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Survey of English Dialects recording in Brigham, Cumberland
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
09 Sep 1954
[Side 1] Isaac reminsices about farming days in past, remembers occasion when twin chicks hatched from single egg, recalls time when he and his wife were threatened by swarm of wasps while building st...
Dialect recording in Tideswell, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 Aug 1952
[Side 1] David briefly talks about prize cock, tells anecdote about local farmer who played practical joke on pig-killer at 'supping time' [= drinking time] by putting 'jollop' [= cock's wattle] in hi...
Pig Scraper
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Pig scraper, used for scraping the skin of pigs after slaughter, Leyburn ( Wensleydale). Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0587. With ms. notes and catalogue details in the hand of Werner Kiss...
Hunting, Shooting, and Trapping
1973
This subseries, comprising one file only, includes an ms. diagram and notes on an animal trap seen at Stokesley, North Yorkshire, 27 October 1973, by Tony Green; David Cleveland's article on punt-gunn...
Dialect recording in Waterhead, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
26 Nov 1952
[Side 1] Mrs. Schofield explains how to make oven bottom muffins, discusses typical weekly diet in past, describes recipe for Lancashire hotpot. [Side 2] Mrs. Schofield talks about father keeping pig,...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Crowland, Lincolnshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
23 May 1953
[Side 1] Bill talks about breeding pigs, recalls cycle of success and failure, incl. losing whole herd to 'purples' [= swine fever], encouraged son to keep pigs but sold yard and bought two acres outs...
Milking by Hand / Back Can
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
Mr. Will Horner wearing a back can for carrying milk, on his farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son can be seen in the background, milking a cow by hand underneath an open shelter. Mounted on ...
"Gypsy Camp"
Hartley, Dorothy
[1970s]
Copy of a photograph taken ca. 1920 at a Gypsy Traveller camp at an unknown (English) location. A hare has been hung from a tree by its back legs and will be eaten later. Mounted on Photo File card.
Milking by Hand
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
The son of farmer, Mr. Will Horner, milking a cow by hand underneath a shelter in the open, at Mr. Horner's farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son sits on a low wooden milking stool. Mounted o...
Milking by Hand
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
The son of farmer, Mr. Will Horner, milking a cow by hand underneath a shelter in the open, at Mr. Horner's farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son sits on a low wooden milking stool (not quite...
Milking by Hand
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
September 1967
The son of farmer, Mr. Will Horner, milking a cow by hand underneath a shelter in the open, at Mr. Horner's farm, Redmire ( Wensleydale). Mr. Horner's son sits on a low wooden milking stool (not quite...
Sound Recording, Derbyshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[May 1956]
Tom Woolley, recorded in Kniveton; gives answers to questions about animal (sheep, lambs, pigs) names; wool/fleece; shearing/clipping; marking (branding); sheep fencing and pens; butchering and the sl...