The FOLK LORE SOCIETY's first edition (1908) of a study of the story, "GRATEFUL DEAD".

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"The FOLK LORE SOCIETY's first edition (1908) of a study of the story, "GRATEFUL DEAD".", Grateful Dead Archive Online, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.gdao.org/items/show/1697040.
Description
"Grateful Dead" pre-dates written language and was traditionally retold over and over, orally. First written in ink by the Catholic monks that wrote the New Testament in the 1400s. Published in French, 1493. Published in German, 1503. Published in Old English, ?. Published in modern English 1908.