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Folk Museums of the British Isles
Orton, W R
1968
This survey of twenty-five British folk museums comprises an introductory section which presents a definition, history and thoughts on the function of the folk museum, followed by individual descripti...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
Lowry's Town has Gone
Dixon, Beverley Anne
1980
A study of Salford, comprising six chapters. The introductory chapter includes quotations from the artist L. S. Lowry, and comments by others on his representation of people and place. The second chap...
Folk Medicine: A Bibliography
Smart, Shona
1978
A compilation of English-language book and journal article titles relating to folk medicine. A date range is not given. The collector states in the Introduction that the purpose of the bibliography ...
Essex Witchcraft - A Review
Mahoney, Kathryn C
1973
A study of witchcraft in Essex, comprising five chapters. The first concerns origins, and looks at possible beginnings of the witch cult, with a discussion of the social climate of the time when the w...
Some Aspects of the Oral Folk-Lore of Macclesfield and its District
Cliffe, David E
1968
A collection of 212 items of folklore, presented in two sections. The first records primary school children's games and rhymes, mostly drawn from the author's memory and representative of the years 19...
Yorkshire Proverbial Sayings
Jelley, Susan Jennifer
1977
A collection of 190 proverbs, collected in North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire via appeals for information in the 'Yorkshire Post' and 'Farmers' Weekly' newspapers. A number of follow-up interviews wit...
Autograph Albums 1900-1935: A Classified Collection
O'Brien, Kathleen Celia
1978
A study of autograph albums, based on responses to appeals for information made by the collector in three Yorkshire newspapers. This yielded letters from over 170 people, and the loaning of more than ...
The Phonology of the Dialect of Bubwith in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Langrick, Annie E
1948
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Bubwith, East Yorkshire. An introduction to the village and the area is followed by six chapters which present a descriptive account of the sounds of ...
The Living Dialect of Kettlewell
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1951
A study of the dialect spoken in Kettlewell in North Yorkshire. An introduction to the village and the area is followed by chapters which present a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect r...
The Living Dialect of Walshaw
Walker, Brenda Mary
1952
A study of the dialect spoken in Walshaw in Lancashire.
The Living Dialect of Cardington, Shropshire
Jones, Claire
1953
A study of the dialect spoken in Cardington in Shropshire.