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community life8
manners and customs8
social life and customs8
culture6
persons5
folklore4
holidays4
buildings3
communication3
education3

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Bell, Brigid M1
Bell, Mary1
Bell, Robert1
Bell, Sheila1
Bullard, John1
Bullard, Kathy1
Bullard, Margaret1
Bullard, Scott1
Calvert, Valerie E1
Dixon, Beverley Anne1
Decorated Egg
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Decorated Egg

Calvert, Valerie E

[1961-1962]

Pasche egg decorated with a miniature painting of Friar's Crag (Cumbria), on a wooden board in a house in Workington .

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Sound Recording, [Location Unknown]

Bell, Brigid M

24 December 1978

[Collector announcement]; collector's family recorded in conversation whilst eating Christmas Eve supper; discussion covers the food served, Prince Charles' potential bride, Monaco royal family; Luxem...

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Canal Culture: Life and Traditions on the Midlands Canal System

Douglas, Peter A

1965

A study of the work and play traditions of people living and working on canals, with particular reference to the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire. Fieldwork was conducted in and around the villag...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Wilson, David L

8 November 1971

John Bullard, Margaret Bullard, Scott Bullard and Kathy Bullard, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: freshman week; orientation events and feats; class so...

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Winter and Spring Festivals

1965-1980

This file contains items relating to New Year, Valentine's Day and Shrove Tuesday customs. This includes a typed copy of a letter from Clare Elkin to Stewart Sanderson on the custom of painting New Ye...

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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...

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Talismans, Magical Techniques, Charms, Etc.

1966-1979

The file contains an ms. letter from Evelyn Briggs on a superstition associated with seeing pigs on the way to the [horse] races (16 October 1972); Mary Corringham's article on talismans and their use...

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Sound Recording, West Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

23 November 1971

Mary Judge, recorded in Leeds; talks about her upbringing in the Lancashire village of Overton (1900-1914); community life; scrambling for hot pennies at weddings; wedding parties and the food eaten; ...

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