Letters 
TCG Letter #1740
From
Kenneth Sisam
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
9 April 1931
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Unknown
Kenneth Sisam forwards on a letter from a correpsondent who had asked about a possible connection aliri,'loss of (the use of) limbs, paralysis'[1] a Middle English word, and aleary'Some leide here leggis a-lery, as suche losellis cunne, that is', William Langland, Piers Ploughman[2] which appeared in a children's rhyme.
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