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Traditional Threats
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1970-1972
This file contains items relating to Tony Green's research into traditional threats to children. The fieldwork is based on the responses of first and second year pupils from Roundhay School in Leeds, ...
Traditional Methods of Threatening/Frightening Children
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1970
This file contains a paper on traditional threats, using information collected by Tony Green from groups of first- and second-year pupils at Roundhay School, Leeds, in March 1970. The pupils were aske...
St. Valentine's Day in Britain: The History of a Periodic Custom
Gendre, Pierre-Alain
1978
M.A. study based on literary and folkloristic data gathered between November 1977 and March 1978. A Historical Introduction is followed by chapters on origins, La Cour d'Amour and the literary traditi...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
17 November 1971
Reginald Vaughan and Donald Stack, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore from the 1950s: freshmen initiation rites - first informant says none at Harvard Uni...
Some Aspects of Campus Lore
Wilson, David L
1972
M.A. dissertation which surveys contemporary American folklore, focussing on folkloric material found on American university and college campuses. Examples gathered from fieldwork interviews relate to...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
25 October 1971
Ronald Croick, recorded in Leeds, talks about American university and college campus folklore: initiation and the wearing of dinks (type of headwear); carrying orange and maroon lifesavers; matches fo...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
11 December 1971
Allison Cooke and Janet Stern, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: rumour; freshman initiation; homecoming games; May Day weekend; Greek Weekend; Greek Si...
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...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Wilson, David L
22 April 1972
Emerson Bell and Donald Uchtman, recorded in Leeds, talking about American university and college campus folklore: freshmen's dormitories and spelling words by lit and unlit windows; no class unity at...
The Welsh Love Spoon
Thomas, Barbara J
1966
A study which examines the custom of making and giving carved spoons as love tokens in Wales. Consideration is given to the custom, the spoon itself (shape and form, decoration and how and where it wa...
Pregnancy and Birth
1964-1976
This file contains items relating to pregnancy and birth customs, and includes a typed paper by Mrs. A. Pennie on baby lore and luck in love (1964), 5 leaves; a photocopy of Audrey Chamberlain's artic...
Animals and Birds
1949-1981
This file contains items on folklore and terminology associated with animals and birds. This includes a photocopy of Tom Hey's article on Yorkshire names for wild birds, from the 'Dalesman', volume 40...