I'm old tired and one leg twinge away from a massive thrombosis, so forgive if I dont have time to read all the above. But anyway, I reckon the subject of this thread is bound to have more to arouse the intellectual interest of future post eco holocaust survivor social folk history researchers than any amount of 21st Century terror world war; and much even worse divisive "is it is or is it aint folk music" petty sqabbles..
oh if only I could wake up for one day 500 years from now to take the piss..