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Notes for Thesis
Whitfield, Jean
1963
This file contains draft ms./typed notes relating to a proposed thesis, 'Survey Work in Folklore: A Critical Examination of Sources and Methods'. The author, Jean Whitfield, is described by Angela Cli...
Some Aspects of the Oral Folk-Lore of Macclesfield and its District
Cliffe, David E
1968
A collection of 212 items of folklore, presented in two sections. The first records primary school children's games and rhymes, mostly drawn from the author's memory and representative of the years 19...
The Living Dialect of Barton in South Nottinghamshire
Greensmith, Pauline R
1958
A study of the dialect spoken in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire, based on fieldwork interviews undertaken in 1957 with three male informants. An introduction to the village and the informants is f...
Children's Songs and Rhymes
1954-1979
This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...
An Account of the Phonology of the Living Dialect of Warley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Handscombe, Brenda
1961
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Warley Town, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. Data was collected from five local informants, interviewed over three periods in 1959 and 1960. An i...
Folklore Correspondence
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1980-1982
This file contains correspondence between Tony Green and various correspondents concerning a variety of folk customs and beliefs. The file includes correspondence accompanying an article extracted fro...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mr. Layzell of Branscombe, recorded whilst he works in his blacksmith's smithy [machinery noise throughout]; relates the history of the building; working as a smith since 1911; father a smith in the s...
Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
1971-1973
Ken White in conversation in his home in Sheffield , 24 October 1971. Talk of family and childhood, and four songs. [Tr. 1] Albert Broadhead and Bernard Broadhead recorded in one of their homes, in ...