The influence of Tylor’s idea of cultural survivals on the development of the study of folklore was profound. He was a founding member of the folk-lore society, serving on its council and as Vice-President. As Richard Dorson (1968: 196) observes, in the early work of the members of the Folk-Lore Society “the name of Tylor echoes like that of a household god.” Under Tylor’s influence, the Folk-Lore Society aimed “to establish a science devoted to reconstructing the world view of pre-historic savages from the contemporary lore of peasants” (202).As another leading member of the society,Andrew Lang, ”the method of folklore is .. to compare” practices and beliefs found in “civilized” countries with those found in”uncivilized countries.” Furthermore,”when an apparently irrational and anomalous custom is found in any country, to look for a country where…the practice is…in harmony with the manners and ideas of the people among whom it prevails”(quoted in Dorson 1968:206).