Item 50 - Letter from Macleod Yearsley to J. G. Frazer

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/61/50

Title

Letter from Macleod Yearsley to J. G. Frazer

Date(s)

  • 5 Sept. 1920 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

1 item

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Scope and content

40 Portland Court, W.1. - Has been reading 'The Golden Bough' and shares stories of the survival of folk customs in the present day, stories relating to the magic of knots, shooting stars, the passing of evil, sins and diseases to other animals, andread more

Allied materials area

Existence and location of copies

A typescript copy of this letter, lacking the superstitions relating to menstruous women, is housed as ADD.Ms.b.37/390.

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