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Total number of records: 9

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culture7
english language - dialects6
community life4
archive administration3
communication3
folk music3
literature and folklore3
play3
folklore2
games2

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Archer, Frank1
Dawson, Betty1
Dawson, John1
English Folk Dance and Song Society1
Newport, Rosemary1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Playford, Averil H1
Russell, Ian1
Smith, Paul (1947-)1

Archive File

Aspects of Selected Public Houses in Leicester and Ratby, with Particular Reference to Games and Associated Customs

Newport, Rosemary

1970

A study of six public houses, situated in the village of Ratby and suburban and urban areas of the city of Leicester. Fieldwork involved informal interviews with landlords and landladies, bar staff an...

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SED Phonological Map: ME Medial Vowels
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SED Phonological Map: ME Medial Vowels

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., showing the limits of the usage of three Middle English medial vowels. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects : ...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

12 January 1970

John Dawson and Betty Dawson, recorded in their home in Sheffield, playing the piano, singing carols and in conversation. Includes a medley of popular tunes played on the piano; discussion concerning ...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Great Dalby, Leicestershire

04 May 1956

[Side 1] Frank recalls butcher slaughtering pig and describes troughs used in past for salting and curing 'flitches' [= sides of bacon], talks about home-cured bacon and ham, gives recipe for stuffed ...

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Printing Matrices

[1960s]

Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...

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Archive File

Folk Music in the British Isles

English Folk Dance and Song Society

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains photocopies of papers produced by the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) on folk music collections and recordings in Great Britain. The file includes a photocopy of the lis...

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Children's Songs and Rhymes

1954-1979

This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...

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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...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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