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Yorkshire Castles

Taylor, Alfred

1962

This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Round Yorkshire Castles' series, published in and extracted from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post'. The complete series ran from July - October (?) 1962, a...

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Yorkshire Abbeys

Taylor, Alfred

1963

This file contains articles from Alfred Taylor's 'Bygone Abbeys of Yorkshire'/ 'Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire'/ 'Bygone Abbeys and Priories of Yorkshire' series, published in and extracted from the...

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Folk Dance: General

[1971-1979]

This file contains a photocopy of the English Folk Dance and Song Society's leaflet number 15, 'Folk Dance Articles in the Journal of the English Folk Dance Society, Journal of the English Folk Dance ...

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Sky and Weather

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains items relating to weatherlore, including an ms. paper compiled by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivist Margaret Jackson, containing weatherlore, with bibliog...

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Calendar Days

1964-1972

This file contains items on calendar customs, including Valentine's Day. This includes a photocopy of typed extracts on local customs from essays on old Mansfield, written for a competition organised ...

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The Linguistic Atlas of England: Reviews and Articles

1975-1980

This file contains newspaper cuttings, magazine extracts and photocopied articles relating to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). The...

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Papers on Folk Collections, Etc.

1836-1985

The bulk of items in this file are dated 1959-1985. The file contains leaflets, printed volumes and other items mostly concerning folk-related museums and collections. It includes Frank Atkinson's pri...

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Traditional Song: General

1963-1979

This file contains items relating to aspects of traditional music, and includes a copy of 'The Health of Man', a collection of traditional songs from Bedfordshire, Yorkshire, Suffolk and Lancashire, c...

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