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From: hfjmf@mtuxo.UUCP (j.farber)
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Subject: Identify a the title of a mystery?
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 19:42:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 19:42:20 1985
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About 8 or 10 years ago I read a Traditional British Mystery
that I would like to find again.  In the story an American
anthropologist came to the village to collect folklore.  To
tease him, a pair of the locals invented "lore" like,
"Hey diddum daddum dee, Down to sacrifice goes we."
Of course there were murders and such mixed in.
Can someone on the net identify the author or title?  
I hope it's as funny as I remember.

Also - could someone please tell me which dictionary
(and which edition) has the appendix with Indo-European
roots?  I know this was discussed on the net before,
but I've lost the reference.

Susan Long