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Folklife Survey - Uppsala
Landsmåls- och folkminnesarkivet i Uppsala
[1960s]
Photocopies of typescript folklife questionnaires [Swedish text], selected English translations of some of these questionnaires, and the Uppsala folklife classification scheme [English text].
Sound Recording, Malawi
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S
6 September 1975
A. F. Mbulma, recorded in Ntcheu, relates three Chewa traditional narratives; unidentified male storyteller relates fourth narrative. The first three tales are entitled 'The Thunderbolt', 'The Two Bro...
Orin Ibeji: Songs in Praise of Twins Booklet
Olayemi, Val
1971
'Orin Ibeji: Songs in Praise of Twins' booklet to accompany tape of the same name. Contains songs transcriptions and translations, with notes at the back. Published with the Institute of African Studi...
Caedmon's Hymn
[1950s-1960s]
Typed words to the first verse of Caedmon's hymn in three forms of English. Includes the original Northumbrian version (late 7th century), the West Saxon version (late 9th century), and a modern Engli...
A Descriptive Account of the Sounds of the Present Day Speech of Gateshead
Johnson, Brenda E
1984
A study of the dialect spoken in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with six informants.
Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale
Olayemi, Rufus V K
1971
M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Lewis, Cathy Laura
13 May 1973
Darach Ó Catháin, recorded in Leeds [conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A576r]; sings 'John O' Reilly' and 'Caiptín O' Maílle' [in Gaelic]; gives translation of some of the lines,...
A Study of the Foundation Legend of Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, and Related Motifs
Rosling, Jean
1983
M.A. dissertation which examines the foundation legend of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh ( 'Chronicon anglo-scoticum') and analogous miraculous stag/deerhunt/church founding legends. The Introduction inc...
Ibibio Folktale Night: An Introduction to Ibibio Oral Literature
Ikiddeh, Ime
1966
M.A. thesis presenting a general survey of the oral form of Ibibio folktales ( Nigeria), and a study of sample prose and verse tales known by the collector and seen in the context of a single night's ...
Pidgin Variety in Cameroon
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1975
M.A. project investigating the sound systems of Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE), based on four texts selected from tape recordings made by Stanley Ellis in West Cameroon in 1971. The study presents info...
Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture
Emovon, Joshua A
1976
M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...
Selected Writings of Petr Bogatyrev
Bogatyrev, Petr (1893-1971); Miller, Stephen
1984
This file contains a master duplicator copy of part of 'Peter Bogatyrev (1893-1971): Selected Writings in Folkloristics (1931-1939)', edited by Stephen Miller. It forms no. 6 of the Leeds Folklore Gro...