houses are fast increasing there, and they employ under-graduates as waiters.  These under-graduates have a great Power of Invention, and their tales told to the Indians are often given by the Indians as Indian traditions.

1905 Sunday World-Herald (Omaha) 13 Aug. 24/5 (Newspapers.com)  Indian Fake Lore Disclosed by a Nebraska Man.

Fred Shapiro

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