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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...
Sound Recording, [Norway]
Calvert, Valerie E
1961
[Announcement: results of a questionnaire issued by the Norsk Ethnological Institute]; male discusses Easter food and eggs in Norway - relates findings of survey - customary practices, egg consumption...
Some Aspects of Mothering Sunday (With Particular Reference to Nottingham)
Warren, Vivien P.
1966
A study of Mothering Sunday, with particular reference to its observance in Nottinghamshire. Chapter One covers the origins, growth, partial extinction and revival of the custom, with reference to Con...
Decorated Egg
[1960s]
A hard-boiled, decorated egg, coloured with a food-based(?) red/pink dye. The shell is patterned with stencils made from small fern leaves and wild flowers.
A Study of Yorkshire Parkin and Gingerbread
Marsh, Patricia
1971
A dissertation comprising four chapters. The first outlines the Yorkshire housekeeping tradition, especially as related to parkin and gingerbread, and includes recipes for wines and punches suitable f...
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 Recordings, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston
Calvert, Valerie E
April 1961
Peggy Meek describes egg customs - conkering, displaying decorated eggs, egg rolling on Easter Monday, ingredients for decorating eggs [informant is Secretary of the Cumberland and Westmorland Benevol...
The Pasche Egg
Calvert, Valerie E
1962
A study of the Easter egg and customs associated with it, based on questionnaire responses and fieldwork interviews with informants living in (or one time resident in) Burscough, Workington, Preston, ...
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...
Belief and Superstition in the Area of Runcorn and Widnes
Charlton, C A
1973
A study of traditional belief in Runcorn and Widnes, based on interviews with friends and relatives, letters to local newspapers, the circulation of a questionnaire amongst friends, relatives and acqu...
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 .