Thompson 's attribution of the Long Rede to her grandmother has been disputed , since Adriana Porter died in 1946 , well before Gerald Gardner published The Old Laws .
No evidence for Adriana Porter 's authorship exists other than Thompson 's word .
Thompson 's attribution of the Long Rede to her grandmother has been disputed , since Adriana Porter died in 1946 , well before Gerald Gardner published The Old Laws , and no evidence for Porter 's authorship exists other than Thompson 's word .