Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire
Classmark: LAVC/SRE/D/1/D59
Creator(s): Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Site Location(s): Subject - Morebattle, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom( 55.5175, -2.3639 )
Date(s): 23 Aug 1939
Language: English
Size and medium: [Side 1] 04 min. 21 sec.; [Side 2] 04 min. 03 sec.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/726831
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
1 - Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire
2 - Dialect recording in Morebattle, Roxburghshire
Description
[Side 1] Mr Currie tells an anecdote about a minister seeking selection for the local kirk, general discussion of local flower show, leeks, barley soups, scabious. [Side 2] Mr Currie recites the story of the little mouse and the old tom cat in Morebattle dialect, tells joke about a Scottish farmer in Paris, tells joke about the bishop and the kettle.
Biography or history
Mr Currie b. Eckford, Roxburghshire. Mrs. Liddell b. Morebattle, Roxburghshire. Miss Dick b. Morebattle, Roxburghshire.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
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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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