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Add. MS b/36/114
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Copy letter from E. Ray Lankester to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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Chinehead, Westcliff Road, Bournemouth. Dated March 20th, 1919 - Has been reading his 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' and asks if he has notes about tests of maternal impressions; discusses sour milk superstitions, and menstrous women and milk; the clanging noises to drive away evil spirits; classical parallels to Jonah and the whale; 'jus primae noctis' and African tribal custom, and the 19th century French courtesan who connected sexual desire and ear piercing.