Hmmm - in which, however so less pithy the 1954 Definition must be ironic too then. From what I gather from a post some years ago from the sainted Jean Ritchie, Maud Kapeles sense of humour was either similarly sharp, or else entirely absent with respect of her inner volkish demons! Thus might we raise visions of esteemed Folklorists chastising the May-revelling villagers of Padstow for not doing it right...

Anyway - no one's answered what Bert Lloyd's Folk Music of Yugslavia has in common with Gary & Vera Aspey's From the North (or whatever it was) other than 1) They're both on Topic Records and 2) Neither of them were played by horses.

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Getting back to something Brian said earlier...

1. The 'Folk Process' is demonstrable. Take a look at Bronson.

2. Nobody's believed in 'collective composition' for decades.

Was is The Folk Process if it isn't collective composition?

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Getting back to something Al said earlier...

and i say good for him - its a good trick

We might nurture the light of wonder in kids eyes without subjecting them to bullshit & ruining our more all too fragile heritage in the process. Kids have a natural wonder anyway, I hate to see this exploited by those with a specious agenda as is the case with that Green Man story.

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Off topic, I've just noticed an advert for Watermaster (Uniquely Versatile Dredging indeed) in the space below the Submit Message button. Check it out at http://www.watermaster.fi/ where you might access a promotional video, PDF Presentation and Newsletter promoting the miracle of Backhoe dredging, suction dredging and pile driving capabilities in ONE machine. Right on! We live in the age of miracles and no mistake. Is this another aspect of Mudcat's new Folklore Collection remit I wonder?