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.

Item Type	Article
Identification Number	10.1080/0015587X.2013.837316
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.
Date Deposited	15 May 2025 13:18
Last Modified	03 Feb 2026 01:03