"Johh is fully aware i=of the sugnifu=icance of 'Ballads' - (song sheets sold at the fairs and markets) - John and I are fiends by the way, so I don't have tor scratch around his thesis to find snippets, as yo are doing"

1 'fiends': no comment

2 'snippets': not really. I quoted Moulden's own summary of the content of his doctoral thesis, as Jim will no doubt know due to his excellent grasp of all relevant documentary evidence, and I did it for the benefit of posters to this forum who might be interested in reading it. It is relevant to the topic. Nothing that I said about this merits a post from Jim which appears to me to be abusive and belligerent.

3 "I know a million times more about it than you ever will". If I may comment on this: a) plainly exaggerated b) so what? Yes, so what?

4 "John's study and the others in the book" Which book? I was referring to his PhD thesis which I downloaded and read some time ago.

5 Jim's repeated insulting of my intelligence and understanding are just funny. I think he probably dislikes me so much because he knows I have a good understanding yet disagree with him. I feel that he sees himself as some sort of guru who must not be disagreed with as evidenced in his appeals to the mods to prevent people from 'undermining' him. From my perspective unfortunately he does that himself and again equally unfortunately egged on by a claque of hangers on.