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The Welsh Love Spoon
Thomas, Barbara J
1966
A study which examines the custom of making and giving carved spoons as love tokens in Wales. Consideration is given to the custom, the spoon itself (shape and form, decoration and how and where it wa...
Sound Recording, Redcar and Cleveland
Sullivan, Keith Frederick; Green, Anthony E (1943-)
16 November 1975
William Hart, recorded at home in Wilton by Tony Green [?daughter and son-in-law, Ray Bennett and Mrs. Ray Bennett, also present]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A422r. WH sin...
The Traditional Cookery of a Yorkshire Housewife
Starkey, Helen
1977
A study of one Yorkshire woman's cooking and baking traditions, and her use of recipes and methods of cooking passed on to her from her mother and grandmother. The study begins with a brief section on...
Some Aspects of Folk Life in Whitehaven
Graham, Jacqueline P
1980
A study of folk life in Whitehaven, based on information gathered from the collector's grandparents, visitors to their house and other family members, and covering roughly the seventy year period 1910...
Sound Recording, Suffolk
Dunn, Ginette
4 October 1974
Alice Messenger, possibly recorded at a friend's house in Aldeburgh. [The informant is from Blaxhall. A Mrs. Thompson also speaks on this recording.] AM sings the following songs (generally just the c...
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Morris, Patricia M
October 1981
Dorothy Ibbotson, recorded at home in the Kirkstall area of Leeds; sings 'The Warrior's Little Boy' (learned from her grandmother), and talks about her attempts to trace the song's origins; gives biog...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
Baldwin, John R
1966
George Powell, recorded in Wigginton; sings 'Jim the Carter's Lad' [fragment], 'Beer Beer Glorious Beer' [fragment] and 'Joan's Ale'. [Tr. 1] Tom Timms and George Powell, recorded in Wigginton. Tom ...
Sound Recordings, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and East Sussex
Barry, Michael V (1935-)
1959
[Collector announcement]; Harry Prior, recorded in East Harting (West Sussex) in June 1959; talks about Sussex farm waggons; harvesting and building a stack; thatching a haystack; local parkland; info...