M.Ted,

I think those are very astute observations on your part -- about it being just plain ol' hard work to post worthwhile information and contributions. I've also seen you lift more than your share of the instructional weight. bravo!

I thought about the question of diminishing posts/posters/posting about interesting folk-related info -- especially in history and lore.

At the inception, talking about the lore, every story was new --at least to this site. History being what it is by nature, a done deal, it is a finite source for conversation content.

Sure, there's still tons of stuff that's never been discussed here (I'm speaking theoretically, as I don't personally know of whole lots more folk history or I'd a-posted it by now), but the truth is --the strip mining is over and it's just lots tougher to find a new vein to mine.

Just as you said about the music/theory information threads, even the folk lore/history threads are just harder work and research. Meaningful answers require meaningful research.