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food18
meat18
occupations17
culture16
english language - dialects16
food industry and trade16
folklore6
animals5
community life5
nature5

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Upton, Clive S13
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Clifton, Gerald2
Hartshorne, Brian2
Brown, Charles1
Hughes, Mr1
Kylstra, Henk E1
Lindley, Mrs1
Lindley, Raymond1
Morgan, Leonard1

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Butchering Questionnaire

Upton, Clive S

1974

This file contains a fieldwork questionnaire designed to elicit information about the working practices and terminology used by people connected with the meat trade. The responses collected provided d...

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The Language of the Meat Trade: A Survey of Terms Used by a Selected Sample of Butchers in the United Kingdom

Upton, Clive Stanley

1977

Ph.D. thesis containing seven chapters and three appendices, presenting the findings of an enquiry into the technical lexicon of the meat trade of the United Kingdom which was carried out between 1973...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Collector's father gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poultry, and the an...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Male informant gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poultry, and the answer...

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Sound Recording, [Location not given]

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Male informant talks about working in the meat trade since the age of thirty, having previously worked with his father selling fish and poultry/fruit and vegetables [in the ? West Midlands]; wartime a...

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Sound Recording, Gloucestershire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Gerald Clifton, recorded in Moreton-in-Marsh; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, p...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Rippen, recorded in Chawleigh; talks about his age; his homes; working with his father, tying corn, at the age of eight; horse-drawn reaping machine; recollections of ...

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Sound Recording, Herefordshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Roy Preece, recorded in Hereford; gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to beef, lamb, pork and poul...

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Sound Recording, West Midlands

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

Brian Hartshorne, a butcher recorded in Wolverhampton [continued from tapes LAVC/SRE/A716r and LAVC/SRE/A717r]; talks about butchers' back slang (for animal names/meat cuts and other terms); explains ...

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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...

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Sound Recording, Derby

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

[Collector announcement]; Raymond Lindley and his wife [possibly recorded in Spondon, on the outskirts of Derby] give answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology assoc...

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Sound Recording, Shropshire

Upton, Clive S

[Mid-1970s]

John Whittall [recorded in a butcher's shop in Shrewsbury] gives answers to the collector's questionnaire concerning language and terminology associated with the butchering trade. Questions relate to ...

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