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Thread #131826   Message #2977494
Posted By: GUEST
01-Sep-10 - 10:36 AM
Thread Name: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
Subject: RE: Child Ballads survived in oral trad.
ballads among the 299 in Child's collection

305 in Child's collection, I think?

An impossible question to answer. How on earth could you decide whether a singer had heard a ballad orally or second/third/forth hand from a printed scource?