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Jack-in-the-Green
Judge, Roy (1929-2002)
1975
M.A. study in four sections. The first offers a definition of the Jack-in-the-Green, whilst the second examines the historical context that lay behind the early use of the term around 1800, and consid...
Maypole
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964
Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Unmounted.
Sound Recordings, Staffordshire
Harrop, Peter K
24 December 1978
Uttoxeter Feather Guizers perform their hero/combat play in the pubs of Uttoxeter. [Pub background noise affects parts of the recordings]. Performances also recorded in Blounts Green and Loxley Green....
Maypole
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964
Maypole on the village green at Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Mounted on Photo File card.
Up-Helly-Aa: Torchlight Procession
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Torchlight procession at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the streets.
Up-Helly-Aa: Torchlight Procession
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Torchlight procession at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). The procession replaced the custom of pulling blazing tar barrels through the streets.
Plough Monday
Green, Anthony E (1943-)
1982
This file contains a typed letter from Tony Green to the Editor of the 'Times', concerning a letter to that newspaper from Mr. J. W. Swillington regarding Plough Monday and the traditional drama assoc...
Up-Helly-Aa: Ship Burning
Nott, Dorothy A
January 1968
Burning of a replica Viking ship at the Up-Helly-Aa festival in Lerwick (Shetland Islands). Traditionally, Yule fires were burnt for the festival. The custom of burning a Norse galley was introduced i...
Castleton Garland
McNay, Ian
September 1965
George Bramall and an unidentified male using ropes to construct the frame upon which a flower garland is fixed. The whole construction is worn by the Garland King during the Castleton Garland ceremon...
Bridal Tapestry (Norway)
January 1965
Bridal tapestry from Drivstua (Norway), dating to around 1600. The tapestry is double-woven in frieze form, and is made up of four pieces sewn together. It is heavily patterned with human figures and ...
Calendar Customs Bibliography
Smith, Georgina
1979
This file contains a computer printout copy of Georgina Smith's bibliography of British calendar customs, which includes 334 titles. The printout consists of the bibliography listed by author, an inde...
Human Life
1962-1980
This subseries contains items relating to aspects of human life, focussing on childhood, marriage and death. This includes a survey of perceptions of menstrual bleeding conducted for the World Health ...