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culture23
english language - dialects19
occupations12
folk music10
manners and customs9
persons9
community life8
literature and folklore7
language and languages6
archive administration5

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Baldwin, John R5
Langhorne, Richard3
Brown, I. M.2
Cook, R. G.2
Cotmore, Mrs2
Green, A.2
Miller, T. J.2
Newman, T.2
Whiting, Bill (1891-1891)2
Wright, John T2

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The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1

Morgan, John S

1972

M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...

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Saddles and Horse Collars: A Study of Selected Craftsmen

Wynne, Victoria

1979

M.A. study on the manufacture of saddles and horse collars, based on fieldwork undertaken in Walsall. Firms visited include G. T. Palmer and Son and J. C. Huskisson and Son. Chapters cover the informa...

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Popular Belief: Miscellaneous

1968-1981

This file contains a photocopy of Miss Wilelmine M. E. Fowler's paper on Yorkshire folklore, from 'Memorials of Old Yorkshire', ed. by T. M. Fallow (London: George Allen, 1909), pp. 286-305; a copy of...

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Cheesemaking: Adding Rennet
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Cheesemaking: Adding Rennet

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1963

Mrs. M. E. Scott adding rennet to milk in a copper cheese kettle, in her home, West Stonesdale ( Swaledale). The rennet is only added once the milk temperature is correct. Once the rennet is added, th...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)
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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven carved wooden needle supports from villages in the Eden Vale (Cumbria), including Crosby Garrett, Penrith and Kings Meaburn. The supports form part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Muse...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Ten fancy carved wooden needle supports from Teesdale (Durham), from the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include an elm bladed support with initials S.G. (Sarah Gargate),...

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Jokes, Rhymes and Language

1969-1979

This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

12 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; sings 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now', [ 'I'm Walking Behind You'], [two unidentified], 'If You Were the Only Girl in the Wor...

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Folktales: Miscellaneous 2

[1970-1973]

This file contains items relating to folklore and folktale, including folktales from Sub-Saharan Africa. This includes a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lindi Shembi Williams of the University of Botswan...

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Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Seven wooden needle supports from Middleton in Teesdale, part of the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. The supports include a hornbeam stay busk, chip-carved with motifs including heart...

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Sound Recordings, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

September 1974

Ruby Ling, recorded at home in Snape on the 6 September 1974; sings 'The Volunteer Organist', 'I'm the Man You Don't Meet Every Day', 'If I Were a Blackbird'; talks about singing at home; sings 'Happi...

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