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culture7
death7
manners and customs7
persons7
superstition7
rites and ceremonies5
social life and customs5
folklore4
communities3
nature3

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Chamberlain, John S2
Alobwede D'Epie, Charles1
Cross, Mrs1
El-Darrat, Nasser1
Frear, Mr1
Frear, Mrs1
Hamid, Sayed1
Jackson, Mr1
Love, Mrs1
Mckelvie, Donald1

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Some Aspects of Bakossi Rituals

Alobwede D'Epie, Charles

1974

M.A. dissertation on the ritual life of the Bakossi tribe in south-western Cameroon. The rituals are presented in the light of Bakossi original beliefs and thinking, that is, they are described as the...

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Twentieth Century Attitudes to Death

Rowley, Karen Jayne

1981

A study comprising four chapters. The first presents a brief outline of the development of attitudes to death throughout the ages leading up to the twentieth century. The second chapter concerns early...

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Birth, Marriage, Death and Initiation Customs and Beliefs in the Central Sudan

Hamid, Sayed

1966

M.A. study of customs connected with the life cycle in central Sudan. The aim has been to put these in their proper social setting and to give them possible interpretations, whilst also attempting to ...

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Mr. Jackson of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore; female informant relates sayings/beliefs regarding marriage and luck; discussion with Mr. Jackson regarding moonlore, weatherlore (animal behaviour...

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Marriage and Death Ceremonies in Derna, Eastern Libya

El-Darrat, Nasser

1975

Research study, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Master's degree in English Literature, which describes and analyses the customs associated with death and marriage in the town...

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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area

McKelvie, Donald

1963

The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...

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Sound Recording, East Riding of Yorkshire

Chamberlain, John S

July/August 1961

Herbert Sykes of Wetwang relates items of weatherlore - rainbows, moon (and associated rhymes), wind direction, horses' behaviour/crows' behaviour (nesting) as signs of weather; Mrs. Sykes relates say...

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