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Archive File

Wright, John

2022

Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage...

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Archive Sub-series

Riddles

1960-1978

This subseries contains papers on riddles, and their themes and variations, including a paper by Peter Nalder on the Archer Taylor riddle index, papers by Stewart Sanderson chiefly on Scottish riddles...

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The Observance of Mothering Sunday

Gregson, Peter

1966

A thesis on the tradition and observance of the mothering custom, based on fieldwork carried out in North Nottinghamshire villages from February to October 1965, and early in 1966. Information was als...

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Dry Stone Wall Diagram
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Dry Stone Wall Diagram

Feather, John J

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. line diagram showing a cross-section of a dry stone wall. Individual parts of the wall, including capstones, throughs, fillings and courses, are labelled in ms. The diagram is is dated 4.12.53, an...

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Linguistic Atlases

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1940-1972

From an early stage, Harold Orton saw the collection of dialect data and its presentation in map form as parts of the same process, and thus his lectures would necessarily cover the range of activitie...

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Final Drafts and Copy

[1974-1978]

This sub-subseries comprises completed draft phonological, morphological and syntactical maps produced for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE); and copy phonological, morphological and syntactical...

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The Fowler Manuscript

Fowler, Wilelmine M E

[1960s-1970s]

Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...

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Photograph: Borthwick, Alan
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Photograph: Borthwick, Alan

Hall, Rosemary

09 Oct 2022

Photograph of oral history interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Photographer listed under creator.

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

Feb 1971 - May 1971

Stanley Marsden singing in his home, Allen Syke Farm, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. [Tr. 4, Tr. 1]. Recorded 24 February 1971. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A132r.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Feb 1953

[Side 1] Wilsey talks about his brother who was a gravedigger and a miner and describes different ideas about religion. [Side 2] Wilsey continues anecdote about telling local parson the story of Siddh...

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Salmon Fishing: Have Net
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Salmon Fishing: Have Net

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

June 1965

Fisherman fishing for salmon using a have net (or haaf net) in the River Lune at Glasson (Lancashire).

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SED Word Map: To Ache
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SED Word Map: To Ache

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in typescript, for SED question VI.13.3, To Ache (of Belly), mapping responses Ache, be Sore, Wark and Warch. The map is labelled The ...

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