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The Phonology of the Dialect of Hoylake, Cheshire
Walters, Gillian S
1955
A study of the dialect spoken in Hoylake, Cheshire. An introduction to the town is followed by five chapters which which give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 1955, des...
Dales (DCM): Chaplin, Sophie
2022-2023
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...
SED Phonological Map: Either
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VII.2.13, Either, mapping the distribution of [i:]-type responses. The map is labelled as a draft.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Nalder, Peter Francis
[1960s]
Packie Byrne, singing in an unidentified Huddersfield folk club. [Tr. 2]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A219r. Packie Byrne singing 'The Irish Girl in America', and 'The Plough...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kersey, Suffolk
Jul 1959
[Side 1] Bert remembers seeing horse-drawn threshing machine, recalls threshers using 'stick-and-a-half' or 'frail' [= implement used for threshing corn by hand], tells anecdote about old farm worker ...
Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm von (1878-1952)
1965
Photocopy of an article from 'The Study of Folklore' (1965) pp. 220-242, in turn reprinted from C.W. von Sydow, 'Selected Papers on Folklore', edited by Laurits Bødker (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagg...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Lenihan, J M A
19 Jul 1939
[Side 1] John and Willie recall John's prowess as an athlete, description of winning 220 yard sprint at Powderhall. [Side 2] Leslie and Jimmy review local football team's prospects for forthcoming sea...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Nalder, Peter Francis
[1960s]
Packie Byrne, singing in the Whip Pub, Leeds. Also plays the whistle, spoons, bones and castanets. Recorded May 1968. [Tr. 1] Packie Byrne, singing in an unidentified folk club in Huddersfield . Als...
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...
Suffolk Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1958-1959
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Suffolk to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recor...
Tape Recording Transcriptions
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
1968-1976
Originally housed in a file labelled Transcriptions of M.R. for St./Db. RLS. + Miscellaneous Transcriptions. Includes typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants from audio-rec...
Sound Recordings, Essex and Suffolk
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
July 1959
William Sibley, recorded in Stisted; talks about his time as a bellringer; farm work as a boy, trimming thatch, stock boy; wages and working days; work with horses and steam plough; work on the farm a...