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Games and Pastimes
1959-1980
This subseries contains items relating to children's games and pastimes, and includes Catherine Wellsted's study of children's lore, language and games in Nottinghamshire; newspaper articles on playgr...
Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection
O'Brien, Kathleen Celia
1978
A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...
SED Word Map: Scraps
Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question III.12.10, Scraps (i.e. the leftovers from rendered lard), mapping the distribution of responses Craps, Scraps, Scratchings, Cracklings and Cratchings. T...
Audio Recording: Cullen, Patricia
Hall, Rosemary
01 Dec 2022
Digital recording of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Interviewer(s) listed under c...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
6 December 1970
Assembled company and soloists singing carols in the Royal pub, Dungworth, accompanied on the organ by Lol Loy. Charlie Fretwell sings 'Christmas Tree', and Laurie Goodison sings 'Mistletoe Bough'. So...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Clun, Shropshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Sykes, Donald Richard
Jan 1955
[Side 1] George recalls almost drowning in local pool, remembers anglers frequently coming from Birmingham in past, comments pool now drained, reflects on favourite jobs on farm, incl. 'a-striking out...
SED Word Map: Scraps
Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map for SED question III.12.10, Scraps, mapping responses Craps, Scraps, Scratchings, Cracklings and Cratchings. The map is labelled as a draft.
A Critique of the Methodology of Robert Redfield
Paine, Robert
1968
Four photocopies of Robert Paine's article, 'A Critique of the Methodology of Robert Redfield: Folk Culture and Other Concepts', from an offprint from 'Ethnos' (1968), pp. 161-172. This also includes ...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
December 1970
Assembled company and soloists singing carols in the Royal pub, Dungworth, accompanied on the organ by Lol Loy (the majority of carols on this recording are sung unaccompanied). John Frost sings 'Song...
Folk Tales: Miscellaneous 1
1977-1981
This file contains a sample offprint from the 'Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zue historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung', ed. Kurt Ranke (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1977), Ban...
Museums
1966-1973
This file contains items relating to museums and related institutions, including Bryce Nelson's article on S. Dillon Ripley's plans for recreating a slum at the Smithsonian Institution, extracted from...