Manifold, manifestly, was no snob, and definitely no dolt. In 1962 he was one of very few collectors who thought of Australia as having folk and other oral/aural traditions (songs, music etc) worthy of collecting and was working in a context where much of what little transmission was occurring, of such material, was by school teachers and some music teachers who thought Eisteddfods a fair way of encouraging pupils to learn how to perform for an audience containing more than just their peers or extended family.

By and large, Manifold canvassed most of the arguments that have appeared, a generation later, in Mudcat's threads. Dick knows all of this and is, selectively and for your delectation, "stirring". As might be said, in Ozspeak. to y'all, "Come in spinner!"

Cheers, Rowan