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Popular Belief in Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...
Map of Britain Circa 664 A.D.
[1950s-1960s]
Map from an unidentified publication, titled 'Britain Circa A.D. 664', showing the various kingdoms, and boundaries of the kingdoms and overlordships of King Oswy and King Wulfhere.
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
September-October 1971
Bill Needham in conversation regarding the song 'Oughtibridge Trail Hunt' - explains the route of the hunt on which the song is based, and sings the song [wife present, with occasional comments]; refe...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Swettenham, Cheshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
Oct 1957
[Side 1] Wilf tells anecdote about stonemason visiting mill and breaking chisel trying to carve initials in millstone, recalls millstream flooding in 1954, describes difference between milling oats an...
Handknitting
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
August 1962
Elderly female handknitting using traditional curved needles and sheath, Gayle ( Wensleydale).
Dry Stone Wall with Stile
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
1965?
Dry stone wall with style at an unidentified location in the Yorkshire Dales (possibly Wharfedale). The stile consists of 3 stones which protrude from the wall to form steps.
SED Word Map: Fields
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Mid 1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question I.1.1, Fields, mapping the distribution of responses Closes and Grounds. The map was compiled by Harold Orton, and is dated 1967. The ...
Dialect recording in Cullercoats, Northumberland
Hornsby, G
11 Nov 1938
[Side 1] Mrs. Henry recites passage, 'Cullercoats and the work of the fisher folks', describes week-long mussel-fishing trips and work of fisher wives: baiting lines (140 hooks per line), waiting with...
Maori Folk Literature 2
Orbell, Margaret Rose
1973-1975
This file contains 2 offprints by Margaret Orbell on Maori folktales, being 'Two Versions of the Maori Story of Te Tahi o te Rangi', offprinted from the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society', volume 82,...
Superstitions Concerning Luck: A Structural Analysis
Holliday, Thurza Elizabeth Anne
1977
An analysis of beliefs concerning good and bad luck, gathered through letters to two Manchester newspapers, the Leeds 'Evening Post' and 'The Yorkshire Post', and interviews with those readers who res...
Sound Recording, Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
Various informants from Leicesterrelate customs and beliefs known to them: flowers in hospital, new moon, shoes, crossed knives, hawthorn, howling dogs, cutlery, wart cures, death omens, divination (f...
Sound Recording, Leicester
Edge, Christine
1965
Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...