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Oral Tradition
1954-1982
This subseries contains items relating to oral traditions amongst children, and includes items on children's songs and rhymes; Peter Millington's collection of Nottinghamshire rhymes; papers by Gwenda...
Changes in the Transmission of the Story of Pocahontas in England from 1625 to the Present Day
Traynor, Helena M
1978
A study comprising six chapters. The Introduction contains sections on the transmission of folktales, the story of Pocahontas, types of changes in the transmission of folktales and the format of the c...
SED Word Map: Donkey
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the limits of responses Cuddy, Donkey and Fussock, and including the response Moke. Responses Ass, Bu...
Transcript: Cullen, Patricia
Gunns, Kathryn
01 Dec 2022
Transcript of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project.
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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Kinlet, Shropshire
Jan 1955
[Side 1] William recalls 'thrashing' [= threshing] by hand, explains use of 'thrail' [= flail] and 'nile' [= striking part of flail], discusses harvesting by hand and comments younger generation no lo...
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...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
1970-1971
Assembled company and soloists singing carols in the Shoulder of Mutton pub, Worrall, near Sheffield, accompanied on the piano by Iain Beckett. Mick Hartley sings 'Song for the Time', Tom Croft and Ia...
Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers
Smith, Paul (1947-)
[1970-1992]
Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...
Sound Recordings, Norfolk and West Yorkshire
Traynor, Helena M
1977
The vicar of Heacham gives a history of the story of Pocahontas, including reference to the Rolfe family (Princess Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in the seventeenth century); buried in Gravesend in 161...
The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey
Sykes, Donald Richard
1956
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...