The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159568   Message #3783529
Posted By: Steve Gardham
05-Apr-16 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Subject: RE: Origins: Gosport Tragedy/ Cruel Ship's Carpenter
Just a few general points I think I made some of earlier. There are very likely many other printings that have not survived or have not yet come to light. Print could move around very quickly as could the oral process, especially with mass migration at these times. We sometimes forget how rapidly print items (and not just cheap print, anthologies as well) can become part of oral tradition.