Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D13
Creator(s): Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A
Site Location(s): Subject - Humshaugh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom( 55.0377, -2.12843 )
Date(s): 05 Jun 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 04 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 09 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726789
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
2 - Dialect recording in Humshaugh, Northumberland
Description
[Side 1] William Nichol, William Thompson and James talk about work at quarry, mention local names for farm animals incl. 'tup' [= male lamb], 'gimmer' [= young female sheep] and 'steg' [= male goose]. [Side 2] William Thompson and James discuss ancestors and talk briefly about local quarry; William Herdman and Jim discuss local characters.
Biography or history
William Herdman, Jim & William Thompson b. Humshaugh. William Nichol b. Halton Red House, near Corbridge. James b. Ponteland, grew up in Humshaugh.
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Downloadable text transcriptions (where available) are reproduced with permission from Juhani Klemola and Mark Jones. ©All Rights Reserved.
Physical and technical conditions
78 r.p.m., cellulose nitrate on aluminium
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