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culture10
folk dancing10
english language - dialects7
folk music7
community life5
manners and customs5
play5
holidays3
musical instruments3
rites and ceremonies3

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Buckland, Theresa Jill2
Boss1
Dunn, Ginette1
Green, R J1
Grenfell Smith, J1
Henderson, Henry1
Henderson, Joseph1
Jeffares, Mrs1
Lenihan, J M A1
Mews, Albert1

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The Dialect of Upper Coquetdale

Grenfell Smith, J

1971

A study of the dialect spoken in Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland, based on interviews with five informants.

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Dialect recording in Acomb, Northumberland

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Lenihan, J M A

11 Jul 1939

[Side 1] Joseph and Henry remember taking goods train home from Bellingham with Scotsman and not understanding a word; anecdotes about leisure time in past. [Side 2] Joseph and Albert recite old sayin...

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French Folk Dance Group

Jeffares, Mrs

1975

Group of French folk dancers from Meynes (Provence), performers of La Farandole, a traditional dance of Provence and Languedoc. The dance group are made up of children of various ages, dressed in whit...

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Domestic Life in Rural Suffolk

Niccolls, Sharon

1982

A dissertation which analyses continuity and change in domestic customs and traditions in rural Suffolk, in the fifty years to 1982. The first of four chapters focusses on the housewife, and contains ...

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The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1976

A study of the Horn Dance of Abbots Bromley in Staffordshire, performed traditionally once a year in September. The custom was witnessed by the collector in 1974 and 1975, and further fieldwork undert...

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Ceremonial Dance Traditions in the South-West Pennines and Rossendale

Buckland, Theresa Jill

1984

Ph.D. thesis in five parts. Part One provides a discussion of theory and method, and information on the socio-historical background to the area in which fieldwork was carried out. Part Two covers danc...

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Dunn, Ginette

10 September 1974

Percy Webb, recorded at home in Tunstall Common; talks about his song repertoire [lists titles]; singing as a child, in church choirs at Hasketon and Bawdsey, at school; pub singing; singing as part o...

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Traditional Fiddle Playing in West Clare: Junior Crehan and Michael Downes

Taylor, Barry Roy

1977

A study of the work of the Irish fiddle players, Junior Crehan and Michael Downes. The first of its nine sections presents a brief historical survey of Irish dance and its music; section two provides ...

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St. George and the Dragon: A Study in Folk Art

Green, R J

1964

M.A. study [submitted as part of an English Literature degree] comprising ten chapters and five appendices. These discuss definitions of the folk play (with reference made to related calendar customs)...

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The Goathland Sword Dance

Ridden, G M

1969

A descriptive account of the Goathland sword dance, with consideration also given to the Plough Stots and folk play traditions of the village. Fieldwork was carried out in March 1968, the principal in...

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