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Total number of records: 213

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food143
culture118
cooking115
community life110
manners and customs93
occupations83
nature72
home70
social life and customs62
english language - dialects54

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England14
Shipston-On-Stour8
Warwickshire8
Bream6
Gloucestershire6

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)21
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)19
Cook, Catherine11
Cooke, Jane A10
Cook, Harry9
Dunn, Ginette8
Cook, Frank7
Baldwin, John R6
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
Calvert, Valerie E6

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Archive Item

Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

3 January 1980

Mary Morgan (of Ferndale) talks about her family (siblings; parents - occupations); domestic life - washing, bathing, cooking, sleeping arrangements; the General Strike; mining; mother-in-law working ...

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Academic Correspondence File 19

1970

"American Qrs Kansas/Missouri”. Correspondence from Albert Cook of the University of Kansas regarding the Kansas Linguistic Atlas Survey. Includes a survey questionnaire. 1 file. 1970.

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Book IV: Nature [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

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

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Bream Response Book - 24Gl3
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Book II: Farming [Bream Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

21 Nov 1955 - 24 Nov 1955

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

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Bream Response Book - 24Gl3
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Book III: Animals [Bream Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

21 Nov 1955 - 24 Nov 1955

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

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Book V: The House and Housekeeping [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

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 [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

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

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Book VIII: Social Activities [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to social activities.

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Bream Response Book - 24Gl3
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Book VI: The Human Body [Bream Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

21 Nov 1955 - 24 Nov 1955

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

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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.

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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Shipston-on-Stour Response Book]

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

3 Dec 1956 - 6 Dec 1956

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Bream Response Book - 24Gl3
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Book I: The Farm [Bream Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

21 Nov 1955 - 24 Nov 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Frank Cook recorded by fieldworker Donald Sykes in the International Pho...

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