Survey of English Dialects recording in Mendlesham, Suffolk
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Mendlesham, Suffolk
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D219
Site Location(s): Place name - Mendlesham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom( 52.2501, 1.0813 )
Date(s): Sep 1959
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 05 min. 00 sec.; [Side 2] 03 min. 37 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726598
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Mendlesham, Suffolk
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Mendlesham, Suffolk
Description
[Side 1] Joe compares different shapes of stacks built locally incl. boat-shaped and gable-ended, stresses importance of building 'rick' [= haystack] to deter mice, explains how to thatch stack ensuring 'yelms' [= bundles of straw] are laid correctly to prevent moisture getting in, recalls preparing 'broaches' [= thatching rods] on wet days in readiness for harvest, describes use of 'scuds' [= rope made of twisted straw used to secure thatching pegs] and 'scud-winder' [= rope-twister]. [Side 2] Joe recalls working with horses in past, lists crops grown on own farm, talks briefly about harvesting barley and wheat, describes use of 'scuds' [= rope made of twisted straw used to secure broaches to thatch] and 'broaches' [= thatching rods], explains how to make scuds with 'scud winder' [= rope twister, implement for making straw rope].
Biography or history
Joe b. Mendlesham Green, aged 72, local school till aged 13, whiole life in Mendlesham except during WW1; father b. Mendlesham, farmer; mother b. Mendlesham; wife b. Mendlesham.
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78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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