Barllett's experiments on serial reproduction, published in Folklore in 1920, have been died frequently in the writings of social psychologists concerned with rumour. His work has also been cited by folklore scholars interested in the transmission of folktales. Although some types of folktales, such as contemporary legends, appear to resemble rumours, there have been few attempts, by psychologists or folklorists, to compare them. Indeed, despite this apparent common interest, legend scholarship within folklore studies and rumour research within psychology have developed in relative isolation from one another. Possible reasons for this prolonged separation of the two disciplines are obstacles associated with terminology. If such obstacles could be removed, then (he study of rumour-legends could lead to more productive relationships between folklorists and social psychologists.