The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree

Ceri Houlbrook

doi:10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316

The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree

Ceri Houlbrook

History

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Citations (Scopus)

53 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	40-59
Number of pages	20
Journal	Folklore
Volume	125
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2014

Access to Document

10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316

Accepted ManuscriptAccepted author manuscript, 1.07 MBLicence: CC BY

Cite this

@article{0f37710dca6d47ef8e86481f2ba23317,

title = "The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree",

abstract = "This paper examines the mutability of the {\textquoteleft}meaning{\textquoteright} of folklore, as articulated by Lauri Honko. It aims to illustrate the amorphous and ambiguous nature of customs and traditions by considering the multiple {\textquoteleft}meanings{\textquoteright} ascribed to a contemporary British folkloric custom: the Cumbrian coin-tree.",

author = "Ceri Houlbrook",

note = "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.",

year = "2014",

month = apr,

day = "4",

doi = "10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316",

language = "English",

volume = "125",

pages = "40--59",

journal = "Folklore",

issn = "0015-587X",

publisher = "Taylor & Francis Group",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree

AU - Houlbrook, Ceri

N1 - 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.

PY - 2014/4/4

Y1 - 2014/4/4

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316

DO - 10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316

M3 - Article

SN - 0015-587X

VL - 125

SP - 40

EP - 59

JO - Folklore

JF - Folklore

IS - 1

ER -

The Mutability of Meaning: Contextualising the Cumbrian coin-tree

Abstract

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this