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Games and sports : being an appendix to "Manly exercises" and "Exercises for ladies;" containing the various in-door games and sports, the out-of-door games and sports, those of the seasons, &c. and omitting only games of hazard, and such games or sports as are either frivolous or dangerous
Walker, Donald; Adlard, H
1837
Frontispiece by H. Adlard. Added engraved t.-p.: Sports and games.
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
McCosh, Sandra
[1973-1974]
Eight/nine year old girls and boys, recorded at Our Lady's Primary School in Leeds, talk about learning songs and jokes (sources include the television, comics, family and friends); the appeal of the ...
The Folklore and Traditions of Schoolchildren in Hull and Beverley Between 1890 and 1910
Hawkins, Edith Mary
1969
M.Phil. study of children's folklore in Hull and Beverley, in two parts. Part One contains an introductory chapter offering definitions of folklore and traditions, the term school children, an outline...
Jokes, Rhymes and Language
1969-1979
This file includes a mounted newspaper article from the 'Yorkshire Post'(19 November 1979), on children's jokes and Sandra McCosh's fieldwork collecting jokes from schoolchildren in Leeds for her M.A....
Sports and Athletic Games
1961-1974
This file contains items relating to sports and games of athletic ability, skill, strength and endurance. This includes a copy of 'The Ancient Haxey Hood Game (An Ancestor of Football?)', by J. W. ff....
Sound Recordings, Shropshire
Hubbard, Wendy E
October-November 1958
[Collector announcement]; William Moore, [?recorded in Albrighton (Shropshire)], talks about his father's haulage business; harvesting; the weather; his father; a motorbike; an anecdote about retrievi...