The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree

Houlbrook, Ceri (2014) The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree. Folklore, 125 (1). pp. 40-59. ISSN 0015-587X
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This paper examines the mutability of the ‘meaning’ of folklore, as articulated by Lauri Honko. It aims to illustrate the amorphous and ambiguous nature of customs and traditions by considering the multiple ‘meanings’ ascribed to a contemporary British folkloric custom: the Cumbrian coin-tree.
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Additional information This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Folklore on 4 April 2014, available online:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316.
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