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Total number of records: 42

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture22
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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Herbert Read Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)3
Wright, John T3
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Eisenmenger, Johann Andreas (1654-1704)2
Pineau, Leon (1861-)2
Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)2
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Wegg, Samuel (1723-1802)2
בצלאל ססיל רות2

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T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

Thompson, Thomas William

c.1890 -1964

Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...

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"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"

Clinch, Angela Jane

1982

Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...

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The Style and Structure of The Girl as Helper in the Hero's Flight, based on A[arne] - T[hompson] 313 Versions in Dr. Katherine Briggs' A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales, Part A, Folk Narratives, Volume 1

Morgan, John S

1972

M.A. dissertation suggesting that the folktale is not only an art form worthy of serious consideration in itself, but that the storyteller is a gifted performer whose performances merit critical appra...

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Tvorchestvo I.F. Kallinikova v mirovom literaturnom pro︠t︡sesse

Mikheicheva, E A; Grachëva, A M; T︠i︡urin, G A

2004

On page preceeding t.p.: Orlovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet.

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Les vieux chants populaires scandinaves = (Gamle nordiske folkeviser) (v.1)

Pineau, Léon (1861-)

1898-1901

"Liste des abréviations usitées pour les ouvrages le plus souvent cités": v. 2, 2 p. preceding p. 1.

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Les vieux chants populaires scandinaves = (Gamle nordiske folkeviser) (v.2)

Pineau, Léon (1861-)

1898-1901

"Liste des abréviations usitées pour les ouvrages le plus souvent cités": v. 2, 2 p. preceding p. 1.

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Derbyshire folk-lore

Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)

[1906?]

Caption title.

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Ballads in prose

Chesson, Nora (1871-1906)

1894

Publisher's catalogue (16p) at end.

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Fairy legends and traditions of the South of Ireland

Croker, Thomas Crofton (1798-1854)

1834

Imprint from colophon. Dedication signed: T. Crofton Croker - p[vii].

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