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Eames, Bronwen A2
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The Uttoxeter Feather Guizers' Christmas Mumming Play

Eames, Bronwen A

1981

A dissertation which examines the Uttoxeter Feather Guizers' mumming play, its importance to the people who act it, the town's mumming tradition and the contemporary importance of the play to Uttoxete...

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SED Word Map: Aren't (I)
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SED Word Map: Aren't (I)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question IX.7.4, Aren't (I), mapping 27 different responses. The map was compiled by Harold Orton and David North, is dated 1964 and is labelled as a draft.

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

7 November 1970

Assembled company singing carols in the Sportsman pub, Lodge Moor, Sheffield. Includes also three popular songs.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Markfield, Leicestershire

Apr 1957

[Side 1] Abraham talks about keeping sheep, discusses problems with foxes and expresses positive opinion about fox hunting, recounts incident of dog worrying lambs and compensation from owner. [Side ...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Eames, Bronwen A

[1979]

Two performances of the Uttoxeter Feather Guizers' Christmas Mumming Play, recorded in two pubs in Uttoxeter. [The recording level on both is very low, and there is much background noise from people i...

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1978

[Collector announcement]; Uttoxeter Feather Guizers perform their hero/combat play in the pubs of Uttoxeter. Pub background noise affects some of the recordings. Concludes on tape LAVC/SRE/A523r.

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Sound Recordings, Staffordshire

Harrop, Peter K

24 December 1978

Uttoxeter Feather Guizers perform their hero/combat play in the pubs of Uttoxeter. [Pub background noise affects parts of the recordings]. Performances also recorded in Blounts Green and Loxley Green....

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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