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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area
McKelvie, Donald
1963
The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...
The Pace-Egg Play in the Upper Calder Valley: Evidence Relating to a Folk Play Tradition, Illustrating its Features and Social Function from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present Day. A Discussion of its Continuity
Swan, Nigel T
1975
M.A. research exercise examining the history and contemporary manifestations of the Pace Egg Play (a form of Mumming play), customarily performed each Easter in the towns and villages of the Calder Va...
The Folklore of the Northumbrian Fishing Communities
Robson, Joanne
1967
A study of crab, lobster and salmon fishermen, and the communities in which they live, covering the length of the Northumberlandcoast. In collecting folklore of the area and the industry, the collecto...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Panheinen, Ossi
[1970]
Mrs. Reed [location not given] talks about the Mothers' Union; her husband's involvement with the local Church Council [Mr. Reed, recorded on tape LAVC/SRE/A699r]; the village fete; skittles; activiti...
Sound Recording, North Yorkshire
Sullivan, Keith Frederick
6 January 1977
[Collector announcement]; Raymond Hayes, recorded at home in Hutton-le-Hole; talks about playing in a local dance band, and the tunes played, in Farndale and Rosedale Abbey - involvement of the whole ...
Plant Lore in England: 1600-1800
Drury, Susan
1984
M.Phil. thesis surveying the use of plants in material culture, as food, in calendar and social customs, in medicine, orthodox religion and the supernatural, in popular belief, divination, charms and ...
The Derbyshire Well Dressings
Bradbury, Kathleen Frances
1971
A study of the well dressing custom observed in a number of Derbyshire villages. The first of three chapters includes sections on the origins and history of well dressing, and well dressings in litera...
Fifty Years of Wragby Life
Sutton, Diane
1980
A dissertation which looks at life in the Lincolnshire village of Wragby during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. The information it presents is based on the memories and printed ephemer...
Mischief Night: An Enquiry into its Origins and Traditions
O'Donnell, Jane
1963
Study of the Mischief Night calendar custom, looking at where it is celebrated, how far it extends over Northern England, whether it is predominantly an urban or rural custom, and whether its occurren...
Folklore of Worsley: A Miscellaneous Collection of Tradition and Belief From the Area of Worsley, Salford Metropolitan District
Skinner, Margaret
1975
A study of the folklore of Worsley people, based on oral and printed sources. Interviews were conducted with older residents, and children at a Primary School in Walkden. The study contains a sectio...
Sound Recordings, Cheshire
Pattison, Susan
[1975]
Jim Wright, recorded at home in Antrobus, talks about his involvement with the Antrobus Soul-Cakers; roles played; first experience of play as a bedtime story told by father and grandfather; pig killi...
Sound Recordings, Devon
Stigell, Ossi
1976
[Collector announcement]; Mr. Oldridge of Sampford Peverell talks about his work as a greenkeeper; farming and the changes brought about through mechanisation; the village's changing population; his f...