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Harrop, Peter K38
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)34
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Lists of Forms

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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[Lists of Forms]

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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The Performance of English Folk Plays: A Study in Dramatic Form and Social Function

Harrop, Peter K

1980

Ph.D. thesis based on fieldwork carried out between October 1977 and February 1980, in five places where traditions of the English folk play remain extant. These are the Soulcakers of Antrobus, mummin...

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The Nelson Hospital Gala: A Study of its Origins, Development and Contemporary Form

Stuttard, Susan M

1971

A study of the origin and development of the Hospital Gala in Nelson, with emphasis on the post-World War Two galas and the 1970 event in particular.

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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Cow
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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Cow

Röhrer, Fritz

[1950s-1960s]

Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the Northern England dialect form of Cow (SED question III.3.1), and the northern limit of the Midland dialect form of Cow. The map was compiled by F...

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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Eat
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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Eat

Röhrer, Fritz

[1950s]

Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the Northern England dialect form of Eat (SED question VI.5.11), and the northern limit of the Midland dialect form of Eat. The map was compiled by F...

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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: I Am
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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: I Am

Röhrer, Fritz

[1950s]

Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the Northern England dialect form of (I) Am (SED question VIII.9.5), and the northern limit of the Midland dialect form of (I) Am. The map was compil...

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SED Phonological Map: Path
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SED Phonological Map: Path

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map for SED question IV.III.11, Path, mapping the distribution of th forms.

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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Where Are You
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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map: Where Are You

Röhrer, Fritz

[1950s]

Ms. map of Yorkshire mapping the distribution of Northern England and Midland forms of Where Are You?. The map was compiled by Fritz Röhrer in 1950.

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SED Phonological Map: Naked
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SED Phonological Map: Naked

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question VI.13.10, Naked, mapping vowel forms.

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Language Survey Page: ME Long A
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Language Survey Page: ME Long A

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Printed page from an unidentified survey of the English language, with responses to questions concerned with Middle English long a forms, based on the word Spade.

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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map
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Yorkshire Dialect Boundaries Map

Röhrer, Fritz

[1950s]

Ms. map of Yorkshire showing the southern limit of the northern dialect forms of Bone, Stone, Oak and Home. The map was compiled by Fritz Röhrer in 1950.

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