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An Investigation of Popular Belief in Luck, with Special Reference to the Whitby Lucky Ducks
Holliday, Jayne
1983
A study of student interpretations of luck, based on responses to a questionnaire compiled by the collector, and the physical embodiment of this belief in the form of small, glass lucky ducks made and...
Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire
Cook, Catherine
[1970-1971]
George Rispin and Miss Brown relate various anecdotes concerning unidentified noises, the Devil, Bouthwaite Hall, haunting at High Lofthouse, local preachers; also talk of a witch's chimney seat, glas...
Sound Recordings, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
Lewis, Wendy Hilary
[1973-1974]
?Collector reads from W. A. Clouston's 'The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons, or, Fools and their Follies' (1888) - blason populaire associated with the town of Gotham, and the Fools/Men of Goth...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Five adults (3 men, 2 women), recorded in Leeds, relate their versions of the same narratives: a shaggy-dog story, a contemporary legend concerning the building of the Rotunda in Birmingham, a local s...
Sheep Ear-Marks in the Traditional Economy: The Example of Mann. Together with Material Presented for a Comparative View of Ear-Marking in the British Isles and in Scandinavia
Miller, C S
1981
M.A. study on the use of marks to display the ownership of sheep (and their skins), and for identifying lost and trespassed animals, with particular reference to those used in the Isle of Man. The use...
Dialect recording in Belford, Northumberland
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
20 Jul 1939
[Side 1] John Johnson, John Young and Jimmy talk about cuckoos, discuss nesting habits, describe hatching of young ones, recall recent visit to cuckoo's nest and seeing petrels nesting on ledges in ol...
Thorpe Chapel
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1965
The chapel at Thorpe ( Wharfedale). The building includes a dovecote on the gable end.
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Latham-Thorpe, Jane Elizabeth
1976
Child and adult groups, recorded in Leeds. First session Children's Group: 5 schoolchildren relate their versions of the same (humorous, supernatural) narratives. Second session Children's Group: sa...
Horn Branding (Sheep)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight, in order to heat the metal brandi...
Horn Branding (Sheep)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight, in order to heat the metal brandi...
Horn Branding (Sheep)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal brand...
Horn Branding (Sheep)
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)
July 1965
Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to brand sheep horns in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A metal bucket has been filled with small pieces of wood and set alight. Mr. Horner places the metal brand...