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baked products7
food7
cooking4
culture4
food industry and trade4
manners and customs4
occupations4
english language - dialects3
food crops3
holidays3

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Brown, Nora S1
Crook, Gabrielle Nicola1
Lahteela, Ann Marie1
Lister, Sue1
Marsh, Patricia1
Mitchell, Sarah L G1
Niman, Jonathan L1

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Sussex Recipes

Lister, Sue

1967

A study of Sussex recipes, based on both printed sources and interviews with local people. The introductory section provides some historical background, descriptions of utensils, an ice house and a ba...

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A Study of Yorkshire Parkin and Gingerbread

Marsh, Patricia

1971

A dissertation comprising four chapters. The first outlines the Yorkshire housekeeping tradition, especially as related to parkin and gingerbread, and includes recipes for wines and punches suitable f...

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Oatcake. With Special Reference to the Yorkshire and Lancashire Area

Crook, Gabrielle Nicola

1976

A dissertation on the history and contemporary production of oatcakes in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The first of five chapters considers the distribution of oatcakes, with sections on climate and the f...

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Priston Mill: A Study of a Working Corn Mill

Mitchell, Sarah L G

1980

A study which takes Priston Mill ( Priston, Somerset) as a working example of material culture, within a more general discussion of milling and its history. The first of its five sections presents a b...

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Bread and Bread-Making (with Special Reference to the Vale of Pickering Area)

Lahteela, Ann Marie

1983

A dissertation comprising two main sections. The first presents a history of, and general background to, bread and bread-making, with sections on grain, milling, bread flours, yeast, methods of baking...

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A Diachronic Study of Aspects of the Celebration of Passover in England. 1920s and 1980s Compared

Niman, Jonathan L

1983

A study of the Jewish festival of Passover in England, comparing recollections and experiences recorded during interviews with residents of a Jewish Old People's Home in Manchester (in 1982), and gath...

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The Living Dialect of Nangreaves near Bury, Lancashire

Brown, Nora S

1968

A study of the dialect spoken in Nangreaves in Lancashire, based on fieldwork interviews with five local informants. The Introduction contains information on the village and the informants, and includ...

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