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games181
play180
community life122
culture104
persons82
folk music64
sports63
folklore60
manners and customs56
english language - dialects51

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)66
Cooke, Jane A10
Scott, William8
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6
Rutter, John Tom6
Tammivaara, Irmeli4
Waller, Vivien M4
Wright, John T4
Hawley, Elizabeth K3
Wallops (Nine-Pins)
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Wallops (Nine-Pins)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

June-August 1964

Wooden skittles used in wallops, or nine-pins, knocked down in the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Chalk markings can be seen where the skittles should stand. The game is played by throwing a st...

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Knur and Spell: Equipment
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Knur and Spell: Equipment

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1967

The spell of a knur and spell game, Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale). The spell consists of a strong steel spring, often fixed to a piece of boarding (as pictured), which would be used to throw the knur ...

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Knur and Spell: Equipment
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Knur and Spell: Equipment

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1967

The spell of a knur and spell game, Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale). The spell consists of a strong steel spring, often fixed to a piece of boarding (as pictured), which would be used to throw the knur ...

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Knur and Spell: Equipment
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Knur and Spell: Equipment

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

July 1967

Knur and spell equipment, Langthwaite ( Arkengarthdale). The spell consists of a strong steel spring, often fixed to a piece of boarding (unlike the spell pictured), which would be used to throw the k...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Tipcat (Game)
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Tipcat (Game)

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

August 1967

Mr. John Tom Rutter playing tipcat, or catty, in the garden of his home, Gunnerside ( Swaledale). The game is played with a small stick, sharpened at both ends like a pencil. The stick is placed on th...

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Quoits
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Quoits

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Quoits on the village green at Keld ( Swaledale). A stick, at which the quoits are aimed, can be seen sticking out of the ground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1760.

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Quoits
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Quoits

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s]

Quoits on the village green at Keld ( Swaledale). A stick, at which the quoits are aimed, can be seen sticking out of the ground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1759.

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