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Add. MS c/61/50
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Letter from Macleod Yearsley to J. G. Frazer
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- 5 Sept. 1920 (Creation)
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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, and superstitions as to menstruous women.
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A typescript copy of this letter, lacking the superstitions relating to menstruous women, is housed as ADD.Ms.b.37/390.