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Some of the Festivals Celebrated in Mauritius
Bhayat, Farouk
1975
A description of (religious) festivals observed on the island of Mauritius. The study includes an introduction to the island and its people, followed by sections on the Chinese New Year, Hindu, Tamil,...
Plough
Chapman, John
1975
Old horse plough on display at the Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye. Mounted on Photo File card.
Devils, Saints and Heroes: A Collection of Stories, Customs and Beliefs from Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes
Clark, Elizabeth S M
1969
A collection of some of the customs, beliefs and narratives from four Scottish islands, Great Cumbrae, Little Cumbrae , Arran and Bute, gathered from printed sources and interviews with selected inhab...
The Influence of Outside Cultures on the Gaelic Tongue
Lloyd Weedon, Trevor
[ca. 1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. paper by Lloyd Weedon on Gaelic language in Scotland and its decline. The file also includes a photocopy of a page from an unidentified publication showing a m...
Dialect recording in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland
23 Feb 1939
[Side 1] Conversation between coxswain Brown and Hunter (unplayable by current technological means). [Side 2] Conversation between Janet and Maggie about crossing to Holy Island; Hunter recites the st...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
18 Sep 1952
[Side 1] Fred tells series of anecdotes about local characters, Cissie and Fred discuss differences between dialects locally, Fred briefly mentions disputes between rival supporters from Holy Island o...
Up-Helly-Aa: Ship Burning
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Burning of a replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). Traditionally, Yule fires were burnt for the festival. The custom of burning a Norse galley was introduced i...
Tristan da Cunha
1968
Pp. 399-400 of the 'British Dental Journal' for 5 November 1968. This originally formed part of an article surveying dental cavities and associated problems on Tristan da Cunha. A paragraph including ...
Some Aspects of Custom and Belief in the West Indian Community in Leeds
Smith, Eric A
1968
Study presented for the postgraduate Diploma in Folk Life Studies. Information gathered from informants relates to customs and beliefs observed in individual islands of the West Indies, or to observan...
Up-Helly-Aa: Firing of the Ship
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Torchlight procession and firing of the replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the str...
Sound Recordings, [Liverpool]
Bond, Francis Keith
[1973/1974]
Unidentified female talks about her experience of living in Liverpool during World War Two - air raid shelters, songs at school, gas masks, dockers' reminiscences, rationing, wartime spirit, life at s...
Thatched Blackhouse on Skye
Chapman, John
1975
Thatched side-building at crofter's blackhouse, restored and in use as part of the Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir, Isle of Skye. Hay sledge(?) and cartwheel propped up against front wall. Mounted...