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social life and customs8
agriculture7
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Tammivaara, Irmeli3
Lenihan, J M A2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Anderson, Joe1
Barber, Maud1
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Brown, Robin1
Casbon, Herbert1
Chapman, George Fletcher1
Chapman, James1

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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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The Phonology of the Dialect of Hemyock in East Devon

Hart, Richard C

1959

A study of the dialect spoken in Hemyock in Devon, based on data collected in August 1958 from five informants answering questions from the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire.

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An Account of the Phonology of the Living Dialect of Warley in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Handscombe, Brenda

1961

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Warley Town, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. Data was collected from five local informants, interviewed over three periods in 1959 and 1960. An i...

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The Living Dialect of Great Hale, Lincolnshire

Brown, Robin

1960

A study of the dialect spoken in Great Hale in Lincolnshire, based on data collected through interviews with five local informants over the Easter to August period in 1959, printed sources and referen...

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The Effect of Tourism on a Highland Culture: A Study of Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan

Fisher, Nora M M

1976

A dissertation comprising five chapters. The first presents a brief history and description of the village of Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. The second describes the old culture of the villag...

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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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Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

30 May 1939

[Side 1] Conversation between George, Tommy, Douglas, Willie and Mrs. Civil about fishing incl. incident when they were caught poaching salmon in Wark burn at night, alerted by friends on bank and hid...

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Wood-Turning in the West Pennines

Earnshaw, David R

1966

A dissertation covering the development of three Lancashire family and village trades on the edge of the West Pennines. The three wood-turning firms studied are H. J. Berry and Sons Limited of Chippin...

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Some Aspects of Folk Life in Whitehaven

Graham, Jacqueline P

1980

A study of folk life in Whitehaven, based on information gathered from the collector's grandparents, visitors to their house and other family members, and covering roughly the seventy year period 1910...

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Farming Past and Present: A Study Based in the Village of Terrington St. John and the Surrounding Areas of the Fens of North West Norfolk

Pearson, Margaret Frances

1977

A study of the farming community of Terrington St. John in Norfolk, based largely on fieldwork interviews with local people. The study comprises nine chapters. The first presents a profile of the vill...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moody, Frederick William

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...

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Sound Recordings, Powys

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Parry, David (1937-)

[1960s]

[Collector announcement (Ellis)]; Mr. ?Richards, recorded outside in Llanafan-fawr [undated]; talks about the electricity supply to the area; fire grates in local houses; peat burning; local dwellings...

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