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Total number of records: 17

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SubjectCount
culture17
folk drama17
clothing and dress16
english language - dialects16
persons16
holidays15
manners and customs15
rites and ceremonies14
folk dancing1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Tylor, Mr4
Taylor, Mr3
Ward, Olive2
Bickerdike, E1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1

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Pace-Eggers

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the late-19th century, which purports to be of the Kirkby Stephen Pace-Eggers, or Jolly Boys. They carry musical instruments (tambourine, fiddle and melodeon), and are dr...

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

Ward, Olive

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1937 of the Goathland Sword Dance Team in costume, Goathland (North Yorkshire). From left to right, the characters are the Captain, Tom, the Gentleman, the Lady, Betty an...

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Plough Stotts [Stots]
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Plough Stotts [Stots]

Ward, Olive

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph taken in 1937 of children (in costume and with a plough) participating in the Goathland Plough Stotts [Stots], Goathland (North Yorkshire). The teamster holds a whip.

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Brighouse Pace Eggers
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Brighouse Pace Eggers

Tylor, Mr

[1970s]

Copy of an original photograph taken around the 1940s, of pace eggers performing in a street in Brighouse (West Yorkshire), watched by a large crowd of people. The performers are members of the Brigho...

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Midgley Pace Eggers
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Midgley Pace Eggers

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of pace eggers performing in the open air at Midgley (West Yorkshire), around the 1940s. At the centre of the photograph, dressed in a top hat and dark suit, is the Doctor. Other ...

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Calderdale Pace Eggers
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Calderdale Pace Eggers

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of a pace egg play being performed at the Calder Valley Folk Festival, in an unidentified town in Calderdale (West Yorkshire), in 1956. The players are all children (boys). The Do...

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Kippax Pace Eggers
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Kippax Pace Eggers

Bickerdike, E

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of pace eggers performing a pace egg play in the garden of the vicarage at Kippax (West Yorkshire). The pace eggers appear all to be adults, and are dressed in quite elaborate cos...

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Brighouse Pace Eggers
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Brighouse Pace Eggers

Tylor, Mr

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the 1940s, of members of the Brighouse Children's Theatre performing a pace egg play in the open air at Brighouse (West Yorkshire). The Doctor, wearing a top hat and dark...

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Brighouse Pace Eggers
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Brighouse Pace Eggers

Tylor, Mr

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the 1940s, of members of the Brighouse Children's Theatre performing a pace egg play in the open air at Brighouse (West Yorkshire). The Doctor, wearing a top hat and dark...

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Brighouse Pace Eggers
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Brighouse Pace Eggers

Tylor, Mr

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph taken in the 1940s, of members of the Brighouse Children's Theatre performing a pace egg play in the open air at Brighouse (West Yorkshire). The Doctor, wearing a top hat and dark...

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

Taylor, Mr

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of (adult) pace eggers performing at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. Two costumed characters [?St. George and Black Prince].

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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire
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Pace Eggers, West Yorkshire

Taylor, Mr

[1960s]

Copy of a photograph of (adult) pace eggers performing at an unidentified location, probably in West Yorkshire. Two costumed characters [?St. George and Black Prince].

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