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culture5
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nature4
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english language - dialects3
folklore3
agriculture2
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Norfolk4
Charlesworth3
Derbyshire3
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Clarke, Mrs Anna5
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)4
Clarke, Mr Walter3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Nylen, Anna-Maja (1912-)3
Thornley, Mrs Anna3
Bailey, Mr Albert Edward2
Browne, Edward T2
Driver, Mr Jack2
Driver, Mr Jim2

Archive Item

Sound Recording, Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

Various informants talk of Cat Anna ( Leicester woman regarded as a witch), a secret tunnel used by Lady Jane Grey, Leicester Castle, witch burnings, divination (future husband, sex of unborn baby); C...

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Charlesworth Response Book - 8Db1
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Charlesworth Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk

22 Jan 1957

[Side 1] Anna recalls cycling to work in Fundenhall for 20 years and to Norwich to collect fish for husband to sell during agricultural workers' strike (1923?), describes series of accidents cycling t...

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Ashwelthorpe Response Book]
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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Ashwelthorpe Response Book]

Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)

19 Jan 1957 - 22 Jan 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the house and housekeeping.

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Book VI: The Human Body [Ashwelthorpe Response Book]
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Book VI: The Human Body [Ashwelthorpe Response Book]

Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)

19 Jan 1957 - 22 Jan 1957

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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Charlesworth Response Book - 8Db1
Archive Item

Charlesworth Response Book - 8Db1

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

12 Oct 1955 - 18 Oct 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Ashwelthorpe Response Book - 21Nf10
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Ashwelthorpe Response Book - 21Nf10

Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)

19 Jan 1957 - 22 Jan 1957

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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Popular Belief in Leicester

Edge, Christine

1965

A study of the folklore of people living in Leicester, based on interviews with friends, acquaintances and other informants, including residents of a local Old Peoples' Home. The study contains six ch...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

5 January 1977

[Collector announcement]; Jim Wilkinson and Mike Hodgson [son of Bede Hodgson], recorded at JW's house in Tranmire. JW sings 'MacPherson's Rant'; MH talks about his father singing, and learning 'Take ...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Sullivan, Keith Frederick

11 December 1976

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Simpson, recorded at home in Lebberston; talks about singing at the Plough pub [?in Lebberston], changes to the pub, the importance of holiday camps to pub custom, the...

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Tradition och nutid

Nylén, Anna-Maja (1912-)

[1961]

English summary, p. [35].

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Swedish peasant costumes

Nylén, Anna-Maja (1912-); Nordiska museet (Stockholm, Sweden)

1949

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