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culture8
english language - dialects7
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archive administration3
education3
associations, institutions, etc2
folk music2
folklore2
literature and folklore2
communication1

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Byrne, Packie Manus2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)2
Nalder, Peter Francis2
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Butcher, Edward1
Green, Anthony E (1943-)1
Mcpeake Family1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Sydow, Carl Wilhelm Von (1878-1952)1
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)1

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Hoylake, Cheshire

Walters, Gillian S

1955

A study of the dialect spoken in Hoylake, Cheshire. An introduction to the town is followed by five chapters which which give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 1955, des...

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SED Phonological Map: Either
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SED Phonological Map: Either

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Green, Anthony E (1943-)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VII.2.13, Either, mapping the distribution of [i:]-type responses. The map is labelled as a draft.

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Packie Byrne, singing in an unidentified Huddersfield folk club. [Tr. 2]. Conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A219r. Packie Byrne singing 'The Irish Girl in America', and 'The Plough...

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Folktale Studies and Philology: Some Points of View

Sydow, Carl Wilhelm von (1878-1952)

1965

Photocopy of an article from 'The Study of Folklore' (1965) pp. 220-242, in turn reprinted from C.W. von Sydow, 'Selected Papers on Folklore', edited by Laurits Bødker (Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagg...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Nalder, Peter Francis

[1960s]

Packie Byrne, singing in the Whip Pub, Leeds. Also plays the whistle, spoons, bones and castanets. Recorded May 1968. [Tr. 1] Packie Byrne, singing in an unidentified folk club in Huddersfield . Als...

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Popular Belief: Miscellaneous

1968-1981

This file contains a photocopy of Miss Wilelmine M. E. Fowler's paper on Yorkshire folklore, from 'Memorials of Old Yorkshire', ed. by T. M. Fallow (London: George Allen, 1909), pp. 286-305; a copy of...

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Suffolk Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1958-1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Suffolk to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recor...

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Tape Recording Transcriptions

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

1968-1976

Originally housed in a file labelled Transcriptions of M.R. for St./Db. RLS. + Miscellaneous Transcriptions. Includes typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants from audio-rec...

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