Fish otoliths and folklore: A survey

Folklore

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-90

  Duffin, Christopher John ^a  

^a Streatham and Clapham High School ^*

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DOI: 10.1080/00155870601095671     Document Type: Article

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