Fishing Methods, Etc.

Description

This file contains items relating to traditional fishing methods, including an ms. letter from Richard R. Blewett to Mr. Martin with a newspaper cutting on the use of charmed words to catch fish, including whistlefish in Cornwall (24 February 1966); a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Singing for a Fish: A Study of Custom and Belief', offprinted from 'Heriditas: Essays and Studies Presented to Professor Séamus Ó Duilearga', ed. Bo Almqvist (Dublin: Folklore Society of Ireland, 1975), pp. 287-297; an ms. list of fishing terms in Faroese, Swedish and English; copies of engravings and a postcard depicting prawn-fishing in Normandy using traditional nets (havenets), accompanied by ms. notes, diagrams and a map of the subject region; a typed letter to Sanderson from R. D. Abbott of the Peterborough Museum Society on the Severnlave-net, with accompanying ms. diagram (17 November1965); a typed excerpt from a letter addressed to Martyn Wakelin from Broundand S. Tonkin, Chief Fishery Officer at
Mousehole, Penzance, on lobster pots, accompanied by printed diagrams labelled in typescript (full letter and accompanying photograph are held in the Archivists' Papers subfond, LAVC/ARC/3/2); a photocopy of Stewart Sanderson's paper on the Tweed salmon coble from 'Studies in Folk Life: Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate', ed. Geraint Jenkins (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969), pp. 274-280; a photocopy of W. R. Mitchell's article on the use of cobles off the Yorkshire coast, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40, number 4 (July 1978), pp. 307-309; an ms. letter with a photocopied extract on salmon fishing with heave-nets on the River Eden, sent to Stewart Sanderson by Peter Frank (May 1979); and mounted magazine and newspaper cuttings from 'Country Life' and 'The Guardian' on net shops at Hastings, cobles, the Brixham trawler, baiting fishing lines in Northumberland and fish treading on the River Kent in Cumberland.


File contents retained in original classification order.

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Reproduction

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There are no access restrictions on items in the Folk Life File.

Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

Related material

Other papers by Stewart Sanderson are held with Institute Staff Papers at LAVC/STA/1. Papers by Sanderson are also held in the Folk Life File, and photographs by him in the Photo File. For a list of these items see LAVC/STA/1 (Associated Material).


Correspondence between Martyn Wakelin and Broundand S. Tonkin is held at LAVC/ARC/3/2. Photographs of Cornish lobster pots from negatives supplied by Broundand S. Tonkin are held at LAVC/PHO/P0471 and LAVC/PHO/P0472.

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