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Getting started with folklore: where do I begin?

hollow-fern-30

I've been at this for a while now and still feel like a beginner.

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still-pine-70

Do you have a source for that? I'd like to read more.

hollow-heron-532 more

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

hollow-hazel-66

Whatever you pick, pick it soon. Waiting is the expensive part.

tidal-alder-10

hollow-heron-53 wrote:

Whatever you pick, pick it soon.

Second this.

misty-sedge-292 more

The cheap option was fine for years.

slow-thistle-101 more

Same experience here.

late-thistle-0

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

silver-rowan-34

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

sunlit-beech-99

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

silver-hazel-18

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

pale-sedge-29

Strong disagree, but thanks for writing it up.

gentle-beech-864 more

Nothing beats doing it badly a few times.

wild-birch-16

This is the most useful reply in the thread.

gentle-wren-352 more

Agreed, and it takes a while before it clicks.

amber-heron-761 more

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

bright-reed-19

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

late-fern-65

My experience was the opposite, oddly enough.

gentle-pine-581 more

Small correction, but the point stands.

bright-sparrow-18

gentle-pine-58 wrote:

Small correction, but the point stands.

I asked the same thing a year ago, the answers here helped a lot.

tidal-birch-92

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

rustling-birch-623 more

The official docs are better than they look.

dusky-hazel-59

Careful with that advice, it doesn't work for everyone.

amber-fern-921 more

rustling-birch-62 wrote:

The official docs are better than they look.

Counterpoint: it depends a lot on how much time you have.

wild-hazel-46

Have you tried asking in the local group too?