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culture11
folk dancing11
community life8
english language - dialects8
manners and customs7
folk music6
play5
rites and ceremonies4
holidays3
social life and customs3

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Buckland, Theresa Jill2
Bauldie, J S1
Dawney, Michael1
Green, R J1
Grenfell Smith, J1
Niccolls, Sharon1
Ridden, G M1
Stuttard, Susan M1
Taylor, Barry Roy1
Woolley, Hilary J1

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Ceremonial Dance Traditions in the South-West Pennines and Rossendale

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1984

Ph.D. thesis in five parts. Part One provides a discussion of theory and method, and information on the socio-historical background to the area in which fieldwork was carried out. Part Two covers danc...

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The Coal Mining Community of Abram, Lancashire

Bauldie, J S

1970

A dissertation which focusses on the life of the miner away from his place of employment, and describes miners' recreational activities in the Lancashire village of Abram during the years 1900 to 1925...

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Clogs. Their Social Aspects, with Particular Reference to Fighting and Dancing

Woolley, Hilary J

1976

A study comprising four chapters. The first presents the historical, functional and social context of wooden soled footwear, with sections on working clogs and dress clogs. Chapter Two considers the c...

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St. George and the Dragon: A Study in Folk Art

Green, R J

1964

M.A. study [submitted as part of an English Literature degree] comprising ten chapters and five appendices. These discuss definitions of the folk play (with reference made to related calendar customs)...

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Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk

Niccolls, Sharon

1982

A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...

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An Edition of George Butterworth's Folk Music Manuscripts

Dawney, Michael

1975

The abstract in this M.Phil. thesis states: George Butterworth collected folk music in England between 1906 and 1913. In collecting folk songs, he was sometimes accompanied by Francis Jekyll or Ralph ...

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The Nelson Hospital Gala: A Study of its Origins, Development and Contemporary Form

Stuttard, Susan M

1971

A study of the origin and development of the Hospital Gala in Nelson, with emphasis on the post-World War Two galas and the 1970 event in particular.

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The Goathland Sword Dance

Ridden, G M

1969

A descriptive account of the Goathland sword dance, with consideration also given to the Plough Stots and folk play traditions of the village. Fieldwork was carried out in March 1968, the principal in...

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The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1976

A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...

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Traditional Fiddle Playing in West Clare: Junior Crehan and Michael Downes

Taylor, Barry Roy

1977

A study of the work of the Irish fiddle players, Junior Crehan and Michael Downes. The first of its nine sections presents a brief historical survey of Irish dance and its music; section two provides ...

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The Dialect of Upper Coquetdale

Grenfell Smith, J

1971

A study of the dialect spoken in Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland, based on interviews with five informants.

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