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Thread #164112   Message #3924928
Posted By: GUEST,Harry Rivers
16-May-18 - 10:09 AM
Thread Name: How reliable is Folk History ?
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: How reliable is Folk History ?
Howard,

"Folk process" is covered by "Who wrote it?"

All historical documents can be changed (re-written), none are set in stone, either literally or metaphorically; a half-decent mason can change a carved inscription which even the keenest eye can miss.

If the will is there, whole libraries can be edited.

That's why we start with "Who wrote it?".

Harry