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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...
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...