There Is More To Folklore Research Than Fieldwork. This Is Why In All Of My Other Upper-division Courses I Require A Term Paper Involving Original Research. - SearchQuotes

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There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.

Alan Dundes

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