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The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Pilling, Lancashire
Badman, Mary J
1979
A study of the dialect spoken in the Lancashire village of Pilling, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three local informants.
Walloon Language Survey Page
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Copy of a page from a published survey of the Walloon dialect of Belgium, showing responses collected for item no. 52, Jambe (Leg).
Sound Recordings, Manchester
Mulley, Ian
1976
Collector talks with small groups/pairs of children at Greenheys Junior School, Greater Manchester, about duppies (ghosts), rasta men, the police, jumbies (ghosts), visiting the West Indies, children'...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Holmbridge, Yorkshire
Dyson, B Ronald
Sep 1952
[Side 1] Mrs. Earnshaw discusses food in past, incl. 'butter shive' [= slice of bread and butter], recalls first holiday aged 50 to Blackpool, talks about visit of pigman to stick pig, remembers makin...
Fishing Methods, Etc.
1962-1979
This file contains items relating to traditional fishing methods, including an ms. letter from Richard R. Blewett to Mr. Martin with a newspaper cutting on the use of charmed words to catch fish, incl...
Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets
1940-1974
This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...