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A General Survey of the Folklore Collected in the Area Between and Including Lichfield and Walsall
Higgs, Judith
1973
A descriptive study (contemporary rather than historical) of the folklore of South Staffordshire, in the area between Lichfield and Walsall, based on folklore collected through a newspaper survey and ...
"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"
Clinch, Angela Jane
1982
Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...
Mischief Night: An Enquiry into its Origins and Traditions
O'Donnell, Jane
1963
Study of the Mischief Night calendar custom, looking at where it is celebrated, how far it extends over Northern England, whether it is predominantly an urban or rural custom, and whether its occurren...
A Joke for Every Occasion. A Study of Children's Humor [sic], Leeds and London
McCosh, Sandra
1974
M.A. dissertation on children and children's humour, based on fieldwork in four Leeds schools (tape-recorded interviews), and the responses to questionnaires sent to 200 London schools, during the per...
Folklore of Worsley: A Miscellaneous Collection of Tradition and Belief From the Area of Worsley, Salford Metropolitan District
Skinner, Margaret
1975
A study of the folklore of Worsley people, based on oral and printed sources. Interviews were conducted with older residents, and children at a Primary School in Walkden. The study contains a sectio...
69 + 55 Ways to Aural Stimulation and Entertainment. A Look at the Joke
Turner, Anthony J P
1973
A survey of the joke and joke telling, with sections concerning the collection, provenance and classification of the 124 jokes and shaggy dog stories recorded on accompanying 15cm x 10cm index cards. ...
Herbert Edward Plunkett Pelham-Jones, Esquire: Joke Teller and Joke Maker
Shaw, Carol
1974
A study of joke maker Herbert Edward Plunkett Pelham-Jones and his repertoire, including a brief biography and sections examining why he tells jokes, and the kind of jokes he tells. Typed Tape Tables ...
Military Humour
Wills, Caroline
1979
A study of verbal military humour, based on written items sent to the collector from a British Army unit based in Antwerp (70 items), and 500 items from the Humor in Uniform pages of the 'Readers' Dig...
A Collection of Children's Games, Rhymes and Songs
Waller, Vivien M
1962
A collection of children's games, rhymes and songs, collected in the Manchester area from children between the ages of nine and fifteen, playing in the street or whilst at school. Schools visited were...
A Thesis on Children's Games Observed and Recorded in the London Area
Hughes, Mary C
1964
A collection of children's games, songs and rhymes collected in the London area. Classification is according to type, and the items recorded are presented in fourteen sections. Each section is precede...
It's Only a Game? An Account of the Leisure Time Activities of Some Children in Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Whitney, Norman F
1964
A study of children's playground and indoor games, drawing on material collected by folklorists of the past, and the collector's own fieldwork in two Grimsby schools. Four chapters present description...
Children's Games and Lore. Leeds and Liverpool
Russell, June
1978
A descriptive account of children's games and lore, based on items collected during the summer of 1977 from children at play in the street in Kirkby, Merseyside, and during September of the same year ...