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The Bassingham Morris Text
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of an ms. recording of a Plough Monday play text used by the Bassingham Morris Dancers ( Bassingham, Lincolnshire) in 1896. The text includes illustrations of the charac...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Buckland, Theresa Jill
10/Dec/1975 - 10/Dec/1975
Ann Fowell, recorded in Abbots Bromley on the 10 December 1975 ; talks about the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance - the whereabouts of the whip seen in a photograph of the Hobby Horse; husband, James Fowell,...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire and Derbyshire
Russell, Ian
June-August 1971
Tommy Hoyland sings 'Six Jolly Miners', and talks about the Grenoside Sword Dance. Recorded in the Shoulder of Mutton pub, Worrall, near Sheffield, on 13 June 1971. [Tr. 3] Douglas Marsden sings 'As...
Crow Dancers
Lloyd, Albert Lancaster (1908-1982)
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph, printed on paper, of crow dancers performing a crow dance in a field in Moulton (Cheshire). The dancers wear black trousers, black winged tunics and black face masks. All have th...
Crow Dancers
Lloyd, Albert Lancaster (1908-1982)
[1960s]
Copy of a photograph, printed on paper, of crow dancers performing a crow dance in a field in Moulton (Cheshire). The dancer in the centre of the picture is dressed as a scarecrow, and wears an old ma...
Ripon Sword Dancers
Bland, David
December 1972
Three sword dancers performing in the street on Boxing Day, in Ripon (North Yorkshire). The men wear costumes consisting of smock-like garments covered with small pieces of coloured and patterned mate...
The Goathland Sword Dance
Ridden, G M
1969
A descriptive account of the Goathland sword dance, with consideration also given to the Plough Stots and folk play traditions of the village. Fieldwork was carried out in March 1968, the principal in...
Ukwu Festival Dancer
Maduakor, Robert Obiatuegwu
1978
Card-mounted copy of a photograph taken ca. 1976 of a female dancer at the Ukwu Festival, Nigerian East Central State, Idemmli Division. The dancer wears bells on her ankles, and heavy anklets which r...
Sound Recording, Greater Manchester
Edwards, Janet E
[1967]
The collector introduces and sings four songs associated with May Day celebrations in Salford. These include a Molly Dancers' song, which the collector states as having been sung in the city in the 19...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire and Lancashire
Harrop, Peter K
March 1978
[Collector announcement]; Brighouse Children's Theatre perform a Pace Egg Play, outside the Piece Hall in Halifax on the 25 March 1978. [Tr. 3] [Collector announcement]; the Britannia Coconut Dancer...
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Buckland, Theresa Jill
08/Sep/1975 - 08/Sep/1975
Douglas Fowell, accompanist to the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, recorded in Abbots Bromley; plays tunes on the piano accordion: 'Cock of the North', 'The Girl I Left Behind Me' , 'River of Jordan', 'Off...
Recordings of Yorkshire Songs, Music and Customs at Cecil Sharp House, London
English Folk Dance and Song Society
[1964]
This file contains a typed list of recordings held by the English Folk Dance and Song Society at their headquarters, Cecil Sharp House, London. The recordings cover the period ca. 1940-1964, and inclu...