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animals7
nature7
community life6
culture6
manners and customs5
occupations5
agriculture4
folklore4
buildings3
communication3

Top 10: People and organisations

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Brown, Isaac1
Bull, Mrs. Walter1
Bull, Walter1
Croot, Mrs Oscar1
Croot, Oscar1
Edge, Christine1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Fensome, Charles1
Shaw, David H1
Wagstaff, Bert1

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Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Brigham, Cumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

09 Sep 1954

[Side 1] Isaac reminsices about farming days in past, remembers occasion when twin chicks hatched from single egg, recalls time when he and his wife were threatened by swarm of wasps while building st...

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Natural Formations

1964-1973

This file contains items on natural formations and the landscape, including Pauline Flick's article on the Rollright Stones and their conservation, extracted from 'Country Life' (30 August 1973), pp. ...

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Village and Farm

1960-1973

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items on village and farm life, and related topics. This includes W. E. Tate's paper, 'Parish Records and the English Village Community', extracted f...

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Trade - General

1964-1976

This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...

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Sheep, Geese, Bees and Dogs

1957-1973

This file contains items relating largely to the care and management of sheep, but also items on geese, bees and dogs. This includes a typed copy of a letter on sheepshearing in Cumberland, from 'Will...

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Sound Recordings, Bedfordshire

Shaw, David H

1960-1961

Oscar Croot and Mrs. Oscar Croot, recorded in Riseley in 1960; Mr. Croot describes making leaded windows - transporting and fitting, geographical area covered, costs and estimates of work; describes t...

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