The Clyde Mystery; A Study in Forgeries and Folklore
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By Andrew Lang 3 Oct, 2019
Excerpt........This is the question which has been debated, mainly in newspaper controversy, for nearly ten years.  A most rambling controversy it has been, casting its feelers as far as central Australia, in space, and as far back as, say, 1200 b. ... Read more
Excerpt........This is the question which has been debated, mainly in newspaper controversy, for nearly ten years.  A most rambling controversy it has been, casting its feelers as far as central Australia, in space, and as far back as, say, 1200 b.c. in time. Either the disputed objects at the Museum are actual relics of life lived in the Clyde basin many centuries ago; or the discoverers and excavators of the old sites are dogged by a forger who “dumps down” false relics of kinds unknown to Scottish antiquaries; or some of the unfamiliar objects are really old, while others are jocose imitations of these, or—there is some other explanation! The modern “Clyde artists” are credited by Dr. Robert Munro with “some practical artistic skill,” and some acquaintance with the very old and mysterious designs on great rocks among the neighbouring hills. What man of artistic skill, no conscience, and a knowledge of archaic patterns is associated with the Clyde? Less
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Andrew Lang, FBA was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the ...
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