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culture22
manners and customs22
oral traditions22
rites and ceremonies22
folklore16
community life15
holidays15
folk music11
persons11
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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)2
Thomson, Sydney2
Traynor, Helena M2
Attebery, Louie W (1927-)1
Carter, Lindsay1
Chamberlain, John S1
Cook, Catherine1
Cross, Mrs1
Dunn, Ginette1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1

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Sound Recording, New Zealand

Dunn, Ginette

[1973]

Male Maori informant, recorded on 20th May 1973 in Gisborne, New Zealand; introduces himself and the collector, and describes the circumstances of their meeting; talks about his own research into Maor...

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Sound Recordings, Norfolk and West Yorkshire

Traynor, Helena M

1977

The vicar of Heacham gives a history of the story of Pocahontas, including reference to the Rolfe family (Princess Pocahontas marries John Rolfe in the seventeenth century); buried in Gravesend in 161...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Thomson, Sydney

November 1972

Children of Armley Park School, recorded in Leeds on the 17 November 1972; talk about joke and story telling; stories about local women thought to be witches; collector talks about trick or treating; ...

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Changes in the Transmission of the Story of Pocahontas in England from 1625 to the Present Day

Traynor, Helena M

1978

A study comprising six chapters. The Introduction contains sections on the transmission of folktales, the story of Pocahontas, types of changes in the transmission of folktales and the format of the c...

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A General Survey of the Folklore Collected in the Area Between and Including Lichfield and Walsall

Higgs, Judith

1973

A descriptive study (contemporary rather than historical) of the folklore of South Staffordshire, in the area between Lichfield and Walsall, based on folklore collected through a newspaper survey and ...

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The Newhaven Fishwives

Falconer, Seonaid Gordon

1968

A study comprising seven chapters on the history of Newhaven, the clothing and duties of a Newhaven fishwife (including local recipes), penny or paying weddings, the Scottish Newhaven Fisherwomen's Ch...

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It's Only a Game? An Account of the Leisure Time Activities of Some Children in Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Whitney, Norman F

1964

A study of children's playground and indoor games, drawing on material collected by folklorists of the past, and the collector's own fieldwork in two Grimsby schools. Four chapters present description...

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Sound Recording, North Yorkshire

Green, Anthony E (1943-)

26 October 1973

Frank Weatherill, recorded at home in Danby; sings an unidentified song about farmers' lads; relates anecdotes/stories regarding a dog and a hare, dialect, friends reunited, father quarrying and workm...

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Sound Recording, Cumbria

Attebery, Louie W (1927-)

April 1972

[Collector announcement]; Vivian Fisher, recorded at home in Keswick on the 28 April 1972; talks about local gentry; dialect; John Banks and William Penn; childhood memories of Keswick; Queen Mary and...

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Sound Recording, British Columbia (Canada)

Smith, Peter

7 January 1977

Lindsay Carter, recorded in New Denver; talks about his birthplace; the town of Sandon - amenities, population, prominent citizens, community spirit; the Depression; Christmas time; Halloween; Christm...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Thomson, Sydney

November 1972

The children of Royal Park Primary School, Headingley, Leeds, recorded on the 21 November 1972; talk about poems and writing stories; Christmas presents, trees, decorations; collector talks about Chri...

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The Fowler Manuscript

Fowler, Wilelmine M E

[1960s-1970s]

Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...

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