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Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy6
Mccrindle, James2
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Hawley, Elizabeth K1

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Truer om villdyr, fangst og fiske

Hermundstad, Knut (1888-)

1967

Gamal Valdres-kultur VIII.

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Fishing Methods, Etc.

1962-1979

This file contains items relating to traditional fishing methods, including an ms. letter from Richard R. Blewett to Mr. Martin with a newspaper cutting on the use of charmed words to catch fish, incl...

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Archive File

Fishing Traditions in South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

M.A. dissertation on the fishing industry in South Ayrshire, written in two parts. The first, Fishing Methods and Marketing, has chapters on salmon fishing, creel fishing, line fishing, ring netting, ...

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Sound Recordings, North Yorkshire

[Mid-1960s]

Male, recorded in Filey in 1962 [date when this copy tape made not known]; recites the dialect poem, 'Runaway Wedding'; relates the mouse in beer vat folk tale; relates other stories (football team wi...

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Fishing Methods; Smoking and Curing Fish

1961-1974

This file includes an ms. account of haaf-net fishing on the River Nith and Solway Firth, collected from informants Mr Lockie of Carrutherstown, and Mr Clarke and Miss Clarke of Conheath, Dumfries and...

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Cockle Fishing at Leigh-on-Sea

Walker, Priscilla

1965

A dissertation on the cockle fishing industry of Leigh-on-Sea. The study comprises sections presenting a historical outline of the town and growth of the industry, the rise of the industry since 1840,...

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The Norfolk Crab Fisheries: An Investigation into the Methods, History, Customs, Superstitions and Beliefs

Scouse, James

1967

A study of crab fisheries in Norfolk, with particular reference to Cromer and Sheringham. The Introduction provides a brief description of the two towns, followed by sections which describe the crab f...

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Lucky Horseshoe
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Lucky Horseshoe

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

September 1967

Lucky horseshoe fixed to the locker door of a motor-boat in the Old Harbour at Dunbar (East Lothian). Mounted on Photo File card. With ms. note.

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Textiles

1960-1981

This file contains items on textile industries, including a photocopy of Arthur J. Saundry's article on the tucking mill, from an issue of 'Old Cornwall' (1960); a typed letter and notes, from Fred Br...

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Sound Recording, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

23 December 1973

Rob Gibson, recorded at home in Dunure, talks about his fishing career and the changes observed in the fishing industry; mussel beds; mussel baits and baiting of fishing lines, tools used; fishing boa...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

Tom Sloan, recorded at home in Maidens, talks about his fishing career; mother baiting baikies - small lines - with mussels; big line fishing; drift net fishing; ring net fishing for herring off the I...

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Sound Recordings, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire

Czerkawska, Catherine Lucy

1974

James Cook, recorded at home in Maybole on 2 April 1974. Conversation re. fishing and village life; fishermen from Maidens selling fish; occupational folklore re. red-haired women; village community; ...

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