Survey of English Dialects recording in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Survey of English Dialects recording in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/2/D246
Site Location(s): Place name - Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom( 51.8115, -0.29371 )
Date(s): 31 Dec 1953
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 03 min. 57 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 35 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726625
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
2 - Survey of English Dialects recording in Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Description
[Side 1] Mr Bracey discusses haymaking, explains how to build and thatch 'rick' [= haystack] incl. preparing 'yelms' [= bundle of straw], lists parts of plough incl. 'skimmer' [= metal plate in front of coulter which shaves off top-layer of ground], 'coulter' [= blade at front of plough that makes vertical cut] and 'reest' [= replaceable bed under mouldboard on plough]. [Side 2] Mr Bracey talks about difference between 'skimmer' and 'coulter', describes 'moddle' [= foot of plough on to which ploughshare is fixed], explains how to plough in 16 step 'lands' [= one of set of strips into which ploughed field is divided], recalls entertainment as young farm worker in past incl. playing 'shinny' [= stick and ball game similar to hockey], 'cat-stick' [= tipcat], 'hares and hounds' [= seeking game], explains rules of 'catstick', memories of village fair.
Biography or history
Mr Bracey b. Wheathampstead, aged 75, local school; wife b. Harpenden.
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Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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