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Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
18 Jul 1938
[Side 1] Willie and Leslie recall cooking 'poddish' [= porridge], memories of route march day after drinking too much beer, distaste for potted meat. [Side 2] Andrew and Willie discuss plans for Belfo...
The Traditional Cookery of a Yorkshire Housewife
Starkey, Helen
1977
A study of one Yorkshire woman's cooking and baking traditions, and her use of recipes and methods of cooking passed on to her from her mother and grandmother. The study begins with a brief section on...
Dyed Egg
Calvert, Valerie E
[1961-1962]
Pasche egg decorated to resemble a figure wearing a crinoline, on a wooden board in a house in Workington (Cumbria).
Christmas Traditions: Student Survey, 1968-1969
1968-1969
This file contains papers produced by students for the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers are the result of a survey exerci...
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...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Soulby, Westmorland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
12 Nov 1954
[Side 1] Jack talks about changes in working conditions on farm and inflation in stock prices and wages, remembers eating 'haver poddish' and 'blue milk' [= oatmeal porridge and skimmed milk], thinks ...
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 .
Easter Egg Survey
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1962-1963
This sub-subseries includes typed and photocopied questionnaires and covering letters, and ms. and typed responses, to the Folk Life Survey questionnaire on Easter Egg traditions. The survey appears t...
Dyed Egg
Calvert, Valerie E
[1961-1962]
Decorated pasche egg dyed in onion skins, on a wooden board in a house in Workington (Cumbria).
Christmas Traditions: Student Survey, 1978-1979
1978-1979
This file contains papers produced by students for the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers are the result of a survey exerci...
Christmas Traditions: Student Survey, 1979-1980
1979-1980
This file contains papers produced by students for the undergraduate degree in Folk Life Studies at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). The papers are the result of a survey exerci...
Sound Recordings, Somerset
Mitchell, Sarah L G
1978-1979
[Collector announcement: informant collector's mother]; E. M. Mitchell, of Bath, talks about present-day Christmas traditions - shopping, cards, present buying, house decorations; Christmas Eve tradit...