Sorry Bryan - don't get your point
If the collectors got it wrong - point out where they did and correct them.
Their work was flawed but it gave us a wealth of songs and they came up with a workable definition.
So far you have made no effort either to says where they got it wrong ot what they should have said
A little like Sweeney's constantly tearing down something that somebody put up without putting something up yourself
Feel free!!!
If Sharp or Broadwood or Grainger got it right, does it really matter where they came from?
So far you've only said why they got it wrong
Piss or get off the pot - as the man said
Jim Carroll